Ecuador says UK violating human rights of WikiLeaks' Assange

[JDPriestly]

32. And they may be proudly standing up for free speech and

access to the truth. Who knows? Ecuador knows. Let them speak for themselves.

“If Pinochet was not extradited for humanitarian reasons then it's clear that they can take the decision not to extradite Mr. Julian Assange,” Correa said.

Correa is part of a populist alliance of Latin American leaders that includes Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Bolivia's Evo Morales and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega. They frequently criticize the US “empire” and have strengthened ties with China, Russia and Iran.

The Ecuadorean government remains angry at a veiled threat by Britain to enter its embassy and arrest Assange. On Tuesday Correa denounced it as “rude, impertinent and unacceptable.”

But on Wednesday he repeated that Ecuador was ready to negotiate over the 41-year-old Australian's fate. Ecuador's government wants Assange to receive written assurances that he would not be extradited from Sweden to a third country.

http://en.mercopress.com/2012/08/24/correa-recalls-the-uk-non-extradition-of-pinochet-on-humanitarian-reasons