WikiLeaks founder seeks political asylum at Ecuadorian Embassy in London

The long running legal battle to extradite WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to Sweden to face sex crime allegations took a turn on Tuesday evening after he walked into the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and requested political asylum under the United Nations Human Rights Declaration.
Assange stands accused by the Swedish government of raping one woman and sexually molesting another, both of which he has strongly denied. He was due to be extradited to Sweden in nine days after the UK Supreme Court ruled on May 30 that it was lawful and could go ahead.
Before walking into the Embassy he had been on bail and living with friends in Norfolk. The move comes just over a week after the court refused ... »read more

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