Was This When Assange Thought of Asylum in Ecuador?

June 20, 2012 from Journeyman Pictures

In May 2012, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange interviewed President Correa of Ecuador for his series, "The World Tomorrow." During the interview, the two men struck up a relationship. Was it during this interview that Assange first got the idea of claiming asylum from a sympathetic Ecuador?

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Julian Assange

Julian Paul Assange is an Australian editor, activist, publisher and journalist. He is best known as the editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks, which publishes submissions of secret information, news leaks and classified media from anonymous news sources and whistleblowers.... Explore this topic

Rafael Correa

Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado, is the President of the Republic of Ecuador and the former president pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations. An economist educated in Ecuador, Belgium and the United States, he was elected President in late 2006 and took office in Jan... Explore this topic

Ecuador

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It and Chile are the only two countries in South America that do not have ... Explore this topic

World Tomorrow

World Tomorrow, or The Julian Assange Show, is a 2012 television program series of 26-minute political interviews hosted by WikiLeaks founder and editor, Julian Assange. Twelve episodes were filmed prior to the program's premier. It first aired on 17 April 2012, the 500th day ... Explore this topic

WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks is an international, online, non-profit organisation which publishes secret information, news leaks, and classified media from anonymous sources. Its website, initiated in 2006 in Iceland by the organisation Sunshine Press, claimed a database of more than 1.2 million... Explore this topic

US-Ecuador relations

The United States and Ecuador have maintained close ties based on mutual interests in maintaining democratic institutions; combating cannabis and cocaine; building trade, investment, and financial ties; cooperating in fostering Ecuador's economic development; and participating... Explore this topic

Asylum

Rights of asylum is an ancient juridical notion, under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, a foreign country, or church sanctuaries. This right has its roots in a longs... Explore this topic

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Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body. It can be done by governments and private organizations or b... Explore this topic

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