UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kia - Assange Visit

JULIAN ASSANGE with UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kia [CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE] 19 April 2016 Embassy of Ecuador, London Source | LINK Support Aussie Journalist Political Prisoner Julian Assange https://justice4assange.com/ Maina Kiai lawyer and Kenyan human rights activist Nairobi & Harvard Universities educated currently serves as UN Special Rapporteur (2011-) (rights to peaceful assembly & of association) co-founded the unofficial Kenya Human Rights Commission Kenyan NGO InformAction director columnist for Daily Nation, Kenyan largest daily newspaper various associations has held research fellowships: -- Danish Institute for Human Rights -- Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars -- TransAfrica Forum -- 2014: Freedom House 'Freedom Award' recipient -- official visits: Georgia (2012) Britain (2013) Rwanda (Jan. 2014) Oman (Sept. 2014) Kazakhstan (Jan. 2015) Chile (Sept. 2015) Republic of Korea (Jan. 2016) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maina_Kiai TransAfrica Forum now Trans Africa -- founded:   1977 --  morphed from Black Forum on Foreign Affairs (f. 1975) -- HQ Washington DC -- seeks to influence US foreign policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransAfrica Unclear who funds TransAfrica -- site hosting may have expired (domain registration is current) [24.04.2016] http://transafrica.org/ Ecuador 7.8-magnitude earthquake -- worst in South America in 4 decades -- estimates rebuilding @ $3 billion — 2-3% of GDP -- buildings, roads, infrastructure & tourist areas hit -- official death toll rose to 570 -- 5,733 injured -- many missing http://www.news.com.au/world/south-america/ecuadors-3b-rebuilding-plan-to-include-tax-hikes-on-the-rich/news-story/bf1d38db98399ecbc374edb0cc2ff110 Ecuador quake death toll rises to nearly 650 Apr 23rd 2016 11:45AM --  "death toll from Ecuador's devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has risen to 646 people, President Rafael Correa said during a TV broadcast on Saturday." -- "close to 7,000 buildings destroyed, more than 26,000 people were living in shelters." http://www.aol.com/article/2016/04/23/ecuador-quake-death-toll-rises-to-nearly-650/21349772/ RELIEF FUND  ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE https://t.co/Jl7Qw0N7fv via @WikiLeaks COMMENT That looks like the latest on Assange.  Following appear to be a couple of campaigns by Assange supporters: Support JA4me https://t.co/j2OD4kxHzr Source via: @AnonymousVideo Fund-raising Assange family visit to London LINK | here Source via @BrusselsLout *Looks healthier in this photo than the recent (arbitrary detention) balcony photos.  Maybe it's a bit rude to say, but the balcony photos were a shocker.  Looked like he was at death's door. That would be the consequence of over 3 years detention at the Ecuadorian Embassy, without access to fresh air, sun or medical treatment, owing to political persecution by the US-Anglo-Swedish-Australian team.