[GPSCC-chat] change.org petition against the UK threats against Ecuador

[John Thielking]

Hello,
 
I spent part of last night trying to contact UK govt agencies that were actually open during those hours. The SF and LA (that serves HI) offices of the UK Consulates were both closed at 6PM when I called. I eventually called the UK Consulate in Tokyo Japan.  The operator was apparently not the right person to talk to as she didn't have a clue about how to escalate my complaint about the treatment of Assange. She gave me a phone number for the Foreign Office in the UK which is allegedly staffed 24/7, but I couldn't figure out how to dial it correctly from my Skype phone.  The number is 020-7008-1500. You are supposed to dial 011-44 before that # when dialing from the US, but my Skype phone did not compute that correctly, even when I deleted the 0 before the 20 as suggested by the operator in Japan.
 
Eventually, I found the e-mail address for the UK Foreign Office:
feedback.consular.services at fco.gov.uk
I got an automated reply saying that my e-mail would be deleted and not forwarded if it fell into some narrow categories of business having to do with travel arrangements that should be addressed by other agencies.  Oh well.  Good luck.
 
John Thielking

--- On Thu, 8/16/12, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com> wrote:


From: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>
Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] change.org petition against the UK threats against Ecuador
To: "John Thielking" <pagesincolor at yahoo.com>
Cc: "GPSCC" <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Date: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 9:26 AM




Hi, John, et al.:  


      Thanks for the update, John.  It sounds like this is still a live issue and action via change.org and otherwise could have an impact.  


      If you have not yet signed onto the petition at change.org (see below), I encourage you to do so.  


      Also, I found a phone number for the British Consulate in San Francisco:  (415) 617 1300.  I selected option 4 then 1.  I got a human and expressed my concern about the British threats on Ecuadorian sovereign territory and about their actions against Assange, whose crime appears to have been to share with the public information that was illegally kept as government secrets.  He said, "OK.  I'll pass on your comments about that."  I should have asked a question but didn't.  If anyone does, please let us know.  


      Best Wishes, 
      Spencer 


On 8/16/2012 8:36 AM, John Thielking wrote:





Ecuador has granted Assange asylum.  The UK has not yet stormed the Ecuadorian embassy in London.  Tune in to www.rt.com for regular updates (more reliable than the live streams by Occupy that are no longer live this AM.)

--- On Thu, 8/16/12, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com> wrote:


From: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] change.org petition against the UK threats against Ecuador
To: "GPSCC" <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Date: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 4:26 AM


Hello, All:


      You may know that the UK has threatened to invade the Ecuadorian embassy to capture Julian Assange in violation of international law that says that any nation's embassy is part of its sovereign territory.  This means that these threats by the UK constitute acts of war.


      Please sign my campaign on change.org to oppose this and other illegal claims of government secrecy that threaten world peace and democracy: https://www.change.org/petitions/david-cameron-prime-minister-united-kingdom-stop-threatening-ecuador-and-illegal-claims-of-government-secrecy?share_id=VRVWUvhCTt&utm_campaign=mailto_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition


      Thanks,
      Spencer


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