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Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, sought political asylum at Ecuador's embassy in London yesterday in a dramatic attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden. Mr Assange, who is wanted by authorities in Stockholm to answer to allegations of sex crimes, walked into the embassy in Knightsbridge yesterday afternoon and requested asylum under the United Nations Human Rights Declaration. A statement issued on behalf of the embassy said that Mr Assange would remain at the embassy under the protection of the Ecuadorian government while it considers his application. "As a signatory to the United Nations Universal Declaration for Human Rights, with an obligation to review all applications for asylum, we have immediately passed his application on to the relevant department in Quito," the statement said. Ecuador's Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patino, said the Australian had taken refuge at its embassy and that the country's government was weighing up the request. Mr Patino, speaking at a press conference in Ecuador, said Mr Assange had written to the Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, saying he was being persecuted and seeking asylum. Mr Patino said the Australian had written that he could not return to his home country because it would not block his extradition to "a foreign country that applies the death penalty for the crime of espionage and sedition". The move follows a long-running legal bid by Mr Assange, 40, to halt his extradition to Sweden, where he is accused of raping a woman and sexually molesting and coercing another in Stockholm in August 2010. The UK Supreme Court decided on 30 May that extradition was lawful and could go ahead, and last week it refused an attempt by him to reopen his appeal against extradition, saying it was "without merit". Mr Assange, whose WikiLeaks website has published a mass of leaked diplomatic cables that embarrassed several governments and international businesses, said the sex was consensual and the allegations are politically motivated. After his arrest in December 2010, Mr Assange had a number of famous friends and supporters who helped him to raise bail of £240,000. Last night, the socialite and charity fundraiser Jemima Khan, who is thought to have donated a significant amount towards that sum, said on Twitter: "I had expected him to face the allegations. I am as surprised as anyone by this." In a short statement issued yesterday evening, Mr Assange said: "I can confirm that today I arrived at the Ecuadorian embassy and sought diplomatic sanctuary and political asylum. I am grateful to the Ecuadorian ambassador." - More about: - Diplomacy - Human Rights - Knightsbridge
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Ministar vanjskih poslova Ekvadora, zemlje od koje je osnivač WikiLeaksa Julian Assange zatražio politički azil, ironično se osvrnuo na aferu sa silovanjem i seksualnim napadom u Švedskoj vezanu uz Assangea 'Osobno, mislim da je to za umrijeti od smijeha', kazao je u srijedu navečer novinarima šef ekvadorske diplomacije Ricardo Patino, dodajući: 'Optužuju ga jer mu je puknuo kondom'. Australski osnivač WikiLeaksa nalazi se od 19. lipnja pod zaštitom ekvadorskog veleposlanstva u Londonu kamo se sklonio kako bi izbjegao izručenje Švedskoj, odbivši odazvati se na poziv britanske policije. Assange koji tvrdi da je imao seksualne odnose na koje su dvije švedske podnositeljice tužbe pristale, strahuje da će ga Švedska izručiti u SAD gdje bi mu se moglo suditi zbog špijunaže nakon što je njegova internetska stranica objavila 250.000 povjerljivih američkih diplomatskih telegrama. Ekvador, čiji je socijalistički predsjednik Rafael Correa već izrazio simpatiju spram osnivača WikiLeaksa, nije iznio rok u kojem će odgovoriti na njegov zahtjev za azilom. 'Upravo prikupljamo informacije o navodnim optužbama u Švedskoj', dodao je Patino. 'Naivno je pomisliti da je to glavni razlog' zahtjeva za izručenjem, prokomentirao je on. 'Moramo ispitati te navode jer je to navedeni razlog izručenja', nastavio je ministar. Po njemu to je pitanje 'temeljno za donošenje odluke' hoće li se ili ne dati politički azil. - Sviđa vam se članak? Preporučite ga prijateljima putem ovih servisa: Pošaljite mailom