Some inferences for Assange speech by Gaurdian

We're going to wrap up the blog now, but here is a brief recap on developments:

• Julian Assange has made his first public appearance since he took refuge two months ago inside Ecuador's Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden on sex crimes allegations.

• Speaking from a balcony, the WikiLeaks founder made no reference towards the allegations but used the appearance to call on the US to end what he described as a "witch hunt" against his website.

• He called for the release of Bradley Manning, the alleged WikiLeaks source, describing him as one of the world's foremost political prisoners. 

• He attempted to draw parallels between himself and the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, three of whose members were convicted and jailed this week for a performance denouncing President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral.
"There is unity in the oppression. There must be absolute unity and determination in the response," Assange said.

The Gaurdian

Julian Assange for Ecuador: in the morning, the sun came up on a different world, and a courageous Latin American nation took a stand for justice

"On Wednesday night, after a threat was sent to this embassy, the police descended on this building. You came out in the middle of the night to watch over it, and you brought the world's eyes with you Inside this embassy in the dark, I could hear teams of police swarming up inside the building through its internal fire escape. But I knew there would be witnesses, and that is because of you. If the UK did not throw away the Vienna Conventions the other night, it is because the world was watching. And the world was watching because you were watching.So the next time that somebody tells you that it is pointless to defend those rights that we hold dear, remind them of your vigil in the dark before the embassy of Ecuador. Remind them how, in the morning, the sun came up on a different world, and a courageous Latin American nation took a stand for justice"

Julian Assange: Obama do the right thing

Talking about the USA and journalism, Assange asked Obama "to do the right thing". Also Assange described jurnalism. He said that " the freedom of expression and the health of all of our societies" stand under threat, as Wikileaks.

"As WikiLeaks stands under threat, so does the freedom of expression and the health of all of our societies"

"I ask President Obama to do the right thing: the United States must renounce its witch-hunt against WikiLeaks". 

The Speech of Julian Assange from Ecuador Embassy today (Video)