Tariq Ali, Ex-U.K. Ambassador Craig Murray Praise Ecuador for Granting Asylum to Julian Assange

Democracy Now by Amy Goodman, Tariq Ali, Craig Murray | Aug. 20, 2012 (News Report)

(Multimedia) Shortly before Julian Assange spoke on Sunday, a number of his supporters spoke outside the Ecuadorean embassy. Speakers included writer and activist Tariq Ali, as well as Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan. Murray, a whistleblower himself, was removed from office in 2004 after he exposed how the United States and Britain supported torture by the Uzbek regime. "The fact that [British Foreign Secretary] William Hague now openly ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Media
Topics: United Kingdom, Civil Liberties, Law, Citizen Journalism, Journalism, WikiLeaks
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