Ecuador Gives Assange Citizenship and Britain Denies Request for Diplomatic Status

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Friday, January 19, 2018

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

34

Issue:

1

Abstract:

On January 11, 2018, Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa announced that Ecuador granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange naturalization on December 12, 2017.[1] On December 20, 2017, Ecuador formally requested that Assange receive diplomatic status. Britain rejected the request the following day,