Assange granted asylum
The Ecuadorian government last night announced it would grant the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange political asylum.
But within minutes of the announcement the British government issued a statement saying the decision does not change its “binding obligation” to extradite him to Sweden.
The South American country’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ricardo Patino, told a news conference in Quito that should Assange be extradited from Britain to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about allegations of rape and sexual assault, there was a “clear possibility” he could then be transferred to a third country.
Now they got to sneak him out of the country.
