Assange Lawyer to U.S. and Britain: ‘Back Off’

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Assange Lawyer to U.S. and Britain: ‘Back Off’

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Michael Ratner, legal adviser to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, applauds Ecuador for standing up to two of the world’s most powerful countries, the United States and the United Kingdom, and says those countries will break international law under the U.N. Refugee Convention if they prevent Assange from accepting asylum in Ecuador.

—Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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