A view of the Amazon at sunset in Ecuador. (Lydia Jessup/GlobalPost)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces extradition to Sweden for charges of sexual assult. Ecuador has granted him asylum, and in lieu of these events GlobalPost has written him the following letter.
UPDATE: 8/15/12 5:45 PM ET
Assange to give live statement
ANNOUNCEMENT: Julian Assange will give a live statement infront of the Ecuadorian embassy, Sunday 2pm.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has won his Ecuador asylum bid, but remains holed up in the South American country's embassy in the UK. Can he get out? And what happens next? Here is a look at GlobalPost's complete coverage, from London to Quito and beyond.
But Quito-based activists accuse Ecuador's president of using the embattled transparency advocate to whitewash the country's abysmal media freedom record.
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