Word has it that he’s having severe medical problems.
[President] Moreno, who visited Spain and Britain last week, said the "ideal" solution would involve Assange accepting a "penalty" for having breached British bail conditions and then be "extradited to a country where he does not face any danger."
In other words, the Brits fine him and let him fly to Ecuador which has no extradition w/Sweden or the USA.
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