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Ecuadorian President Moreno seems to be talking with the British government about the future of WikiLeaks founder, Assange. He lives at the London embbady since 2012 and must leave soon.
The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, may soon be expelled from the Embbady of Ecuador in London. Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno confirmed that he was already in talks with the British government on the future of Assange. At an event in Madrid, he also said that Assange was finally leaving the embbady. "But what we do not want is that his life is in danger," Moreno said.
A spokesman for the British government confirmed that the future of Assange would continue to be discussed – but this was not the case. Subject.
Speculation since the weekend
Moreno is currently traveling in Britain and Spain. Already during the weekend, the situation of Assange was speculated after the British investigative reporter Glenn Greenwald reported plans to divert Assange from the asylum. Moreno also wanted to negotiate an agreement with Britain and hand over Assange to the British police
The Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs then declared that the visit to London would not concern Assange's asylum. "The Ecuadorian state will only speak with the attorneys of the person concerned and the British government about the Assange asylum," the ministry said. In the complex question, we do not expect a short-term solution.
Greenwald's report referred to circles around the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidential Office. The journalist "Intercept" was at the time instrumental in processing the documents of the informant Edward Snowden involved, who had revealed a gigantic internet surveillance by the US NSA secret service.
A few days ago, the editor-in-chief of the Russian broadcaster also wrote: "According to Russia Today, Margarita Simonjan, on Twitter, Assange could be returned to the United Kingdom in the weeks or days to come.
British authorities want to arrest Assange
Assange has been living at the Ecuadorian embbady for more than six years .He had fled to escape arrest and extradition to Sweden for rape allegations The Swedish justice closed its investigation in May last year, but the British authorities said that they would still stop him when leaving the embbady because he had violated the law by fleeing to the embbady of the country.
The former Ecuadorian left President Rafael Correa had granted to Assange the asylum of the embbady for humanitarian reasons. Correa's successor, Moreno, wanted to end the state and to give Assange the nationality of the South American country. The attempt to accredit Assange as an Ecuadorian diplomat failed because of British resistance.
Assange had always said that he feared to be eventually extradited to the United States after he left the embbady. Washington blames it for publishing explosive American documents of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq via WikiLeaks platform
Growing tensions with peasants
Assange also announced his intention to give up his exile and voluntarily to United States. go if the Chelsea Manning alert launcher is free. It is considered a source for some of the most famous revelations of WikiLeaks. When Manning left the prison after the previous pardon of US President Barack Obama last May, the WikiLeaks founder celebrated it as a victory, but did not follow his announcement.
Assange and the authorities of Ecuador already existed tensions. 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. Nevertheless, Ecuador received it in January.
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