i mean with the foreign minister ricardo patino is there to present some of these ideas and thoughts that assad has and also with the lawyer from the center for constitutional rights or some of those people are part of the wiki leaks legal team i think that you're going to hear discussion about how accurate or strengthening the rights of refugees and that's been a key thing of granting asylum it is that they are allowing people and they believe that refugees have a right to settle or go or i think there's also going to be discussion about the importance of whistleblowers and transparency and i think that you'll see a son doing what he did when he was on the balcony at the ecuador embassy in the united kingdom and shine a light on the united states war on whistle blowing which is very much a target wiki leaks organization has been in the crosshairs of this for. and let's not under play this cabin i mean this is a huge stage for anyone this is where president obama spoke yesterday president of iran and egypt smoke today for julian assange to be speaking here i mean if you say you're ho

the event called strengthening human rights the event is hosted by ecuadorian foreign minister ricardo patino ecuador of course was granted a songe asylum though he's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for several months now as he tries to figure out a way to leave the country without being arrested sanji is wanted for questioning in sweden on allegations of sexual assault now as we await his speech which we do plan to bring you a live as it happens about six thirty eastern this evening we want to talk about the latest in his case and what he might bring up this evening at the event for more on that i'm joined now by kevin gusto a blogger for firedoglake hey there kevin let's just get started and let me ask you this what's the significance of today's planned speech bias on. the significance is that he's going to the international community to recruit support and i think to perhaps get others in the international community to lobby for him perhaps put pressure on united kingdom sweden maybe even of the united states to favor or to go ahead and support having safe passage or song

is due to meet ricardo patino who is his ecuadorian counterpart we understand that what the ecuadorians may do is seek safe passage for us to the ecuadorian embassy in sweden and that he would bear aunts of questions on these sexual allegations that have been made against him but meanwhile he is living here in the ecuadorian embassy just down the corridor from where i'm standing now and he's been here now for more than three months and also yours exclusively broadcasting our sunday's address live and you can watch him for now web site and also don't forget the whistleblower host of his own interview show on this very channel and you can find all the additions on our r.t. dot com if you've missed any. there hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. the full source material is what helps keep journalism honest we. we want to present. something real. scenes of violence in golf athens that hundreds of stars he processed has clashed with police then broke out right in front of the greek parliament where tens of thousands gathered for the latest show of dis

songes live speech aired during the event which was hosted by aqua dorian foreign minister ricardo patino ecuador of course has granted a songe asylum though he's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for several months now as he tries to figure out a way to get out of the country without being arrested as and is wanted for questioning in sweden on allegations of sexual assault and has made very clear that he fears going to sweden not because of questioning but because he worries he could then be extradited to the united states just because the director of national security and human rights for the government accountability project she's also the author of the book traitor the whistleblower and the american taliban she joins me now and just let me just get your initial impressions of this speech it was very powerful it was not only chock full of first amendment nuggets but a songe was able to draw a stark contrast by holding up the mirror to what president obama said the other day about democratic principles and freedom of speech and he also was able to speak very eloquently a