#asil moreno

[officerjennie]

Day 11: Asil and his roses

[fromthedeskoftheminister]

We’ll Meet Again

Part ? of ???

The first bit written of a very elaborate urban fantasy mystery story that uh also happens to be a Hetalia x Mercy Thompson/Alpha and Omega (Patricia Briggs) Crossover. Disclaimer: I own nothing. Im playing with toys in a sandbox and if you wish to share in the story thats all g by me. Read on AO3 Old friends in New Places: In which a Wolf finds like folk and Bran finds that Asil is Omega Catnip. Or something like that.

The scent had finally faded and the wolf whined with loss.  He had known it was a long shot. What had he expected following a half remembered scent that he had encountered half a continent away several months ago.  Perhaps expected was the wrong word.  Hoped was better.  He had hoped that the pair he‘d encountered who had smelled equally of wolf and human could help.  And that they would.  But now all was lost. The scent had finally given up the ghost.  Bereft there was only one thing to do.  Complain.  Loudly.

 But before he could let loose his sorrows to the skies, a chorus of howls rang out through the night and then faded away leaving him with trailing echos.  The wolf stood perfectly still.  Had he imagined it?  No.  No he had not, he realized and his tail started wagging in joy as the howls started up again.

Well then.  He didn’t know how far away they were, farther than he could travel in a night by the sounds of it, nor did he know if the other wolves were normal or more like him and those he’d been trying to find. But… it didn’t matter, he rationalized as he plunged through the underbrush.  He’d done sillier and stupider things in the past with much less to go on.

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"Bran, have you seen Sam?  One of the kids got into something and it’s left a funny rash."

"When you say kids do you mean the kid kids or one of the new wolves?" Bran asked, looking up from the book he’d been reading. "Actually, why would I have seen Samuel?  He left to go bother Mercy yesterday."

"Uh, human actually.  In a twist of irony, I’m talking about the new vet.  Are you sure that Sam’s not here?”

"Yes.  What’s going on?"

Tad looked incredibly confused. "I could have sworn that I saw Samuel sleeping on Charles and Anna’s porch this morning."

"Why on earth would he do that?  He has a key, but they’re not in town either.  They’re handling the Seattle conference for me.  I thought they had given Samuel a ride.” Bran mused as he closed his eyes and reached out within the pack senses.  The pack was mostly content, some still tired and slightly sore from the run last night, he might have to go easier on the newer wolves next time, faint confusion from the wolf in front of him, sparkles of good natured delight and companionable grumbling from several different folks in town.  He stretched his senses slightly further.  There were Charles and Anna, his muted discontent, pride and joy and her exhilarated fear, excitement, and happiness.  Most likely Charles was trying to do something to impress her, possibly fancy tricks with the plane.  But no Samuel near them.

Instead Samuel seemed to be happy and content, mixed with a little longing, and some mild exasperation very close to a veritable knot of conflicting emotion of uneasiness, respect, mild annoyance and love.  Ah.  He was very familiar with that particular tangle of emotions.  Adam Hauptman.   With Mercy somewhere in the vicinity probably.  None of them anywhere near Aspen Creek.

So what was… a sudden spike of alarm that split turning into terrified concern and mildly angry befuddlement had him falling out of the pack sense and into himself as Sage came tearing down the hall catching herself on Tad at the last second "Bran what the hell is wrong with Samuel?"

"Absolutely nothing as far as I know.  He’s with Mercy”

Sage paled. "Then Who the fuck just ambushed Asil?"

"What?!“ Bran stood, shoving his chair back before striding out the door. Tad and Sage following closely behind, Sage still talking.

"I don’t know!!!  A large white wolf, looks exactly like Samuel, doesn’t smell like anything, tackled Asil into the middle of Main Street and then tore off into the woods."

"The witch?“ Bran murmured, very confused.   But no that wasn’t possible.  Anna had killed her when he, Charles and Asil had been ensnared by her powers.  And then they had burned the body.  And according to Asil she had been the last of her coven, several hundred years ago.  Though that didn’t necessarily mean she had not taught anyone else during that time.  If this was revenge it did make sense that it had taken whoever this was a little while to track the pack down.  He reached into the pack sense again, easily locating the knot of exhaustion and grumpiness that he normally associated with Asil.  That was as present as it ever was but there was none of the resignation or bone deep terror that Bran expected.  Instead, all he got was surprise, a little bit of anger, and even more confusingly peace and playfulness.  So, probably not the witch nor a member of her coven if she had even had one. He let out a breath that he hadnt realized he was holding. Well that was something to be thankful for at least. There was no apparent danger other than the obvious of a strange wolf running around in his territory but that was easily dealt with.  Asil wasn’t too far away, somewhere in the woods behind the house and Bran turned to the two following him.  "Other than bothering Asil, you said the stranger was friendly?"

