SuperFlyBCat
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Ecuador to hand over Assange to UK
Ecuador is ready to hand over the WikiLeaks founder to the UK in “coming weeks or even days,” RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said citing her own sources, as prospects of his eviction from the embassy are back in the media.
“My sources tell [Julian] Assange will be handed over to Britain in the coming weeks or even days,” Simonyan wrote in a recent tweet which was reposted by WikiLeaks. “Like never before, I wish my sources were wrong,” she continued.
Sir Alan Duncan, the Foreign Office minister, is said to be spearheading the diplomatic effort. Sources close to Assange said he himself was not aware of the talks but believed that America was putting “significant pressure” on Ecuador, including threatening to block a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if he continues to stay at the embassy.
The Times report comes just weeks before a visit to the UK by the newly-elected Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno, who has labeled Assange a “hacker”, an “inherited problem” and a “stone in the shoe.”
https://www.rt.com/news/433783-wikil...ge-ecuador-uk/
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07-20-2018 10:16 AM |
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HeartOfDixie
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RE: Ecuador to hand over Assange to UK
That's disappointing.
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07-20-2018 10:19 AM |
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stinkfist
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RE: Ecuador to hand over Assange to UK
handing him over will change nothing....
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07-20-2018 10:28 AM |
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RE: Ecuador to hand over Assange to UK
Quote:newly-elected Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno
That doesn't bode too well for Ecuador.
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07-20-2018 10:36 AM |
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RE: Ecuador to hand over Assange to UK
(07-20-2018 10:28 AM)stinkfist Wrote: handing him over will change nothing....
I concur. Only thing that may change is that he spills the beans on the emails.
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07-20-2018 10:46 AM |
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