Assange should answer rape charge, but is right to fear Sweden-US extradition
Ecuador has made the following absolutely clear: 1) Julian Assange can be questioned at their London embassy in connection with these allegations (at the moment he is only wanted for questioning); 2) If the Swedish government had given an assurance that Assange wouldn't be extradited from Sweden to US in connection with his wikileaks journalism, they would have asked him to leave their embassy and return to Sweden to face questioning long ago. To be fair Assange himself has said the same. If you recall, he volunteered to be questioned by the Swedish authorities in September 2010 before leaving...