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Diplomatic cables reveal Australia expects U.S. to charge Julian Assange
Declassified diplomatic cables from Australia’s embassy in Washington D.C., obtained through freedom of information requests filed by The Sydney Morning Herald, reveal that Australian officials have already begun laying the groundwork for the U.S. to pursue charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The cables show that diplomats in Assange’s home…
With Assange inside, police guard Ecuador embassy
Julian Assange remained holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy on Friday with police guarding its exits, as Britain’s government warned that the diplomatic row over the WikiLeaks founder could go on for years. Ecuador granted asylum on Thursday to Assange — whose website enraged the United States by publishing a…
Assange asylum decision leaves Britain in uncharted waters
LONDON — Ecuador’s decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange puts Britain in uncharted diplomatic and legal waters, as it insisted Thursday it would go ahead with extraditing him to Sweden. When Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced to applause in Quito that his government was giving the…
U.S. denies seeking to ‘persecute’ WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
WASHINGTON — The United States said Thursday it was had no intention of “persecuting” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and denied charges that it was pressuring Britain to seize him. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland declined comment on Ecuador’s offer of asylum to Assange but rejected assertions by WikiLeaks and Quito…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted asylum in Ecuador
Update (below): British Foreign Secretary William Hague says Assange will not be allowed to leave Ecuador’s embassy Julian Assange, the embattled founder of anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, has been granted asylum in Ecuador. Problem is, there’s a good chance he’ll never get there. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said Thursday morning…
U.K. Foreign Office: We would refuse Assange safe passage out of London
Britain has told Ecuador that it would refuse to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange safe passage out of the country even if Quito grants him asylum, official notes showed Thursday. Police and protesters gathered outside Ecuador’s embassy in London on Thursday ahead of a statement from Quito on whether or…
Wikileaks says British raid threat ‘hostile, extreme’
Whistleblowing website Wikileaks on Thursday condemned a British threat to raid the Ecuador embassy in London where its founder is holed up as a “hostile and extreme” assault on asylum-seekers. “WikiLeaks condemns in the strongest possible terms the UK’s resort to intimidation,” it said in a statement. “A threat of…
Ecuador to give Assange asylum decision Thursday
QUITO — Ecuador said it would announce its decision on granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, and slammed Britain for threatening to storm Quito’s mission in London to retrieve him. Assange, an Australian national, has been holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy since June. Ecuador’s Foreign Minister…
Ecuador ‘will grant Assange asylum’: report
LONDON — Ecuador President Rafael Correa was set to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Britain’s Guardian newspaper said on its website Tuesday, quoting an official in Quito. “We see Assange’s request as a humanitarian issue,” an unnamed official told the daily. “It is clear that when Julian entered…
Ecuador to respond to Assange plea this week
QUITO — Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa has said he expects to respond to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s application for political asylum some time this week. “Hopefully this week we will be able to make a statement on the matter,” the leftist leader said in an interview with public broadcaster ECTV…
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