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Ecuador's foreign minister has blamed Britain over the stalemate surrounding WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange following rekindled attempts to secure his safe exit from Quito's embassy in London.
"On the issue of mediation, I have to say very honestly that it has not been successful because two parties are needed to mediate, [sic]" Maria Fernanda Espinosa, the Ecuadorian foreign minister, told reporters Friday with respect to the Assange case, Agence France-Presse translated.
"Ecuador is willing but the other party is not," she added, referring to Britain, according to Reuters.
On the other hand, from the same source, and as we have already reported:
British authorities argue that Mr. Assange, an Australian, was under house arrest when he entered the embassy and should be apprehended for having breached his bail conditions if and when he exits.
Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/23/ecuador-blames-britain-over-julian-assange-impasse/
(Score: 5, Insightful) by fritsd on Sunday February 25 2018, @09:13PM (2 children)
Meanwhile the British taxpayer has paid a fortune to keep the Ecuadorian embassy under 24 hour surveillance for several years.
I don't think they have done that for any other suspected or alleged rapist or bail jumper.
(Score: 4, Funny) by tftp on Sunday February 25 2018, @11:33PM
The Ecuadorians couldn't buy this protection for any money.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 25 2018, @11:59PM
> I don't think they have done that for any other suspected or alleged rapist or bail jumper.
Bail jumping is what the British are leaning on. Technically that's all they have. But the large smear campaign depends on bald face lies, which are common enough that some repeat or imply them. Some because of the sheer frequency of repetition and some because of wishful thinking and an agenda against Jualian or even againt men in general.
If you've ended up with the mistaken belief that he was in any way wanted for rape, then you should read more about the persecution of Julian Assange [paulcraigroberts.org]. There wasn't any case against him and he cleared his departure with the Swedish government. Hours later a new, different prosecutor reopened the investigation and issued an Interpol "red alert".