Wikileaks founder Julian Assange case

Ecuador President Mulls Taking Assange Case to UN Court 23:25 29/10/2013

Ecuadors president said Tuesday that sending the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to a United Nations court was under consideration.

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said British authorities were making a big mistake by not letting Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks, out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has published online a huge new batch of 1.7 million classified US records, including diplomatic and intelligence reports from the years 1973 to 1976, the website reported on Monday.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, sheltering inside Ecuadors embassy in London, should not remain there any longer as his health condition might begin worsening, his lawyer Baltasar Garzon said.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sheltering inside Ecuadors embassy in London demonstrated his living and working conditions to journalists, The Daily Mail reported on Sunday.

Ecuador may ask the British authorities to allow the transfer of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from its embassy in London to Sweden where he could respond to alleged sex charges against him, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said on Saturday there is no more threat to his countrys embassy in London, where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been granted asylum.

Hackers have launched a spate of cyber attacks on British government websites to protest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assanges extradition to Sweden, Sky News reported on Tuesday.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened London with radical measures in case British authorities attempt to break into the Embassy of Ecuador to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

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