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Washington / London (dpa) – The controversial founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange could lose his asylum at the Ecuadorian Embbady in London after six years and be handed over to the police.
Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno wanted such a deal Negotiating with Britain and withdrawing asylum to Assange, 47, investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote on the website "The Intercept" .
The London Embbady was out of reach Sunday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to officially comment
Assange's refugee was at the embbady of the South American country in 2012 to avoid arrest and extradition to Sweden for allegations of rape. Swedish justice closed its investigation last May. However, the British authorities said that they would always stop him when leaving the embbady – because he had violated the law by fleeing to the country's representation.
The Australian native eventually feared extradition to the United States should he leave the embbady. Washington blames him for publishing explosive US documents of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on the Wikileaks platform. In the past US presidential campaign, Wikileaks also released stolen emails from the Democratic Party allegedly by Russian pirates, damaging Hillary Clinton, who was eventually defeated by Donald Trump.
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently reiterated allegations against Assange. However, it is not clear if the United States would require a surrender from the founder of Wikileaks – and how the chances of success in this case at all. In the United States, the media has gained a great deal of freedom by publishing secret documents.
Greenwald referred to circles of the environment of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidential Office. The journalist "Intercept" was at the time instrumental in processing informant Edward Snowden's materials, who had revealed an Internet surveillance of gigantic proportions by the US NSA secret service.
A few days ago, the editor-in-chief of Russia Today broadcaster Margarita Simonjan also wrote on Twitter, Assange could be sent to the UK in the coming weeks or even days according to their sources. Assange aired for some time on the Channel, which is often accused in the West of being a propaganda tool of the Russian government.
Former Ecuadorian leftist President Rafael Correa had granted Assange the asylum of the embbady for humanitarian reasons. The successor of Correa, Moreno, wanted to end the state and give Assange the nationality of the South American country. The attempt to accredit Assange as an Ecuadorian diplomat failed because of British resistance.
Tensions between Assange and the authorities of Ecuador intensified. He lost access to the internet after criticizing the Spanish government in its dispute with the province of Catalonia, violating the demands of its hosts to withhold political messages. Ecuador also stopped costly badbadinations for Assange at the embbady.
The 47-year-old had already announced that he would give up his exile and would voluntarily visit the United States if Chelsea Manning's whistleblower was to be released. It is considered a source for some of the first and most famous revelations of Wikileaks. When Manning left the prison after US President Barack Obama's previous forgiveness last May, the Wikileaks founder celebrated it as a victory, but did not follow his announcement.
Another attempt to bring his mandate to London Getting help from his lawyers failed a few months ago. Instead, the judge made his anger clear: "He only wants justice if it's in his favor."
Assange is also controversial in the hacker scene. Some accuse him of an authoritarian style of conversation. Others love it as a hero and call it charismatic. On several occasions, one criticizes his conditions of detention at the embbady and his concern for his health. In the Ecuadorian performance, he is also visited by celebrities such as pop singer Lady Gaga.
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