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Julian Assange is in immense danger. Remarks made this week by Ecuador’s foreign minister suggest that her government may be preparing to renege on the political asylum it granted to the WikiLeaks editor in 2012 and hand him over to British and then American
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On March 28, under immense pressure from the governments in the US, Britain and other powers, Ecuador imposed a complete ban on Assange having any Internet or phone contact with the outside world, and blocked his friends and supporters from physically visiting
him. For 45 days, he has not been heard from.</p>
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Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa stated in a Spanish-language interview on Wednesday that her government and Britain “have the intention and the interest that this be resolved.” Moves were underway, she said, to reach a “definite agreement”
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The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">World Socialist Web Site</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and the International Committee of the Fourth International unconditionally defend Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. If the ruling
elite can haul him before a court, it will hold him up as an example of what happens to those who speak out against social inequality, militarism, war and police-state measures. His prosecution would be used to try to intimidate and silence all dissent.</p>
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If Assange is imprisoned or worse, and WikiLeaks shut down, it will be a serious blow to the democratic rights of the entire international working class.</p>
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Workers and young people should join with the WSWS and ICFI in demanding and fighting for the immediate freedom of Julian Assange.<br class="">
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and the Struggle Against Internet Censorship</span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;" class=""><em class="">At the May Day Online Rally May 5, Andre Damon delivered this speech on internet censorship. Read the text and listen to the remarks on the WSWS.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></div>
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