LATEST ON ASSANGE - STILL THE SILLY CASE GOES ON AND ON

Ecuador offers to take Assange to Sweden under its protection
dpa
Published: Saturday, Sep. 22, 2012 - 1:00 am

Ecuador has suggested that it take WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden for questioning under its protection, in the latest move in the diplomatic spat between the two countries.

Assange took shelter in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in June to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning in relation to allegations of rape and sexual assault.

Ecuador has granted the Australian asylum inside the embassy but Britain says it will not allow him to leave the building for the South American country.

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Richard Patino said that he would discuss the proposal with his British counterpart William Hague at a United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York on Thursday.

Patino said the meeting would be aimed at "finding a diplomatic solution framed within international law to the case of the refugee Julian Assange."

Assange says he fears that once extradited to Sweden he could be extradited to the United States. There he could face charges related to the release by WikiLeaks of U.S. diplomatic cables.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/22/4844753/ecuador-offers-to-take-assange.html#storylink=cpy

In the name....

Pity he can't just get stuck on the same Con Air flight as Hooky.

bb1 wrote:In the name....

Pity he can't just get stuck on the same Con Air flight as Hooky.

What I found interesting is that the Foreign Minister called Assange a 'refugee' NOT an asylum seeker. I think maybe, just maybe Ecuador have realised they have got themselves in a cleft stick. We can but wait and see. LL

I don't think too many people would care if Ecuador was stuck with him in Stockholm, instead of London, LL.