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August 15, 2012

Correa: No Decision Yet on Assange’s Asylum Bid 
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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa says he has still not reached a
decision about whether to grant asylum to Wiki Leaks founder Julian
Assange. In a tweet, Correa said: "Rumor of asylum to Assange is false.
There is still no decision in this respect." He was responding to a
report in The Guardian newspaper quoting an unnamed official who said
the decision had already been made. The reporter, Irene Caselli, has
stood by her story, which says Assange was offered asylum in Ecuador
months ago, before he entered the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June.
Assange is seeking to avoid extradition to Sweden and ultimately, he
says, to the United States. Correa has previously said he would release
a decision on Assange soon, possibly this week.

 

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