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Ecuador Denies That Julian Assange Will be Evicted From Embassy in London

posted by takyon on Sunday April 07 2019, @10:12AM   
from the unwelcome-guest dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Looks like Assange may go from the loving arms of the Ecuadorian Embassy to London's finest cell when he is evicted, which is now imminent.

UK police outside Ecuador embassy amid WikiLeaks tweets

Also at The Hill.

Ecuador denies WikiLeaks claim it plans to release Julian Assange

The Ecuadorian government on Friday rejected claims by WikiLeaks that founder Julian Assange would be ousted from his sanctuary at the country's embassy in London "within hours to days."

Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement released Friday that the allegation was "an attempt to stain the dignity of the country," according to an NBC News translation. Ecuador "has made significant expenditures to pay for his stay" and has "endured its rudeness," the ministry continued.

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• Re:Just Attention For Assange? (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @01:13PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @01:13PM (#825761)

  You watch - if Assange hasn't been in the news for a few weeks, he'll say/do/accuse/prompt something like this.

  It sounds like the WikiLeaks twitter account said something, not Assange. It sounds like he doesn't even handle documents for the organization anymore due to being closely monitored. Maybe Ecuador took a step back since there was suddenly a lot of attention being paid to the situation.

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