Tad shrugged while Sage frowned, and Tad spoke.  "Ive not interacted with him at all, just mistook him for Sam at a distance"

“Sage?” Bran asked as he wandered out the back door, barefoot.  He wasn’t in quite as much of a rush, but stopping for shoes was still a hassle he didn’t want to deal with.

She sighed and followed him across the yard. “Friendly enough, I suppose.  He completely ignored me, just ambushed us on the way to the hothouse, bowled over Asil, bowed in play, and then took off towards the woods the minute Asil got up.”

“Well, we’ll find out if this stranger means harm soon enough.  Keep your senses sharp, they’re around here somewhere.” Bran said as they moved through the trees.

In actuality it didn’t take too long to track the pair down.  The sounds of a scuffle and mock growls led the trio to a clearing that was often used as a starting point for the full moon runs.  Which made it a very good spot for an ambush.  A quick couple of hand signs had Sage and Tad drawing back ever so slightly and Bran drew his presence into himself as he snagged a seat on one of the fallen logs near the clearing’s edge.

The first thing he noticed was that it didn’t seem to have worked completely.  The ear twitch and slight pause in movement were pretty clear indicators of that, but the wolf never turned to look at him and instead kept their attention on Asil who kept the game of… keep away, it seemed, going.  The second thing Bran noticed was that Asil was still human.  He wasn’t entirely sure why, it could have been due to a need to keep the game even, a desire to talk, a need to not kill the intruder, anything really but for some reason this was important.  Third, Bran could see why the others had mistaken this wolf for his son.  The stranger, whomever they were, was a huge pure white wolf.  It would be one hell of a coincidence if they had blue eyes as well, although Bran personally thought that if that were the case there was more likely some sort of magic at play.  A heavy thud drew his attention back to the clearing and Bran winced reflexively as the wolf finally knocked Asil down.  Yet instead of going for the throat to end their mock battle the wolf instead scrambled atop Asil, taking advantage of the prone position to wrestle the branch from his hand and flop down, eyes closed and tail awag.

There was a moment of stunned silence that Bran used to get his first good look at the other wolf.   From this close it was obvious that this wasn’t Samuel.  While neither of them had markings of any sort, the strange wolf was somehow a different shade of white than his son.  There was also the concerning fact that this new wolf was on the skinny side for someone their size and their coat was a bit thin for this early in the year.  If he had to guess, the wolf had had a few very harsh winters and was teetering on the edge of starvation.  Still the blindingly white fur wasn’t patchy or matted and they clearly had retained enough sense to self to play. The silence occasionally punctured by heavy breaths was eventually broken by a soft huff of laughter from Asil as he caught his breath. "All right Amigo, you win.”

The wagging of the tail grew more pronounced and Bran got to his feet.

“Nice fight.” He said and the tail stopped moving, and the wolf atop Asil shifted ever so slightly and Bran found himself staring into a pair of bright crimson eyes.  Well.  Not a doppelgänger at all.  An albino wolf.  That was unusual.  Hopefully it was strange enough to make the other easy to identify and figure out why they were here.  Still, the wolf wasn’t backing down and Bran didn’t look away.  He was not going to let some strange wolf play dominance games on his turf.  It was as easy as breathing to bring that part of himself to the forefront and he absently noticed the tension rising in his other wolves but if anything the stranger looked even less impressed than before and to Bran‘s astonishment they yawned in his face before turning to look down at Asil with an expression that could only be described as “Can you believe this nonsense?”

Bran blinked, stupefied, then snorted, carefully scenting the air.  For some reason he was only picking up scents of his own pack and the forest itself.  Still the behavior was enough of a clue "Only you, Asil.” He said ruefully, picking his way through the clearing to stand at the pair‘s side. "Only you"

Asil and the strange wolf traded looks, before Asil voiced what they were clearly both thinking. "And what is that supposed to mean?"

“Through all my years I’ve met a few omegas, but somehow I have only ever met them one at a time. And here you are somehow befriending 3 separate omega werewolves.” He extended his hand to help Asil up as the wolf atop him cocked his head at him.

"He’s an Omega?  Really?" Asil shook his head as he stood and looked down at the other wolf.  "Did you know that?" he asked and the wolf shook his head.

