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

[Gerry Gras]

Last night I tried sending an email to
     publiccorrespondence at cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk
and got back a message that the mailbox is full.
Then I tried the form at
     http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/ministerial-feedback-form
and got "We are currently experiencing technical problems
with FCO websites."

I tried again this morning.  Same result with the email
address.  Success with the web page, but who knows when
they will look at it.

I also tried to contact the Ecuadorean government.  I
could not find a valid email address.  I tried finding
an email address for the Ecuadorean Embassy in Washington.
I found email addresses for the Embassy and for the
Consulate in Washington.  I sent an email to the
Consulate but it bounced, "Unrouteable address",
(permanent error).

Because I could not get through to the UK government
last night, I tried sending an email to a journalist
at the UK Guardian.  I first tried his email at the
Guardian, but it bounced.  I then tried his hotmail
email address, and I have not received a bounce
message.

I also tried to contact the U.S. State Department.
I found a 2 step process that appears to work:

- go to http://contact-us.state.gov/app/answers/list
- click on "E-mail a question or comment"

Gerry


John Thielking wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>>     <http://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>
>>     <http://us.mc1111.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=spencer.graves@prodsyse.com>/*
>>     wrote:
>>
>>
>>         From: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>
>>         <http://us.mc1111.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=spencer.graves@prodsyse.com>
>>         Subject: [GPSCC-chat] change.org petition against the UK
>>         threats against Ecuador
>>         To: "GPSCC" <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
>>         <http://us.mc1111.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sosfbay-discuss@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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>
>
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