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   It's not only a clear case of political persecution from the get go -   
   the scumbags in the UK and Sweden have already shown how politicized   
   the case is - the latest UN WGAD (Working Group on Arbitrary   
   Detention) vote further indicates the politics in the UK's treatment   
   of Assange.   
      
   The UN panel investigating the case included 5 member countries.   
   Among them, Australia was absent.  Ukraine was the only dissenting   
   vote.  It's easy to see the connection between Ukraine (as determined   
   by its current government) and the United States.  It's also easy to   
   see that Australia, Julian Assange's own country, is a spineless   
   vassal state of the US.   
      
   Sweden is far from being a neutral country, considering how little   
   credibility the charge of rape against Assange has.  One can just   
   compare the accusation against Assange with Virginia Roberts'   
   accusation against the UK's own philanderous prince and Juanita   
   Broaddrick's accusation against former US president Bill Clinton of   
   rape.  Both President Clinton and Prince Andrew are sitting pretty,   
   apparently because they are on the side of power, while their victims   
   are summarily dismissed and ridiculed.  Interestingly the two powerful   
   philanderers were frequent guests of a Jeffrey Epstein who is known to   
   have gainfully entertained powerful people like these biggest of the   
   big shots.  And these biggest of the big variety apparently have to do   
   with the power behind them, which are the US government and the United   
   Kingdom, rather than the merit of their respective cases or their own   
   reputation.   
      
   The case against Assange is really disgusting!  The United States   
   government is so keen to punish him for having exposed some of the   
   dirty deeds in connection with its own violent foreign policy that no   
   altitude is deemed too low and too murky for it to fly its gear   
   through in order to accomplish its goal.  The US government has no   
   legal basis to charge Assange for his Wikileaks service.  So, it uses   
   sleaze.   
      
   (From Wikileaks, we learned that the current civil war in Syria was   
   the work of the US State Department beginning as early as 2006, with   
   then Ambassador Robert Ford in charge of inciting a revolt.  And from   
   the same service, we also learned about our military firing missiles   
   in broad daylight at unarmed and unsuspecting civilians in occupied   
   Iraq.  The missile launcher was an aircraft sitting on the ground, in   
   a supposedly non-threatening position.  And journalists were among the   
   victims.)   
      
   You see, Snowden would have been renditioned back to the US on a plane   
   standing by in Copenhagen had he been nabbed from his Airport   
   Shremetyevo refuge in Moscow.  Denmark was ready to comply with what   
   Uncle Sam wanted it to do.   
      
   Now in the case of Julian Assange, it's not surprising that Sweden,   
   Asutralia, Ukraine, and the UK, all vassal states of the United   
   States, have fallen in line.   
      
   The members of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD)   
   consists of representatives from the ROK (South Korea), Mexico, Benin,   
   Australia, and Ukraine.   
      
   Notice that it is roughly one representative from each continent.   
   Also note that ROK and Mexico are not normally anti-US states.  So, it   
   seems that human decency has prevailed in their decision.  But it also   
   suggests that the Obama administration has decided that it wasn't   
   worth pressuring the ROK, Mexicao and Benin to do its bidding since   
   the UN group's decision won't impact on what the UK and Sweden will do   
   - which is to continue to do the bidding of Uncle Sam - and that's   
   just as good for Him.   
      
   But many salutations to the representatives from the ROK, Mexico, and   
   Benin for standing with justice and human decency.   
      
   lo yeeOn   
      
   Current Members of the UN's WGAD:   
      
   Mr. Seong-Phil Hong (Chair-Rapporteur) teaches international law,   
   human rights, and ethics in investment at Yonsei Law School as an   
   Associate professor while also leading the Asian Law Center. He serves   
   as an expert member of the Asian Council of Jurists of the Asia   
   Pacific Forum, the collectivity of the NHRIs in the region. He has   
   worked as a conciliator for the ICSID under the World Bank. On the   
   human rights campaign front, he has been actively engaged in the   
   advocacy activities, over the last 20 years with focus on such issues   
   as the North Korean human rights and the WW II enforced sexual slaves,   
   while also touching upon those of the responsibility of multinational   
   enterprises and the legal redress for historical injustices. He was   
   appointed to the Working Group in May 2014.   
      
   Mr. Jose Guevara (First Vice-Chair), has a Ph.D. in Human Rights from   
   the Carlos III University of Madrid. Is the author of numerous   
   professional publications, has lectured in various universities in   
   Mexico and abroad, and has extensive practical experience in the area   
   of human rights and international criminal law. Among its former   
   responsibilities Mr. Guevara was Deputy Ombudsman at Mexico City's   
   Human Rights Institution, Head of the Human Rights Programme at the   
   Universidad Iberoamericana, Latin America and Caribbean Coordinator   
   for the Coalition for the International Criminal Court and Deputy   
   Director General for Human Rights and Democracy at the Mexican   
   Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Has also served as Head of the Human   
   Rights Unit at the Ministry of the Interior and Minister responsible   
   for human rights issues at the Mexican Mission before the United   
   Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Guevara became a member of the Working   
   Group on June 1st, 2014.   
      
   Mr. Setondji Roland Adjovi (Second Vice-Chair) holds a position of   
   Assistant Professor at Arcadia University where he teaches African   
   affairs, international law including human rights. In addition, he   
   designs study abroad opportunities in Africa for The College of Global   
   Studies, and coordinates its programmes in France. He is also visiting   
   scholar at Universite Paris II (2013-2015). He has previously worked   
   at the International Criminal Court (2006-2007) and at the   
   International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (2003-2006 and 2008-2009).   
   He is in the network set up by the African Foundation for   
   International Law and sits in the editorial committee of the African   
   Yearbook of International Law and that of the International Legal   
   Materials. He was appointed to the Working Group in May 2014.   
      
   Ms. Leigh Toomey provides expert advice in designing, implementing and   
   evaluating human rights and justice programs around the world. She has   
   gained extensive experience in leading and working in field-based   
      
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