President Correa on Assange in a recent interview.

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27. The POTUS does not have any such power

If you think he is doing that, get your Rep to vote for his impeachment. The Constitution and laws don't allow that in the US.

There is nothing to prove Ecuador would not do it given the power to do so.

The most pervasive violations of women’s rights involved domestic and sexual violence. Although prohibited by law, both were widespread and vastly underreported, again due to for fear of retribution, social stigma, and further violence. Although authorities referred many women who reported domestic abuse or sexual crimes to the judicial system, cultural prejudices, financial dependence or lack of financial resources, family pressure, and the victim’s fear of testifying at a trial contributed to a large number of charges against perpetrators being dropped. Between January and June, 2,437 domestic violence complaints were filed.

Hmm, now we see possibly how Julian chose this country.

The government increasingly filed legal charges or opened investigations against protesters who blocked roads or impeded public services, charging demonstrators with “terrorism and sabotage” or similar charges that effectively criminalized protest. NGOs estimated that 100 to 200 persons faced criminal charges for their participation in protests.

On August 8, indigenous leaders Carlos Perez, Federico Guzman, and Efren Arpi were sentenced to eight days in jail for illegally obstructing roads and interrupting public services during an April 2010 protest.

In October 25, indigenous leader Marco Guatemal was arrested on misdemeanor charges for illegally obstructing roads during an April 2010 protest. Guatemal was initially charged with terrorism, but the charges were later reduced. A judge dismissed the case on November 10 due to lack of evidence after Guatemal spent 17 days in pretrial detention.

In September 2010 indigenous leaders Pepe Acacho, Fidel Kaniras, and Pedro Mashiant Chamik were charged with terrorism and sabotage for allegedly inciting an indigenous protest that led to the death of Bosco Wisuma in 2009. On February 1, the defendants were detained and transferred to a jail in Quito. On February 8, a judge ruled the detention “illegal and arbitrary” and released the defendants, who had been fulfilling the terms of their probation. The defendants remained on probation, and the case was pending at year’s end.

So much for how Occupy would fare there.