Bran huffed in pretend disappointment.  He shouldn’t have been surprised as he was.   Anna hadn’t known anything either and he doubted the Austrian Omega that he had heard about knew much more.  "Well, we should probably fill you in on that in addition to whatever it is you’re here for.  Speaking of, Asil are you going to introduce us?"

The pair traded another look and Asil shrugged. "If I could, I would.”

Bran looked at Asil and then down at the wolf “You don’t know who this is?”

Asil made a so so gesture with his hand the other going to rest on the Wolf’s head.  "We’ve met, I think?  There was a battlefield?  We fought." He added with certainty.  "And…" He blinked then looked down at the wolf, watching as he spoke very hesitantly  "There was a eagle?"   The wolf perked up at this but Asil shook his head.  “Lo siento, amigo. That’s all.  I know I know you.  Your scent is familiar but it is not quite… I know I know it, yet…” he trailed off then asked  “Were you a wolf when we met?”

There was a considering silence, as the wolf cocked his head very obviously thinking it over and then gave a very human shrug.

Asil looked at Bran “I have no idea what that means.”

“Another thing to figure out, I suppose.” Bran said as he looked down at the wolf. “Well if Asil doesn’t know your name to introduce you, mind introducing yourself?”

The wolf blinked, stepped forward to nose at his hand then very pointedly looked into the forest.

“All right, that’s fair enough I suppose.” Bran said crouching down and offering a hand, gesturing with the other. “I’m Bran, the alpha of the Aspen Creek pack. You obviously know Asil,” Bran smiled as the new wolf cursorily sniffed his hand then turned to face the new arrivals. “And that’s Tad and Sage”

Another perfunctory sniff, barely enough to get a measure of their scents by Bran’s reckoning but that didn’t stop Sage who stepped closer.  “Hi!” She said cheerfully, hand outstretched, and this time the wolf gave her a dubious look but did indeed take a deeper sniff.  “I'm Sage Carhardt, but I think you caught that.  And you’re the second omega werewolf to wander by in the past few years.   Seriously Asil, are you catnip or something for Omegas?  This is a bit silly at this point.” She said with a smile and good natured teasing.

Asil for his part shrugged. “It may have to do with the fact that I treat them as capable people rather than putting them on a different pedestal than anyone else.”

“We don’t do that.“ Sage protested, and Asil raised an eyebrow and the wolf huffed.

"There are few enough Omegas that most do.  Still I don’t know why he came to me, and we won’t unless he decides to tell us himself"

All four people in the clearing turned to look at the wolf next to Asil.

"He does have a point" Bran said, "We can’t help unless you give us something to work with.  Do you mind introducing yourself now?"

The wolf snorted then got up and pulled away from the group slightly, which spoke well for their state of mind.  Shifting was not a painless process and hurt werewolves tended to lash out.

It would possibly also help if they all were not staring at the changing stranger.  Turned slightly, to give the appearance that they were instead watching the forest, as some sort of guard, Bran kept his other senses attuned to the new wolf.  Based on the sound, the shift was going as smoothly as a shift ever went when one’s entire skeletal and musculature were undergoing a radical transformation, when a rising scent caught his attention and by the audio clues things started to go horribly wrong.   Unable to help himself, Bran turned hoping that there would be something he could do to ease whatever was going on only to end up staring in horror.

The wolf had barely reached the midpoint in his shift, hunched over but mostly standing on two legs, shoulders broad, arms too long for his frame with wicked albeit useless claws capping his fingers and drool dripping from a mouth full of fangs looking every part the stereotypical Hollywood monster when Bran found himself growling.  He frowned, unable to stop himself and poked at the feelings.  Frustration, exhaustion, desperation and determination had him on edge along with a growing horror and resigned terror that he was still trapped.  The stranger absolutely was an omega werewolf, projecting as he was, and a fairly old one too, Bran realized.  Anna, while powerful and talented didn’t quite have the control needed to project as clearly as this stranger did.

As Bran and Asil watched, the wolf tried again, straining with all his might against the magic that allowed the shift.   The sound in the clearing stopped suddenly and Bran felt foreign hope that maybe this time he had gotten it when the scent of a new wolfs first moon change abruptly flooded the clearing and the sounds of the shift abruptly resumed and the hulking monstrosity fell back into a more familiar lupine shape.  The woods were silent save the sounds of heavy breathing and a few very hesitant bird calls, just on the edge of his hearing range. Bran blinked and turned to stare at the mystery that had brought himself to his doorstep. The strange wolf met his eyes evenly as he laid there panting, reeking of magic, exhaustion and desperation and Bran was once again sent reeling by the projected emotions. A quick glance at the others showed that he was not the only one. All of his wolves in the clearing were.

