Ecuador Will Be Handing Assange Over To UK Authorities 'In Coming Weeks Or Days': RT (express.co.uk)

Ecuador is planning to hand over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to UK authorities in the "coming weeks or even days," RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said, citing her own sources. Simonyan reported the news in a recent tweet, which was reposted by WikiLeaks. Slashdot reader Okian Warrior first shared the news. Daily Express reports: Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan is said to be involved in the diplomatic effort, which has come weeks ahead of a visit by new Ecuadorian president, Lenin Moreno, who called Mr Assange an "inherited problem." He also referred to the exiled WikiLeaks founder as a "stone in the shoe." Sources close to Assange claim he was not aware of the talks, but believe America is piling "significant pressure" on Ecuador to give him up, according to the Sunday Times. The sources claim that America has threatened to block a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if he is not removed from the embassy, based in Knightsbridge, west London. UPDATE 7/21/18: The Intercept also confirmed the news. Glen Greenwald, former reporter for The Guardian, writes: "A source close to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry and the President's office, unauthorized to speak publicly, has confirmed to the Intercept that Moreno is close to finalizing, if he has not already finalized, an agreement to hand over Assange to the UK within the next several weeks. The withdrawal of asylum and physical ejection of Assange could come as early as this week."

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Re:Terrible - Assange is great

[Anonymous Coward]

In Sweden it's considered rape when the female change her mind next day next week, month, year

Re:Terrible - Assange is great

[Joce640k]

Which she did.

Anybody willing to bet against him being found "not guilty" in Sweden then shipped to the USA within two hours of landing?

Or even that there'll be any sort of trial at all in Sweden before he's shipped to the USA?

I'm not an Assange fan

[rsilvergun]

he helped give us Trump after all and I'll be living with the damage done for the rest of my life (mostly to our healthcare system) but wasn't the woman in question tied to the American CIA?

Re:Terrible - Assange is great

[Joce640k]

Pass the popcorn, we'll see who's right.

Assange might well be narcissistic enough to think that he's worth it, but I'm amazed that anyone else would.

Remember: He's already managed to have an Interpol arrest warrant issued for a case of "surprise sex".

Interpol getting involved in a sexual misdemeanor is a clear case of corruption at the highest levels.

(In case you don't know: Interpol isn't supposed to get involved in anything that doesn't involve organized criminals operating in multiple countries simultaneously. Their job is as a go-between among all the various police forces involved)

Re: Clinton emails or not...

[orient]

You can also see the pilots shooting at unarmed civilians who tried to save a wounded man and you can see the pilots shooting at the van with two children in it. What kind of asshole do you have to be to justify that?