Agreed. But it does not diminish what I wrote above and I highly doubt any organization or individual would be able to make a principled stance against <i>every</i> government in the world at the same time.<p>Even Ecuador has something to gain from this - immense stature in Latin America for standing up to the USA. The world of politics at that level is pretty complex and I have no idea what made Assange decide the way he did vv Belarus but without having all the facts I&#x27;ll postpone my judgment and re-iterate that I&#x27;d be perfectly happy if some other group would stand up and air Belarus&#x27; dirty laundry, assuming there is any dirty laundry left to air.