QUITO, April 11, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange,
arrested in London on Thursday after Quito withdrew his political asylum,
will not be extradited to any country where he could face “torture or the
death penalty,” Ecuador’s president said.
“I asked Great Britain the guarantee that Mr Assange will not be
extradited to any country in which he could suffer torture or face the death
penalty,” President Lenin Moreno said in a video message posted on social
media.
“The British government has confirmed this in writing,” that they will
meet this requirement, Moreno said. Assange has been living at Ecuador’s
embassy in London since 2012 when he sought refuge there after being accused
of sexual assault in Sweden.