The WikiLeaks founder sought the protection of Ecuador in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden
The Ecuadorian flies outside the country’s embassy, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is staying, in London, the UK, in this photo taken on April 5 2019. Picture: REUTERS/PETER NICHOLLS
“A high-level source within the Ecuadorian state has told WikiLeaks that Julian Assange will be expelled within ‘hours to days’,” WikiLeaks said on Twitter. , where he faced rape allegations, or the US, where he could be punished for publishing secret government documents. Swedish prosecutors have since dropped the charges against Assange but he failed in an attempt last year to have the UK arrest warrant against him dropped.
. If the US puts in an extradition request, a London court will review the matter in a process that could last months.
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