President Lenín Moreno said Ecuador has received written assurances UK would not extradite Assange to face death penaltyEcuador says UK has given ‘guarantees’ for Assange to leave embassyEcuador has received written assurances from the UK government that it would not to extradite Julian Assange to any country where he would face the death penalty, the country’s president, Lenín Moreno, has said. In a live radio interview on Thursday, Moreno said that the WikiLeaks founder now had sufficient guarantees to leave Ecuador’s embassy in the UK, where he has lived under asylum since mid-2012. He added the UK would require Assange to complete a short jail term for breaching bail conditions. “I don’t like Mr Julian Assange’s presence in Ecuador’s embassy,” Moreno said on Thursday, without saying the activist would be forced out. It is understood that the UK has also given assurances that Assange would not face more than six months in jail for related bail offences.

Source: The Guardian December 06, 2018 18:45 UTC