IMO the denial of Sweden to guarantee Assange that he will not be sent to the US is enough to

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276. Lol, the Daily Mail!

I prefer his attorneys' description without the DM's enhancements.

The Ecuadorian Govt can and have indicated they may bring this issue, Britain's refusal to respect their right to grant asylum to Assange, to the International Courts. So yes, there are other legal avenues. Britain doesn't rule the world. Ecuador NOT Assange has rights under International law.

However I suspect that neither Correa nor Assange actually want him to leave the Embassy. There he is visited regularly by his attorneys and other friends and relatives if he wishes. It would be much more difficult for them were he in Ecuador.

Now that Britain has been slapped down for its outrageous threat to storm the embassy and have informed Ecuador that this will not happen, he is much better off staying there.

In other cases of asylum seekers, they have remained in embassies for years until a change in the political landscape, very likely here also, ended their need for asylum.