Ecuador Granted Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Political Asylum
Ecuador Granted Wiki leaks Founder Julian Assange Political Asylum :
The foreign ministry of Ecuador announced that Ecuador would be granting Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange a political asylum on 16 August 2012
The foreign ministry of Ecuador announced that Ecuador would be granting Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange a political asylum on 16 August 2012. This decision will help Assange shield from being extradited from Britain to Sweden, where he is facing charges of rape and sexual molestation.
Ecuador officially the Republic of Ecuador is a Representative democratic republic in South America, it is bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west.
In June 2012, Assange sought shelter in the Ecuadorian embassy in Britain after filing a petition seeking asylum from being extradited to Sweden.
Assange shot to fame in the year 2010 after he leaked a number of US diplomatic cables and videos regarding the war in Iraq and Afghanistan through Wiki leaks. Following the incident, USA and other countries whose secrets were divulged jumped into considerable action. Assange and his team argue that the alleged sex crimes allegations and these accusations are untrue and falsely built up.
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