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2. Assange won't move from Ecuador embassy: WikiLeaks

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 02:13 PM

Jun 2012

By AFP
Published: June 21, 2012

LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will remain inside Ecuador’s embassy in London until his case is resolved, in a process that could take “hours or days” ... Kristinn Hrafnsson, the main spokesman for WikiLeaks, told reporters ...

But he said reports on Wednesday quoting Ecuador’s deputy foreign minister Marco Albuja as saying that Correa would give his instructions within 24 hours were “based on a misunderstanding by Australian media.”

“It could take hours, it could take days. I have no idea. I assume that if asylum is not granted then he will leave the embassy and will be arrested,” Hrafnsson said ...

http://tribune.com.pk/story/397322/assange-wont-move-from-ecuador-embassy-wikileaks/

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