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In reply to the discussion: Assange will be refused safe passage even if Ecuador grants asylum - Foreign Office [View all]steve2470
(37,457 posts)10. Ecuador to Let Assange Stay in Its Embassy
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/world/americas/ecuador-to-let-assange-stay-in-its-embassy.html
CARACAS, Venezuela The government of Ecuador is prepared to allow Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, to remain in its embassy in London indefinitely under a type of humanitarian protection, a government official said in the capital, Quito, on Wednesday night. Seeking asylum, Mr. Assange has been holed up for two months in the embassy, where the police scuffled with and arrested some of his supporters on Thursday.
Amid an escalating confrontation with Britain over Mr. Assange, Ecuadorean officials said they would announce the decision of the countrys president, Rafael Correa, on Thursday. The official said that the British government had made it clear it would not allow Mr. Assange to leave the country to travel to Ecuador, so even with a grant of asylum or similar protection, he would probably remain stuck in the embassy.
In advance of the announcement from Quito, supporters of Mr. Assange gathered outside the embassy in London on Thursday, refusing police orders to move across the road until officers bundled three of them into police vans and arrested them.
On Wednesday, Ecuadors foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño, said that the British authorities had threatened to barge into the countrys embassy in London if officials did not hand over Mr. Assange. Today we have received from the United Kingdom an explicit threat in writing that they could assault our embassy in London if Ecuador does not hand over Julian Assange, Mr. Patiño said at a news conference in Quito, adding defiantly, We are not a British colony.
CARACAS, Venezuela The government of Ecuador is prepared to allow Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, to remain in its embassy in London indefinitely under a type of humanitarian protection, a government official said in the capital, Quito, on Wednesday night. Seeking asylum, Mr. Assange has been holed up for two months in the embassy, where the police scuffled with and arrested some of his supporters on Thursday.
Amid an escalating confrontation with Britain over Mr. Assange, Ecuadorean officials said they would announce the decision of the countrys president, Rafael Correa, on Thursday. The official said that the British government had made it clear it would not allow Mr. Assange to leave the country to travel to Ecuador, so even with a grant of asylum or similar protection, he would probably remain stuck in the embassy.
In advance of the announcement from Quito, supporters of Mr. Assange gathered outside the embassy in London on Thursday, refusing police orders to move across the road until officers bundled three of them into police vans and arrested them.
On Wednesday, Ecuadors foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño, said that the British authorities had threatened to barge into the countrys embassy in London if officials did not hand over Mr. Assange. Today we have received from the United Kingdom an explicit threat in writing that they could assault our embassy in London if Ecuador does not hand over Julian Assange, Mr. Patiño said at a news conference in Quito, adding defiantly, We are not a British colony.
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Assange will be refused safe passage even if Ecuador grants asylum - Foreign Office [View all]
steve2470
Aug 2012
OP
Well everyone knew that would happen. Which is why Correa will most likely drag this out
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#2
It firmly establishes their position within the growing, powerful Latin American block
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#20
Agreed. Ecuador only stands to gain internationally, the UK's stunning move is the biggest question
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#22
I've held out this tiny bit of hope that weeks ago, while Ecuador was thinking things over
magical thyme
Aug 2012
#6
I hope Correa orders the Ecuadorean military to raze the British embassy in Quito and
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#25
Actually, they virtually dropped the charges. They were resurrected only after Wikileaks
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#26
Kindly tell me what is consensual or minor or 'low impact' about the acts alleged:
msanthrope
Aug 2012
#31
Whatever the truth is about these allegations, they don't rise to the level of this kind of reaction
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#38
THIS allegation with THIS particular man and Sweden's behavior on these alleged charges
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#42
How in the world is anyone going to prove that they had sex without a condom or,
JDPriestly
Aug 2012
#45
I suspect what caused the UK to react in such a manner is British exceptionalism.
msanthrope
Aug 2012
#32
Really?? You think the Brits are creating this international incident because of "exceptionalism"?
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#35
has it entered your head that perhaps those who are backing Assange do so because
Swagman
Aug 2012
#33