“Well.“ Bran said, shaking himself slightly, as if that would dislodge the projected emotions, but more so to bring his own under control. "I see now why you were not too keen on introducing yourself.  Does that happen every time you try to change?"

He was entirely unsurprised to receive a nod in response.  "All right.   Well, come along then." Bran said moving back towards his house.  He kept talking, slightly relishing in the surprise he could feel from behind him.  "Let’s get you fed and we'll see what we can do about getting your… Curse? Taken care of.  I’ll make some calls, but just so I have an idea of where to start, did you happen to piss off any witches recently?"

[slowlysointernet]

I'm really excited to read Sherwood's short story. He's a fascinating character and i hope we get a lot more information on him and maybe Bran. I hope i won't be disappointed because i haven't been happy with the direction of PB books for a while.

I didn't like the last short story she published with Asil’s last date. His sudden attraction to Ruby felt like she quickly paired him up because the fans wanted him with someone (before everyone was calling for him and Sage to end up together). It’s fan service and Ruby is quite boring and lackluster as a character.

[blog-sliverofjade]

Charles: Asil died trying to save us all.

Asil: Stop telling people I’m dead.

Charles: Sometimes I can hear his voice.

[incorrectmercythompsonquotes]

Asil : Charles is mad at me, and I’m not clear why.

Anna : Were you talking before he got upset ?

Asil : Yes.

Anna : That’s probably it.

[thegrowingwordsmith]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Alpha and Omega - Patricia Briggs Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Asil Moreno, Kara Beckworth, Sage Carhardt(mentioned), Leah Cornick(mentioned), Bran Cornick(mentioned) Additional Tags: Roses, pruning, Asil is a good dad Series: Part 2 of Tumblr Prompts Summary:

Prompt from @whatsitnot on Tumblr.

Asil teaching Kara about roses.

I’m sorry this took me so long to write. Motivation has been severely lacking in my life, but better late than never I guess. I hope you enjoy!

[gentlewords]

Asil and Hussan from Alpha & Omega Series 

“He is old. He can do as he chooses.” He gave a sour smile. “And he usually does. How is my father? He is still annoyed with me for refusing to kill him when he asked. He will not answer my phone calls or my letters. So I have stopped calling and writing.”

“He’s fine,” said Anna. “Better.”

Charles smiled a little. “He’ll probably take your phone calls now.”

― Patricia Briggs, Hunting Ground

[helshades]

 L’Équateur a mis fin au statut de demandeur d’asile dont bénéficiait le lanceur d’alerte, fondateur du site WikiLeaks, prétextant des « violations répétées des conventions internationales ��.

Depuis l’arrivée au pouvoir en Équateur de Lenín Moreno en mai 2017, la menace planait sur Julian Assange. Le nouveau président de l’Équateur, beaucoup plus favorable aux intérêts américains, s’est en effet donné pour mission de faire tout le contraire de son prédécesseur, le socialiste Rafael Correa. Y compris donc, revenir sur la protection accordée à Julian Assange depuis 2012.

Le 21 janvier 2019 au Lieu-Dit, Juan Branco, ancien conseiller juridique de WikiLeaks, nous donnait des nouvelles de Julian Assange. Une séquence à voir et à revoir, 7 minutes pour comprendre en quoi cette arrestation est grave et inacceptable.

[freifraufischer]

2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships MAG Qualification Results

