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WikiLeaks Assange Faces Arrest, Extradition If He Leaves London Ecuador Embassy, “Broke Curfew… Nowhere to Go”
By Jill Lawless
Julian Assange has spent years on the move, trying to keep ahead of authorities who want to stop his secret-spilling mission.
Now the WikiLeaks founder finds himself confined in the surprising setting of Ecuador's London embassy, where he was holed up Wednesday while diplomats discussed his fate and British police waited outside to arrest him if he leaves.
Assange is seeking political asylum in the South American nation, in a dramatic bid to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning about alleged sex crimes. His supporters say he fears charges in the United States for leaking hundreds of thousands of secret US documents. But some legal experts say it is a desperate and likely futile move.
"He knows he's reached the end of the road in the UK. He knows he's going to be extradited to Sweden," said Alex Carlile, a senior British lawyer with expertise in extradition matters. "Basically, he has nowhere to go."
