What's The Future Of Julian Assange?

In the past few months there have been many speculations about the possibility that the diplomatic impasse over Julian Assange’s stay in Ecuador’s London embassy is coming to an end. This investigative piece goes further: It states that the extradition will happen “imminently”. I believe it is worth a read by those that have watched the case with interest. It is written by Glenn Greenwald, an American lawyer and journalist who holds a Pulitzer Award for his work at the Guardian, and who's also author of the best seller No Place to Hide.

Greenwald points out that Ecuador and UK ministers are seriously trying to find a way to evict the WikiLeaks founder from the London embassy. According to this, the founder of Wikileaks will lose his political asylum from the embassy and subsequently will be arrested by the British authority or potentially extradited to the United States.

“A source close to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry and the president’s office, unauthorized to speak publicly, has confirmed to The Intercept that Moreno is close to finalizing, if he has not already finalized, an agreement to hand over Assange to the U.K. within the next several weeks.”

Other sources from Wikileaks have told Reuters that “Stalemate over WikiLeaks Assange's future is 'coming to a head'. Indeed, The Times of London also reported last week that British officials were “locked in discussions over the fate of Assange.”

Imminently or not, this piece is interesting because it explores the consequences that imprisoning him would have for press freedom. I do not necessarily agree with his opinion. For me, Assange is not the icon he once was. But questions like this make me think again.  “Will journalists, due to hatred of Julian Assange, unite behind Trump and the Justice Department in support of one of the gravest threats to press freedom in years?”