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JPN 260.695

GBR 252.793

USA 252.295

CHN 249.929

ITA 247.661

ESP 245.594

BRA 245.394

KOR 244.093

GER 243.292

CAN 242.962

TUR 242.828

HUN 242.661

NED 242.060

FRA 240.027

EGY 239.026

BEL 237.228

TPE 237.029

KAZ 236.993

ROU 236.561

SUI 236.495

UKR 232.428

AUS 231.929

COL 231.261

AUT 230.427

MAG AA FINAL QUALIFICATION

1 Tanigawa Wataru (JPN) 84.731

2 Hashimoto Daiki (JPN) 84.665

3 Carlos Yulo (PHI) 84.664

4 Joe Fraser (GBR) 83.964

5 Zhang Boheng (CHN) 83.766

6 Asher Hong (USA) 83.299

7 Joel Plata (ESP) 82.799

8 Brody Malone (USA) 82.631

9 Casimir Schmidt (NED) 82.565

10 Caio Souza (BRA) 82.564

11 Jake Jarman (GBR) 82.365

12 Diogo Soares (BRA) 82.264

13 Ryu Sunghyun (KOR) 81.930

14 Adem Asil (TUR) 81.764

15 Illia Kovtun (UKR) 81.732

16 Yumin Abbadini (ITA) 81.532

17 Tang Chia-Hung (TPE) 80.698

18 Lukas Dauser (GER) 80.431

19 Sofus Heggemsnes (NOR) 80.099

20 Balazs Krisztian (HUN) 80.065

21 Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 79.898

22 Luka Van Den Keybus (BEL) 79.799

23 Gabriel Burtanete (ROU) 79.798

24 Lorenzo Minh Casali (ITA) 79.765

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R2 Omar Mohamed (EGY) 79.531

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R4 Meszaros Krisztofer (HUN) 79.498

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2 Doi Ryosuke (JPN) 14.766

3 Milad Karimi (KAZ) 14.733

4 Giarnni Regini-Moran (GBR) 14.533

5 Zhang Boheng (CHN) 14.500

6 Ryu Sunghyun (KOR) 14.466

7 Hashimoto Daiki (JPN) 14.466

8 Nicola Bartolini (ITA) 14.433

Tanigawa Kakeru (JPN) 14.300

R1 Benjamin Osberger (FRA) 14.266

R2 Aurel Benovic (CRO) 14.266

R3 Kim Hansol (KOR) 14.266

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1 Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) 15.233

2 Stephen Nedoroscik (USA) 15.233

3 Nariman Kurbanov (KAZ) 15.033

4 Loran de Munck (NED) 14.833

5 Harutyun Merdinyan (ARM) 14.700

6 Doi Ryosuke (JPN) 14.466

7 Filip Ude (CRO) 14.400

8 Ahmad Abu al Soud (JOR) 14.366

R1 Abdulla Azimov (UZB) 14.300

R2 Tanigawa Kakeru (JPN) 14.266

R3 Zachary Clay (CAN) 14.200

MAG SR FINAL QUALIFICATION

1 Courtney Tulloch (GBR) 14.666

2 Zou Jingyuan (CHN) 14.666

2 Adem Asil (TUR) 14.666

4 You Hao (CHN) 14.633

5 Vahagn Davtyan (ARM) 14.566

6 Kamoto Yuya (JPN) 14.500

7 Artur Avetisyan (ARM) 14.466

8 Donnell Whittenburg (USA) 14.333

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R2 Carlos Yulo (PHI) 14.066

R3 Hashimoto Daiki (JPN) 14.000

MAG VT FINAL QUALIFICATION

1 Artur Davtyan (ARM) 14.900

2 Carlos Yulo (PHI) 14.849

3 Gabriel Burtanete (ROU) 14.633

4 Igor Radivilov (UKR) 14.566

5 Caio Souza (BRA) 14.566

6 Lee Junho (KOR) 14.450

7 Tanigawa Wataru (JPN) 14.450

8 Kim Hansol (KOR) 14.433

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R2 Yuri Guimaraes (BRA) 14.216

R3 Courtney Tulloch (GBR) 14.200

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1 Zou Jingyuan (CHN) 15.700

2 Kamoto Yuya (JPN) 15.433

3 Lukas Dauser (GER) 15.400

4 Carlos Yulo (PHI) 15.300

5 Ferhat Arican (TUR) 15.200

6 Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 15.166

7 Joe Fraser (GBR) 15.066

8 Giarnni Regini-Moran (GBR) 14.966

R1 Illia Kovtun (UKR) 14.966

R2 Tanigawa Kakeru (JPN) 14.933

R3 Zhang Boheng (CHN) 14.900

MAG HB

1 Hashimoto Daiki (JPN) 15.100

2 Sun Wei (CHN) 14.833

3 Zhang Boheng (CHN) 14.733

4 Ilias Georgiou (CYP) 14.466

5 Brody Malone (USA) 14.433

6 Kamoto Yuya (JPN) 14.400

7 Arthur Mariano (BRA) 14.366

8 Tyson Bull (AUS) 14.333

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R2 Caio Souza (BRA) 14.333

R3 Robert Tvorogal (LTU) 14.300

[reseau-actu]

Puni, Julian Assange est privé d'internet

Une série de tweets de Julian Assange sur l'expulsion de diplomates russes de plusieurs pays européens a provoqué la colère de l'Équateur, qui a décidé de le sanctionner.

