Julian Assange will be granted asylum, says official

[rpannier]

Ecuador's president Rafael Correa has agreed to give Julian Assange asylum, officials within Ecuador's government have said.

The WikiLeaks founder has been holed up at Ecuador's London embassy since 19 June, when he officially requested political asylum.

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Ecuador's foreign minister Ricardo Patiño indicated that the president would reveal his answer once the Olympic Games were over. But it remains unclear if giving Assange asylum will allow him to leave Britain and fly to Ecuador, or amounts to little more than a symbolic gesture. At the moment he faces the prospect of arrest as soon as he leaves the embassy for breaching his bail conditions.

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Government sources in Quito confirmed that despite the outstanding legal issues Correa would grant Assange asylum – a move which would annoy Britain, the US and Sweden. They added that the offer was made to Assange several months ago, well before he sought refuge in the embassy, and following confidential negotiations with senior London embassy staff.

link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/14/julian-assange-asylum-ecuador-wikileaks

[Enthusiast]

1. I'm glad to hear it...............nt

[No Elephants]

2. Meanwhile, wikileaks is desperate for money.

From its home page:

WikiLeaks: 620 days of banking blockade - no process
Assange: 617 days detainment - no charge
Manning: 814 days in jail - no trial
Grand Jury: 700 days US secret Grand Jury into WikiLeaks - no transparency

We are forced to put all our efforts into raising funds to ensure our economic survival. For almost a year we have been fighting an unlawful financial blockade. We cannot allow giant US finance companies to decide how the whole world votes with its pocket. Our battles are costly. We need your support to fight back. Please donate now.

Some snippets of the headlines on its home page:

"Wikileaks: Syria Files
Thursday 5 July 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing the Syria Files – more than two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012."

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"Wikileaks: The GIFiles" {a private intelligence company for the likes of the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines, Raytheon, et al.}

:wtf: I didn't even know we had privatized intelligence gathering!!

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"The Guantanamo Files: 779 classified prisoner dossiers revealed from the world’s most notorious prison"

http://wikileaks.org/



There is lotsmore.






http://wikileaks.org/