Published on 19 August 2014 by Presna Latina
In addition of ensuring security of computer specialist and journalist Julian Assange as a political refugee, the Ecuadorian government is seeking an appropriate legal resolution to his case, said Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño.
At his Twitter account, the minister stressed yesterday the many nuances in Assange's legal case, saying: "The principle of effective judiciary protection says we have the right to trials without undue delays, something Julian Assange has not been allowed."
At a news conference in London along with the founder of the Wikileaks organization, Patiño said the British Parliament had passed a law to prevent extradition of people who have not been accused by a judge, as in the case of the computer specialist.
According to the foreign minister's statements with the press, this formal change opens new possibilities of understanding on the matter with the U.K. government, which has so far refused a safe-conduct pass to transfer Assange to Ecuador.
On August 16, 2012, Quito granted protection to Assange, who due to lack of the aforementioned safe-conduct pass, was forced to remain in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for more than two years, in order to avoid being deported to Sweden.
The United States is hounding the computer specialist due to Wikileaks' 2010 revelation of thousands of confidential documents and information about the irregularities and violations committed by Washington in its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, among other issues.