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(3,317 posts)Ecuador forcefully rejected pressure from Britain and announced Thursday that it was granting political asylum to Julian Assange,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/world/americas/ecuador-to-let-assange-stay-in-its-embassy.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Ecuador grants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange political asylum
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/aug/16/julian-assange-political-asylum-ecuador
Julian Assange granted political asylum by Ecuador; Britain maintains extradition pledge
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/julian-assange-granted-political-asylum-by-ecuador-britain-maintains-extradition-pledge/2012/08/16/414c66c8-e7a5-11e1-9739-eef99c5fb285_story.html
The differentiation between "political" and "diplomatic" is immaterial, since the UK is not a signatory to the OAS convention. But the asylum was still granted, due to "political persecution", and is therefore exactly the same as what is described in the Convention on Refugees.