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August 14, 2012

Ecuador to Reveal Decision on Julian Assange’s Asylum Bid This Week 
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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has announced his government will
likely reveal this week whether it plans to grant Wiki Leaks founder
Julian Assange political asylum. Assange has taken refuge in the
Ecuadorean embassy in London in a bid to avoid extradition to Sweden and
ultimately, he says, to the United States. On Monday, Correa said a
decision is pending after heavy deliberation.

President Rafael Correa: "I've read reports that say, 'Why are we taking
so long?' The process has to be revised, the position of the United
States must be looked at ... that there will be a secret tribunal over
there, that there could be the death penalty. This requires a great
amount of information and we have to analyze international law in order
to take an informed decision that is completely responsible, and
obviously, a sovereign decision."

 

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