WikiLeaks' Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



OCTOBER 29, 2018 / 1:36 PM / UPDATED 11 MINUTES AGO

Alexandra Valencia
3 MIN READ

QUITO (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Monday that Ecuador is seeking to end his asylum in its London embassy and hand him over to the United States, citing new rules governing his residence at the Andean nation’s diplomatic mission as evidence.

Assange spoke from the embassy via teleconference at the first hearing in Quito of his lawsuit challenging the Ecuadorean government requiring him to pay for medical bills, phone calls and clean up after his pet cat.

He took refuge in the embassy six years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden in a sexual assault case that was later dropped. He remains there to avoid being jailed by Great Britain for violating the terms of his bail, which he has said would result in his being handed over to Washington.

During the hearing, Assange said the new rules were a sign Ecuador was trying to push him out, and said Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno had already decided to end his asylum but had not yet officially given the order.



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[stonecutter357]

1. good !

[mitch96]

10. About time...

He's been shitting on Ecuador for a while now and I'm surprised they have not kicked him out sooner...
m

[christx30]

15. The spoiled little nerfherder has never the phrase

“don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”
If I had a deal where I could live somewhere rent free and all I had to do was clean up after cat, I’d jump on that with both feet.
He doesn’t know how good he has it. He couldn’t make it as the average member of society.

[treestar]

2. He could have done the entire potential sentence

on the Swedish crime by the time, I would bet.

[dalton99a]

14. +1

[RockRaven]

3. Stinky J Ass is sad he has to scoop his cat's litter-box? Poor baby.

Cry me a river.

[still_one]

4. Good, kick his sorry ass out, though I suspect this is typical ASSange drama bullshit and nothing

will change

[Gore1FL]

5. Sadly, I have my doubts as to what the DOJ would do. nt

[AJT]

6. Waaaaaaa

[WhiteTara]

7. womp womp.

[rkleinberger]

8. Arrest the Bastard then

Good

[Hekate]

9. Oh poor persecuted baby

[lordsummerisle]

11. It seems that

Assange has been on the verge of leaving the embassy every few months for several years now...

[BigmanPigman]

12. WHAT!?! Look at his rules that he is complaining about...

"requiring him to pay for medical bills, phone calls and clean up after his pet cat".

Assange is a fucking joke. Even Colbert knows it.

[2naSalit]

13. And your point is?

[paleotn]

16. Good.

Easier to just let security toss his scrawny ass out the door. British police will take it from there.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

17. Can't they just say to him, "You're out of her" and shove him out the door? n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

18. So what if he comes to the U.S.? Has he committed crimes here?

Would Trump extradite him to a socialist country like Sweden or Great Britain?

(kidding)

[LAGC]

19. I doubt it.

I think he's just afraid of serving a little jail time in a UK jail for violating his bail conditions.

Considering Sweden dropped their warrant, I doubt he'll even be doing much time in the UK.

He's in a prison of his own making, keeping himself confined in that embassy for so long at this point.