Julian Assange Seeks Asylum at Ecuadors U.K. Embassy [UPDATED]

Julian Assange, founder of secret-spilling website WikiLeaks, is seeking asylum at Ecuador's embassy in London.

The embassy confirmed Tuesday that Assange took refuge there, according to the Associated Press. Ecuador's foreign minister, Ricardo Patino, is considering approving the request.

Assange's asylum request comes less than a week after the U.K. Supreme Court denied his legal team's request to re-open his extradition case on a legal technicality.

The Australian-born Assange is wanted by Swedish authorities to answer allegations of sexual assault made against him nearly two years ago. He appealed extradition from the U.K. to Sweden on the basis that the Swedish prosecutor who m…
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