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Wikileaks founder Assange to be kicked out of Ecuador embassy
Ecuador is preparing to expel WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from its embassy in London within hours to days, according to a Wikileaks Tweet.
“A high level source within the Ecuadorian state has told WikiLeaks that Julian Assange will be expelled within ‘hours to days’ using the INAPapers offshore scandal as a pretext – and that it already has an agreement with the UK for his arrest,” the tweet read.
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The INA papers are a collection of documents leaked to an Ecuadorian lawmaker and which have implicated President Lenin Moreno in a corruption scandal.
It was gathered that Assange has been holed up in the embassy since 2012 to avoid arrest and extradition to Sweden on allegations of rape.
However, the Swedish judiciary has since dropped its investigation, but British authorities have said they will still arrest the Australian when he leaves the embassy because he violated his bail conditions by fleeing.
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