The founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange's website. (INTERMEDIATE/REUTERS/Luke MacGregor)Quito (Reuters)-Ecuador's President Rafael Correa called for Europe to immediately resolve the fate of the creators of WikiLeaks Julian Assange, who has eight months hiding in the Embassy of his country in the United Kingdom.
"The way out of the diplomatic situation must be found as soon as possible," said Rafael Correa told reporters on Sunday, shortly after ensuring victory in the presidential election for a second term, arguing that the fate of the citizens of Australia it is in the hands of Europe.
Julian Assange, a former computer hacker and a citizen of Australia, creating anti-WikiLeaks secret pages that angered Washington with the release to the public the secret cables and data pertaining to the war in Iraq and war in Afghanistan a security breach in the history of the United States ' largest.
Assange fled to the Embassy of Ecuador in London in June after losing a court battle in the United Kingdom so that extradition to Sweden threatened to review related to allegations of rape and sexual harassment.
Ecuador gives asylum to Julian Assange in August, but the United Kingdom had refused to give a safe way out for Assange to leave the country.
By helping him, Ecuador "do what has to be done in the context of its sovereignty," said Rafael Correa and urged the European Court to address it, such as quoted from AFP.
"There can be no problem because the asylum, it is neocolonialism by either," he said. He repeated demands for a safe journey of Quito or doing an examination by officials of Justice Sweden Assange in London.
Rafael Correa, a charismatic in the eyes of his supporters and his foes in the eyes of authoritarian, claim victory on Sunday, shortly after the election is over. He has indeed been predicted to win in the general election this time.
The first official poll conducted has given Rafael Correa voiced 56.7 percent--or about 30 points lead over his closest rival, banker Guillermo Lasso-with just over a third of the votes already counted.
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