Ecuador grants citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Assange: foreign minister
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has refused to leave the Ecuadoran embassy in London, claiming he fears being extradited to the United States (AFP Photo/Justin TALLIS)/ Quito (AFP) - Ecuador has granted citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been sheltering at its London embassy for five years to avoid arrest, Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa announced Thursday. Espinosa told a press conference in Quito that Assange, a 46-year-old Australian, became an Ecuadoran citizen on December 12. As a result, she said ...
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