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Activists to Rally at Ecuador Embassy in UK on Assange Asylum Anniversary

© AFP 2023 / Carl CourtPlacard with the slogan "We are all Assange" written in Spanish below another that reads "Ecuador, country of freedom" on the railings outside the Ecuadorian embassy in central London on June 21, 2012, where Assange is still holed up seeking political asylum.
Placard with the slogan We are all Assange written in Spanish below another that reads Ecuador, country of freedom on the railings outside the Ecuadorian embassy in central London on June 21, 2012, where Assange is still holed up seeking political asylum. - Sputnik International
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Supporters of Julian Assange will start a solidarity campaign near the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Supporters of Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, will start a solidarity campaign near the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Sunday, August 16, the day marking three years since Ecuador decided to grant political asylum to the whistleblower.

Supporters of the decision from the Wise Up Action group will gather outside the Embassy of Ecuador at 4 p.m local time [18:00 GMT].

"Join supporters in a show of solidarity with Julian and Ecuador outside the Ecuadorean embassy in London to say ‘Thank you Ecuador!" the group said on its website

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures during a news conference at the Ecuadorian embassy in central London, Britain, in this August 18, 2014 file photo - Sputnik International
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UK to Make Protest to Ecuador Over Decision to Provide Asylum to Assange
In 2012, Ecuador granted Assange political asylum, helping him avoid persecution by the United States, where he could face multiple espionage charges.

The United Kingdom refuses to recognize Assange's political asylum, posting a constant deployment of law enforcement around the embassy.

"It is also worth recalling the intimidation that Ecuador faced from the UK government, backed by London’s Metropolitan Police, at the time and how this continues to this day," the campaigners said.

Assange initially sought refuge in the embassy in response to moves by UK authorities to extradite him to Sweden, where he stands accused of sexual assault and rape. Assange firmly denies the allegations, claiming that they are a pretext to eventually extradite him from Sweden to the United States where he could be tried for publishing classified US documents through WikiLeaks.

Assange launched the WikiLeaks website in 2006. Since then, the platform has released millions of classified diplomatic documents from around the world on numerous espionage practices, war crimes, torture and many other human rights violations

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