No embassy official commented on the WikiLeaks founder's status, while British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Assange is a 'free man' and can leave the embassy whenever he chooses. Asked about the presence of armed officers outside the Ecuadorian Embassy, London's Metropolitan
LONDON -- British police stationed armed officers outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Friday after tweets from WikiLeaks quoted what it said were high-level sources saying that Julian Assange could be kicked out of the building within"hours to days."
Police said in a statement there is an active warrant for Assange's arrest and that the police are"obliged to execute that warrant should he leave the Embassy." Ecuador's foreign ministry issued a statement late Thursday saying it wouldn't comment on what it called"rumors, theories or conjectures." Hunt said that"Julian Assange is a free man" and"can leave that embassy whenever he wants to, so we want the situation resolved as quickly as possible." Asked whether he thought that was likely, the British foreign secretary replied:"That's up to him"
On Tuesday, Moreno blamed WikiLeaks for recent allegations of offshore corruption that in appeared in local media outlets and the publication of family photos to social media.
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