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In a small town in the Ecuadorian Amazon called Archidona, a group of 10 indigenous Kichwa midwives fight to practice and maintain their ancestral medicinal traditions despite daily challenges with discrimination, misogyny and lack of government or monetary support. Their association, called AMUPAKIN, or Association of Kichwa Midwives of the Upper Napo, remains devoted to […]
Julian Assange, who has spent more than 2,230 days in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, is expected to leave the building soon with his health deteriorating, sources say. This latest information about the WikiLeaks founder, who was already expected to leave the embassy “in the coming weeks,” was broken Wednesday by Bloomberg which cited “two […]
All bets are off when the US, UK and NATO allies are pushing towards a form of military confrontation with Russia, cutting off diplomatic relations, Patrick Henningsen, executive editor at 21st Century Wire, told RT. British MP Sir Alan Duncan, minister of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, denounced Julian Assange as a “miserable […]
Published time: 10 Jan, 2018 21:39 The Ecuadorian ID reportedly granted to Julian Assange could mark his first step to obtaining diplomatic immunity, as Ecuador wants to resolve Assange’s indefinite embassy stay, human rights activist Peter Tatchell told RT. “Granting an identity card is potentially the first step towards granting citizenship of Ecuador. And there […]
Published time: 10 Jan, 2018 19:03 Edited time: 10 Jan, 2018 19:55 WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has cryptically uploaded a picture of himself dressed in the national colors of Ecuador. The country’s media reports the whistleblower has been granted an Ecuadorian ID. Assange’s ID was issued on December 21, Ecuadorian outlet El Universo reports, citing […]
As Swedish prosecutors withdraw the last remaining allegation of rape against the WikiLeaks editor, RT takes a look at Julian Assange’s time in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy. Since entering the mission in Knightsbridge in 2012, the WikiLeaks editor has resisted repeated attempts to dislodge him by political opponents, survived disruptions to his lifeline – the internet […]
Published time: 30 Mar, 2017 20:07 The upcoming Ecuadorian presidential election could potentially have dramatic consequences for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, as the public chooses between two candidates with vastly different opinions of the whistleblower. Opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso has spoken out against Assange during his campaign saying, “Ecuador had no business spending a single […]
The former UKIP leader left the Knightsbridge building around midday, where Assange has been holed up for the last five years. Farage reportedly spent around 40 minutes in the building and was accompanied by Christian Mitchell, the head of operations at radio station LBC, where Farage hosts a regular show. Erm, so, Nigel Farage was […]
Published time: 20 Feb, 2017 20:06Edited time: 20 Feb, 2017 20:12 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is sheltered in Ecuador’s embassy in London, should reduce meddling in the policies of countries Ecuador has friendly relations with, the frontrunner for Ecuador’s presidential elections, Lenin Moreno, told RT. “We granted Assange political asylum because his life was […]
