mo4ch:>Assange's persecution sends freedom of speech & journalists' rights into 'oblivion' – Moscow | Mo4ch News

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said the manner in which the UK government executed the arrest of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is demeaning to human dignity, and his long-running persecution is a blow to journalism.Commenting on the arrest and detention of the publisher in the UK on Thursday, the ministry's spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, condemned the British authorities for manhandling the 47-year-old Assange as he was being hauled out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.Also on rt.comAssange arrest reveals British justice is just a ‘plaything’ of Washington"The manner in which this operation was executed leaves a total impression of a flagrant and unconcealed neglect for the human dignity of the arrestee," she said, adding that Moscow hopes all of Assange's rights would be respected.Zakharova pointed out that before his eventual arrest by the UK police, Assange had to endure years of persecution while forced to live in "unbearable conditions" at t…