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PDF in Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

[UPDATE<\/strong>: Something or other<\/a> about the #AsiloAssangeEC petition.]<\/p>\n

[UPDATE<\/strong>: French translation of labSurlab #AsiloAssangeEC press release<\/a> in comments.]<\/p>\n

[UPDATE<\/strong>: German translation of labSurlab #AsiloAssangeEC press release<\/a> in comments.]<\/p>\n

labSurlab (Twitter<\/a>, Website<\/a>), a network of independent initiatives including hackerspaces, published along with others a press release (PDF in Spanish<\/a>) supporting Julian Assange’s request for political asylum in Ecuador. (Get up to speed: WikiLeaks Central live-blog tracking the asylum request<\/a>; Glenn Greenwald article in Salon<\/a>; Philip Dorling article in the Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>; justice4assange.com<\/a>; @wikileaks<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The press release is dated 19 June 2012 from Quito, the capital of Ecuador, and they’re using this hashtag \u2014 #AsiloAssangeEC<\/a> \u2014 for their efforts. Since no translation seems readily available, a native Spanish speaker, Fernando (Website<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>), put together this translation with me (as a Texan I know a bit of Spanglish<\/a>). (Jumping off from ours, alxgucci<\/a> put together another English translation<\/a>.) Nothing below in brackets is in the original Spanish, but rather has been added by me.<\/p>\n

Corrections and help are welcome — comment on this blog post. The press release asks for signatures to their petition<\/a>. For people who don’t know Spanish: the big box at the top right asks for your first and last names<\/a> (“Nombre y apellidos”) and then for your email address (“Tu correo electr\u00f3nico”). After clicking the blue Unirme button, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Click “Sigue este enlace” in the confirmation email for your signature to count.<\/p>\n

English Translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We support asylum for Assange in Ecuador.<\/p>\n

We want to make known our support for the petition made by Assange to Ecuador’s government.<\/p>\n

Ecuador as a country recognizes in its constitution the right to communication and defends the freedom of speech; it can’t evade its solidarity with someone who is suffering the consequences of having exercised the right to freedom of speech and who defends the right of all citizens to access to information.<\/p>\n

We think that granting political asylum follows from the respect of norms and principles of the international rights available. We want Ecuador to make the right decision in relation to the request of asylum and we support this decision in advance.<\/p>\n

SIGNATURES [Some might be wrong. Most explanations are based on the signers’ self-descriptions.]:<\/p>\n