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Ecuador's president Rafael Correa has agreed to give Julian Assange asylum, officials within Ecuador's government have said.
The WikiLeaks founder has been holed up at Ecuador's London embassy since 19 June, when he officially requested political asylum.
"Ecuador will grant asylum to Julian Assange," said an official in the Ecuadorean capital Quito, who is familiar with the government discussions.
On Monday, Correa told state-run ECTV that he would decide this week whether to grant asylum to Assange. Correa said a large amount of material about international law had to be examine
Originally posted by darkbake
reply to post by anon72
That is awesome. I hope that Julian Assange can continue his quest for truth from Ecuador, where he is guaranteed safety.
Originally posted by boncho
In other news, Ecuador has been declared a terrorist nation....
Kidding....
Am I?
Originally posted by boncho
Assange picked and chose what he released. It may have looked like "truth" but it was calculated. How much got held back for hush money?
What kind of tactics are that?
How is it any better than the people he claims he is exposing....
Originally posted by DarthPhobos
Can't wait to see how the heck he plans on leaving the Embassy & England, it's gonna be a big task, can't figure out how he going to manage it, Ecuador helicopter James bond style from the roof top is the only option I see but getting that to work isn't visable, any ideas??