Julian Assange
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
has been holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy for nearly three years
under threat of extradition. Swedish prosecutors wish to question him
about allegations of sexual assault, although he has never been charged.
In an interview with euronews, Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa
said that Assange would always be welcome in the embassy, for the rest
of his life in necessary. He added that the solution lies with the UK
government, and called on them to grant him immunity adding, “If we had a
European refugee in a European embassy in Quito, if we were to keep him
three years without letting him stay, we would be called dictators,
fascists. We would be brought in front of the International Criminal
Court.”
It comes as a Swedish prosecutor cancelled an appointment to
interview Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in the British capital on
Wednesday, a move which Assange described as reckless. Prosecutor
Mariane Ny said she had not received permission to enter the embassy.
Speaking to euronews earlier on, Correa said that Sweden could have acted sooner to resolve the issue.
Full article and video available here: http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/18/assange-can-spend-the-rest-of-his-life-in-our-embassy-in-london-ecuador/
Source: Euronews
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