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Julian Assange requests asylum in Ecuador, foreign minister says
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has formally requested asylum in Ecuador, the country's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said.
Patino, speaking at a press conference in Quito, Ecuador, read from a statement that Assange was currently at Ecuador's embassy in London, England, where he formally requested asylum. Patino read a statement to reporters at a news conference in Quito. He took no questions.
The request comes after the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on Thursday dismissed an application filed by an attorney for the WikiLeaks founder who was seeking to reopen his appeal against extradition to Sweden.
The application was Assange's last option in the British courts. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service has previously said if the court dismissed Assange's appeal, his only further remedy is to apply immediately to the European Court of Human Rights, and Assange's attorneys have vowed to do so.
The appeal itself would be a rarity, as the court's decisions are supposed to be final in Britain.
Assange has been fighting for a year and a half against being sent to Sweden for questioning about accusations of sexual abuse. Two women accused him in August 2010 of sexually assaulting them during a visit to Sweden in connection with a WikiLeaks release of internal U.S. military documents.
WikiLeaks' work is not at issue in the extradition matter or the Swedish allegations against Assange.
Assange has not been charged with a crime, but Swedish prosecutors want to question him about allegations of "unlawful coercion and sexual misconduct including rape," according to a Supreme Court document.
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you know what an embassy is?
What a coward
I am not sure why he was not sitting in custody while waiting the court decision. He is a flight risk if I ever saw one, and this proves it.
he iasnt charged with a single crime. why should he be in custody?
Ecuador?!? Wow...that's crazy. The US Government LOVES having covert op's in South America. They'll have him before Labor Day
Don't nobody want to live in Ecuador! That's when you know you've messed up something fierce......
BD
venezuela would have welcomed him with open arms
Sweden has been trying to 'state napped' Julian Assange since he was a little boy – Hope surfaces in case of ‘state-napped’ child http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/hope-surfaces-in-case-of-state-napped-child/
How intellectual; "your grammar sucks". Do you think anyone could take you seriously with such comments? Why don't you talk about the grammar if you think it does not convey information effectively? We would see if you know anything about anything except a phrase that shows total ignorance. We could see how much you know about modern linguistics; would bet your knowledge is nonexistent, but give it a try.
This man is a hero. If governments and corporations are going to put our lives and well being at risk, then we have the absolute right to know.
Perhaps asylum in Supermax in Colorado could be arranged.
"Personally, I do not know this man Mr. Assange. Is he a bad person, is he a good person? .. Which one of YOU know him personally to make that judgement?"
Is everyone ignorant for condemning the 9/11 attackers because we did not get a chance to "personally" know the attackers ? Dufuss !
He makes the podium for the D-Bag Olympics for sure!
innocent people do not request asylum and fight extradiction!
True that!
Funny how these charges miraculously popped up just days after the explosive wikileaks info on top leaders surfaced.
They do when they're up against a rigged system.
You don't know much! Read before you post garbage.
Huh?
Google famous asylum seekers!
That's a clearer admission of guilt than any words he could possibly say. LOL.
The sheep who follow this guy are the most naive on the planet.
...asylum in Ecuador and all the bananas he can eat.