Quito, Aug 16 (ANI): A day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorian embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said that political asylum has been granted to Assange. Britain has said it is determined to extradite the former computer hacker, who enraged Washington in 2010 when his WikiLeaks website published secret U.S. diplomatic cables, to Sweden where he has been accused of rape and sexual assault. The Foreign Minister argued that Assanges personal security was at risk, extradition to a third country without proper guarantees was probable, and legal evidence showed he would not have a fair trial if eventually transferred to the United States.
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