Agacé par certaines de ses prises de position, l'Équateur a coupé internet à Julian Assange, réfugié à l'ambassade équatorienne à Londres depuis 2012, pour punir le fondateur de WikiLeaks.

Le gouvernement de ce pays a annoncé mercredi qu'il avait coupé «les systèmes» de communication «avec l'extérieur» de l'Australien. Box internet supprimée ou wifi débranché? Le communiqué ne donne pas de détails sur les modalités de cette sanction. Le texte ne dit pas non plus si le fondateur de Wikileaks peut recevoir des visiteurs. L'ancien ministre grec des Finances Yanis Varoufakis et le musicien britannique Brian Eno ont dénoncé cette mesure qui contribue, selon eux, «à l'isolement de Julian».

La réaction du pays andin intervient après une série de tweets postés lundi soir par Julian Assange. Dans ses messages, il reproche le «timing» de l'expulsion de diplomates russes par des pays occidentaux en réaction à l'empoisonnement d'un ex-agent russe au Royaume-Uni, «12 heures après l'un des pires incendies d'immeubles de l'histoire post-soviétique», celui d'un centre commercial en Sibérie.

En cas de récidive de l'Australien, l'Équateur prévient qu'il pourra adopter «d'autres mesures», sans plus de précisions. Le gouvernement équatorien n'a pas indiqué de quelle manière Julian Assange avait manqué à son «engagement écrit pris avec le gouvernement fin 2017, selon lequel il promettait de ne pas publier des messages constituant une ingérence dans la relation (de l'Équateur) avec d'autre États», dont les États-Unis.

L'Australien s'est aussitôt attiré les foudres d'un membre du gouvernement britannique. «Il est très regrettable que Julian Assange reste dans l'ambassade d'Équateur», a déclaré mardi le secrétaire d'État britannique aux Affaires étrangères Alan Duncan devant le Parlement. «Il est grand temps que ce misérable petit ver de terre sorte de l'ambassade et qu'il se rende à la justice britannique», a-t-il ajouté.

Réunion à Londres

Ce n'est pas la première fois que l'Équateur rappelle à l'ordre son hôte, de plus en plus encombrant. Ce dernier avait notamment accusé fin 2017 le gouvernement espagnol de «répression» et pris le parti des indépendantistes catalans. Mais le président Lenin Moreno, qui a pris la suite de Rafael Correa en mai 2017, a réitéré en février sa promesse de continuer à protéger Assange.

Lors d'une intervention mercredi à Quito, la chef de la diplomatie équatorienne Maria Fernando Espinosa a annoncé qu'une délégation de son gouvernement devait se réunir «la semaine prochaine» à Londres avec les avocats d'Assange pour «explorer les alternatives» en vue d'une éventuelle sortie de l'ambassade.

Priver le fondateur de Wikileaks de moyens de communication «n'implique pas un changement de la politique d'asile (de Quito), mais revient à faire appliquer les conditions» de cette protection, juge Michel Levi, professeur de relations internationales de l'université Simon Bolivar.

L'Australien de 46 ans avait trouvé asile en juin 2012 dans l'ambassade d'Équateur pour échapper à une extradition vers la Suède où il était recherché depuis fin 2010 pour des accusations de viol et d'agression sexuelle qu'il niait. Ce pays était alors présidé par Rafael Correa, figure de la gauche sud-américaine, qui a nargué Washington en accordant sa protection au fondateur de WikiLeaks.

En cas d'arrestation, Assange craint d'être extradé et jugé aux États-Unis pour la publication par WikiLeaks en 2010 de nombreux secrets militaires et documents diplomatiques américains.

Malgré l'abandon des poursuites pour viol en mai 2017, un tribunal londonien a refusé en février de lever son mandant d'arrêt au motif qu'il n'avait pas respecté les conditions de sa liberté sous caution.

Le gouvernement équatorien avait annoncé fin février que le projet de médiation proposé au Royaume-Uni pour résoudre le cas de Julian Assange était «au point mort».

Quito a accordé en décembre la nationalité équatorienne au fondateur de WikiLeaks mais Londres avait refusé de lui reconnaître un statut diplomatique qui lui aurait permis de quitter l'ambassade sans être arrêté par la police britannique. «Nous continuons à dialoguer avec le Royaume uni pour trouver une solution définitive et durable à cette situation», a assuré mercredi Mme Espinosa.

