Famed Spanish Lawyer Baltasar Garzón to Lead Assange Legal Team
Julian Assange [] has hired famed Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzón to spearhead his legal team as he seeks political asylum in Ecuador .. Wikileaks confirmed that Garzón joined the legal team and in a statement said the international jurist — well-known in human rights circles for issuing an arrest warrant for Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet — recently met recently with Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he remains pending a response to his asylum request .. Garzón, according to Wikileaks, has expressed serious concerns regarding the lack of safeguards and transparency with which actions are being taken against Julian Assange
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