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Not only did Putin call the arrest of Assange "undemocratic," but he also said that it showed the West was hypocritical in its criticism of Russia's record on democracy. "Why was Mr. Assange hidden in jail? Is that democracy?" Putin asked in a press conference Thursday. When asked about leaked U.S. diplomatic cables which cast him as Russia's "alpha-dog" ruler of a corrupt bureaucracy, Putin questioned whether the U.S. Foreign Service was a "crystal clean source of information." [Time]
A forma como o Ocidente está a lidar com o caso Assange retira-lhe credibilidade e moral para criticar os regimes não democráticos que subsistem no mundo. Até porque Guantanamo, pelos vistos, não foi um erro de percurso.