Article complet: FIGARO — http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2018/03/28/01003-20180328ARTFIG00385-puni-julian-assange-est-prive-d-internet.php

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COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE du PCF Julian Assange : mettre fin à un acharnement inadmissible. Depuis plusieurs mois, les communistes alertent sur la situation de Julian Assange, fondateur de Wikileaks, arrêté le 11 avril 2019 par la police britannique suite au retrait illégal de son droit d’asile ordonné par le Président de l’Equateur Moreno, en totale violation de l’Article 14 de la ''Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l’Homme : « Devant la persécution, toute personne a le droit de chercher asile et de bénéficier de l’asile en d’autres pays. » Julien Assange est accusé d'avoir publié des révélations et des images de crimes de guerre commis par les États-Unis en Afghanistan et en Irak. Son arrestation illégale a constitué une grave atteinte aux droits de l’homme et à la liberté d'information. C'est pourquoi elle a été fermement condamnée par le Parti de la gauche européenne, ainsi que par Patrick Le Hyaric qui est intervenu le 15 avril au Parlement européen pour demander la protection d’Assange en vertu des conventions internationales des droits humains. En outre, Julien Assange est, depuis le 16 avril, lauréat 2019 du "Prix des Journalistes, Lanceurs d'Alerte et Défenseurs du Droit à l'information" (avec Motarjemi & Rui Pinto), décerné par le groupe de la Gauche Unitaire Européenne/NGL. S’il est extradé aux États-Unis, Julian Assange risque 175 ans de prison. Une condamnation qui résonnerait comme un avertissement envers tous les lanceurs d’alerte et journalistes. Elle serait grave dans un monde où les États-Unis et l’OTAN, exacerbent les tensions et le surarmement. Dès à présent, les conditions de détention de Julien Assange à la prison de haute sécurité de Belmarsh sont qualifiées de torture par Nils Melzer, rapporteur spécial de l’ONU, et sa famille s’inquiète de l’aggravation alarmante de son état de santé physique et psychologique. En outre, la juge de Westminster Vanessa Baraitser vient de décider son maintien en détention, bien que sa peine pour s’être « soustrait à la justice » expire le 22 septembre. Il est temps que cet acharnement cesse. Julian Assange doit recouvrer la liberté et sa sécurité doit être garantie. La procédure d’extradition à son encontr https://www.instagram.com/p/B2m_ovppltc/?igshid=nzuictv7eoi6

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Julian Assange pourrait quitter l'ambassade d'Equateur et être remis aux autorités britanniques

Julian Assange pourrait quitter l’ambassade d’Equateur et être remis aux autorités britanniques

Des discussions seraient en cours entre Quito et Londres concernant la situation de Julian Assange. Son asile à l’ambassade d’Equateur pourrait être révoqué et il pourrait, à terme, être remis aux autorités britanniques.

L’Equateur, par la voix de son président, Lenin Moreno, a annoncé ce 27 juillet que des discussions étaient en cours avec le Royaume-Uni à propos de la situation du lanceur…

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A Agadez, tensions et craintes font place au dialogue, et à la recherche de solutions

