Ecuador to Expel Assange Within ‘Hours to Days,’ WikiLeaks Says

  • WikiLeaks cites high level source in Ecuador’s government
  • Ecuador denies it’s about to end Assange’s asylum in embassy
Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on May 19, 2017.Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
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Ecuador plans to expel WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from its London embassy and has an agreement in place with the U.K. for his arrest, WikiLeaks said citing a source within the Ecuadorian government.

“A high level source within the Ecuadorian state has told WikiLeaks that Julian Assange will be expelled within ‘hours to days’,” WikiLeaks said on Twitter.