NBCNews.com (blog) UK refuses WikiLeaks ' Assange safe passage to Ecuador NBCNews.com (blog) Updated at 12:55 p.m. ET: LONDON — Britain said it would not allow Julian Assange safe passage to leave the country Thursday, hours after the WikiLeaks founder was granted asylum by Ecuador amid an escalating diplomatic crisis

Ecuador grants asylum to Wikileaks ' Assange GMA News QUITO – Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks ' founder Julian Assange, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Thursday, a day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorian embassy in London to arrest Assange.

KGMI Ecuador grants asylum to Wikileak's Assange KGMI QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks ' founder Julian Assange, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Thursday, a day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorean embassy in London to arrest Assange.

Ecuador grants asylum to Assange, angering Britain Chicago Tribune LONDON/QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador granted political asylum to WikiLeaks ' founder Julian Assange on Thursday, a day after it said Britain had threatened to raid the Ecuadorean embassy in London to arrest the former hacker. Britain has said it is …

Ecuador grants political asylum to Wikileak's founder Buenos Aires Herald Ecuador granted political asylum to Julian Assange on Thursday, ratcheting up tension in a standoff with Britain which has warned it could revoke the diplomatic status of Quito's embassy in London to allow the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder.

Ecuador grants asylum to Assange; locks horns with the UK Deccan Herald Ecuador today granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, setting stage for an unprecedented diplomatic stand-off with the UK, which has threatened to extradite him to Sweden come what may. Two months after he dramatically sought …

Ecuador grants asylum to Wikileaks ' Assange Reuters Quito says Assange's security at risk. * Britain wants to extradite him. QUITO Aug 16 (Reuters) – Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks ' founder Julian Assange, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Thursday, a day after the British ..

Ecuador grants asylum to Wikileak's Assange Livemint Quito/London: Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks ' founder Julian Assange, foreign minister Ricardo Patino said on Thursday, a day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorean embassy in London to arrest Assange.