WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London [File: Neil Hall/Reuters]
Reuters: Ecuador's Moreno says Wikileaks' Assange can leave embassy if he wants
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said on Thursday that there was a “path” for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave the South American country’s London embassy, where he has lived for six years under asylum, if he so chooses.
Assange has claimed that Ecuador is seeking to end his asylum and hand him over to the United States, where prosecutors are preparing to pursue a criminal case against him. Wikileaks has released thousands of classified U.S. military documents, among other disclosures.
“There is a path for Mr. Assange to take the decision to exit into near freedom,” Moreno said in a local radio interview.
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WNU Editor: It is now only becoming a question of time before he is escorted out of the door. A part of me wonders if Julian Assange is waiting for a Labour government. A Jeremy Corbyn does not strike me as someone who would accommodate the U.S. by extraditing him to the U.S.
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