WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange reportedly has been granted asylum by the Ecuadorean government.
"Ecuador will grant asylum to Julian Assange," an unnamed official in the Ecuadorean capital of Quito told the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper today. No official announcement, however, has been made.
Assange has been camped out in Ecuador's embassy in London for the last two months as the country considers his asylum request, which is based in part on a claim that his native Australia has effectively abandoned him.
The British courts have ordered that Assange be extradited to Sweden to face questioning relating to "overraskningssex," which his lawyers have translated as "sex by surprise." One Swedish woman has claimed Assange had sex with her after a condom broke, and another has accused him of having sex without one in the first place.
Ecuador was expected to make an announcement soon, after the country's president, Rafael Correa, told a local television station this week that a decision was imminent.
It's unclear, however, what the practical effect of a grant of asylum would be, and how Ecuador would extract Assange from London. British officials ... [Read more]
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