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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts) Sat Jun 30, 2012, 11:06 PM Jun 2012

Ecuador still deciding on Assange asylum: Correa

(AFP) – 5 hours ago

QUITO — Ecuador is still considering whether to grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations, President Rafael Correa said Saturday.

"We are analyzing the case with full responsibility and, as we have said a thousand times, we have no deadline to make a decision," Correa said.

"That decision will be absolutely sovereign and ... (show) respect for human rights," he added ...

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Lots of "wins" as long as Assange stays in the consulate riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #1

riderinthestorm

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1. Lots of "wins" as long as Assange stays in the consulate

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 11:26 PM

Jun 2012

He's basically imprisoned there (the Swedes and Brits are probably okay with this), the Ecuadorians gain some political leverage and notoriety. The US doesn't have to go through the messy extradition we are all watching for, Assange is basically neutralized where he's at....

Yup, I see him as a political "prisoner" holed up in that embassy for a long while.

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