Le Niger est à la fois un condensé de la complexité des mouvements de population dans la bande sahélienne et le reflet des défis socio-économiques de cette partie du monde. Et dans ce contexte, malgré tout, la Libye reste attractive. Depuis la fin de l’année 2017, la ville d’Agadez enregistre l’arrivée de personnes originaires du Soudan, plus précisément du Darfour. En Juillet 2018, leur nombre était de 1,790, dont 20% de mineurs. 10% de cette population a vécu dans des camps de réfugiés au Tchad qu’ils disent avoir quitté faute de perspective. Lors d’un profilage réalisé par l’UNCHR en février 2018, il est aussi ressorti que près de 76% affirment avoir séjourné en Libye ou elles ont dans leur majorité été victime d’exploitation, torture ou de traite des personnes. Parmi cette population aux profils divers, il existe donc un dénominateur commun : celui d’avoir réalisé plusieurs déplacements en quête de futur. Pour analyser ce phénomène une catégorisation rigide ne peut être réalisée car elle en fausserait la compréhension. Déplacé interne au Darfour, réfugié au Tchad ou au Cameroun, migrant économique en Libye, migrant économique au Niger (notamment dans l’orpaillage), candidat à la traversé de la méditerranée : au cours de son périple, chacun a pu passer d’une catégorie à une autre. En plus de cette population soudanaise, via le partenariat multi-acteurs mis en place par le HCR pour identifier les personnes en besoin de protection internationale dans le flux migratoire, 250 personnes d’autres nationalités ont pu enclencher leur procédure de demande d’asile sur le sol nigérien. On retrouve des Nigérians, des Tchadiens, des Maliens, des Centrafricains mais aussi des Sud Soudanais, des Pakistanais, des Ethiopiens... A l’image d’une partie de la population soudanaise, d’autres mouvements de retour depuis la Libye doivent être anticipés. Consultant indépendant, originaire d’Agadez et fin connaisseur de la zone M. Intchirwak analyse la situation en Libye et propose des scenarios pour le Niger « Le premier scenario est que si la situation en Libye continue de se dégrader comme actuellement, il est automatique que plus de personnes devront quitter. Il existe plusieurs portes de sortie mais c’est celle du Niger reste la plus facile. La porte de sortie vers la mer, on sait que ce n’est plus une possibilité pour un grand nombre. Vers l’Egypte, ce n’est pas évident pour certaines nationalités, par exemple ceux originaires d’Afrique de l’ouest et du centre. Ici au Niger il y a un climat favorable car il y a cette paix relative, ce qu’aussi on ne trouve pas quand on sort vers le Tchad. Le second scenario n’est autre que le retour progressif des institutions en Libye qui pourrait conduire à une gestion forte des mouvements de population et qui au final pourrait provoquer la multiplication exponentielle des mouvements vers le Niger ce qui impactera encore d’autant plus la coexistence pacifique». En effet, l’arrivée de la population soudanaise a attisé certaines tensions avec la population locale. Il existe de la suspicion alors que dans le nord Niger des affrontements ont été signalés entre les forces armées nigériennes et des groupes armés composés notamment de tchadiens et de soudanais. Beaucoup de frustration aussi, parfois conséquence d’un tissu économique qui a du mal à se remettre de la réduction drastique du nombre de migrants passant par Agadez, et qui cristallise les tensions autour de ces personnes qui n’en partent pas. Pendant plusieurs mois en étroite collaboration avec les élus locaux et le support du Sultan d’Agadez, le HCR s’est attelé à assurer que soit maintenu la coexistence pacifique et l’espace de tolérance maintenu en vue d’aller vers la recherche conjointes de solutions. Face à la complexité des mouvements de population dans la bande sahélienne le Niger est aussi un exemple de pragmatisme et de recherche de solutions. Alors qu’il y a encore quelques jours la possibilité pour la population soudanaise de demander l’asile au Niger n’était pas une option pour les autorités, elle en est une aujourd’hui. La recherche de solutions passe par le dialogue. Le 4 juillet 2018, après plusieurs semaines de préparation, le Ministère de l’Intérieur, les autorités régionales et le HCR ont organisé à Agadez un forum pour discuter la problématique de la population soudanaise mais, au-delà et à travers une analyse prospective, essayer de poser les bases solides d’une meilleure gestion des mouvements à venir. Les gradins de la Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture d’Agadez étaient bien occupés. Représentants de la société civile, Maires des différentes communes de la région, leaders traditionnels, représentants des forces de défense et de sécurité, ONG et agences UN, nombreux sont les acteurs ayant suivi et contribué aux débats. Au-delà de la recherche de solutions pour les réfugiés et demandeurs d’asile, il a aussi été beaucoup mentionné le nexus « Protection-Asile-Développement » que les mots de Mme Alitane, présidente de l’Association des Femmes pour la paix et ancienne Maire de la commune d’Agadez, résument bien : «Nous, population d’Agadez, nous ne sommes pas contre les demandeurs d’asile, mais souhaiterions seulement qu’une attention particulière soit accordée aussi à nos jeunes qui sont sans emploi et qui sont laissés à eux-mêmes depuis la loi sur la migration irrégulière. On gagnerait aussi si la région était développée et que tout le monde y trouve son compte». Aminta Hassimi Larabou Benoit Moreno

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Asil : Was it really necessary for me to be born ?

Anna : Possibly not, however double chocolate chip cookies aren’t really necessary either but I wouldn’t want to live in a world without them !

Asil : That is the most uplifting thing I’ve heard all day.

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Asil : *talking about Bran* He’s tough, but fair. I can see why you have such intense daddy stuff with him.

Mercy : Oh yeah, the girl without a daddy is the one with daddy issues. Explain that logic !

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Asil : Why is your back all scratched up ?

[Flashback to Anna chasing after a racoon after Charles told her to leave it alone.]

Anna : I’m having an affair.