Tuesday, June 19, 2012

19 June 2012 Last updated at 20:37 ET

 Wikileaks' Julian Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador embassy Mr Assange is facing extradition to Sweden from Britain for questioning over alleged sex crimes

Julian Assange is seeking political asylum at Ecuador's London embassy, the country's foreign minister has said. "Ecuador is studying and analysing the request," Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters in Quito.

Last week the UK's Supreme Court dismissed Mr Assange's bid to reopen an appeal against extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes he denies.

via BBC uk

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