Wikileaks Founder Assange Seeks Asylum at Ecuador’s U.K. Embassy
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Julian Assange, the founder of anti-secrecy group Wikileaks, sought asylum at Ecuador’s Embassy in London after exhausting his options through British courts to avert extradition to Sweden.
Ecuador is studying the request and is in contact with the U.K. government, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters in Quito yesterday. Assange, accused of rape by two Swedish women, has fought extradition to Sweden for 18 months.