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Ecuador has granted citizenship to Julian Assange as its government attempts to find creative ways of getting Assange out of the Ecuadorean embassy in London:
Ecuador says it has granted citizenship to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, as officials try to find a way for him to leave the Ecuadorean embassy in London without risking legal action.
Assange, who is Australian, first sought refuge at the embassy more than five years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faced an investigation over rape allegations. He was granted asylum, and has been holed up in the embassy ever since.
The original case against him has been dropped, but Assange remains inside the embassy. "He is still subject to arrest in Britain for jumping bail," The Associated Press notes. "He also fears a possible U.S. extradition request based on his leaking of classified State Department documents."
"Earlier this week, Ecuador said the situation was unsustainable and requested diplomatic status for Assange in hopes of springing him," NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from London. "A British government spokesman responded: 'Ecuador knows that the way to resolve this issue is for Julian Assange to leave the embassy to face justice.'"
Also at The Guardian.
(Score: 5, Funny) by fyngyrz on Saturday January 13 2018, @09:22PM (4 children)
Clearly Ecuador needs a larger diplomatic bag.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by frojack on Saturday January 13 2018, @09:29PM (1 child)
Or maybe just trump up a charge against a few British tourists in Ecuador.
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(Score: 2) by RS3 on Saturday January 13 2018, @11:59PM
I see what you did there.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday January 14 2018, @12:27AM
He and his son were smuggled out of Sweden in a plane that carried a diplomatic pouch
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(Score: 1) by tftp on Sunday January 14 2018, @12:53AM