Ecuador says WikiLeaks founder is seeking asylum
6/19/12
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Assange in Ecuador’s London Embassy
from CNN
6/19/12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and has requested political asylum, officials and WikiLeaks said Tuesday.
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino read a statement to reporters at a news conference in Quito. He took no questions.
Assange has been fighting for a year and a half against being sent to Sweden for questioning about accusations of sexual abuse. Two women accused him in August 2010 of sexually assaulting them during a visit to Sweden in connection with a WikiLeaks release of internal U.S. military documents.
“Julian Assange has requested political asylum and is under the protection of the Ecuadorian embassy in London,” WikiLeaks wrote on its Twitter page.
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