Julian Assange has been living at Ecuador's embassy in London since he was granted asylum in 2012. Photo: ReutersEcuador has given citizenship to Julian Assange as part of its efforts to allow the WikiLeaks founder to leave the country’s London embassy where he has been holed up for more than five years. “Ecuador knows that the way to resolve this issue is for Julian Assange to leave the embassy to face justice,” said a British Foreign Office spokesman. “There are well-founded fears we have about possible risks to his life and integrity, not necessarily by the UK but by third party states,” Espinosa said. She did not give details on how granting Assange citizenship might help him leave the embassy and avoid arrest.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 11, 2018 23:15 UTC