Umyili weWikileaks ukhokela Uvalelwe kwindlu yozakuzo yase-Ecuador eLondon iminyaka emithandathu, Into ebonakala ngathi urhulumente wase-Ecuadorian uqala ukudinwa, ngakumbi ngalo lonke ixesha u-Assange efaka oomatshini ukudala impikiswano nokungena kwimicimbi yezopolitiko.
Emva kwezilumkiso ezininzi, urhulumente wase-Ecuador Ugqibe kwelokuba ashiye i-Assange ngaphandle kweintanethi, ukuze ngeli xesha angabinayo indlela yokunxibelelana nabangaphandle kwindlu yozakuzo, apho agcinwe khona, ukusukela ukuba unyathela esitratweni urhulumente wase-Bhritane unomyalelo wokuba ambambe kwaye mhlawumbi angambuyisela e-United. Amazwe.
Urhulumente wase-Ecuador upapashe ingxelo esemthethweni kuthungelwano lwayo lwentlalo esazisa malunga nesigqibo kunye nesizathu sokuba sikhokele. Urhulumente wase-Ecuador, kule minyaka idlulileyo, uye wafumana uxinzelelo olukhulu lokunikezela ngo-Assange kwabasemagunyeni, ebala bonke. Ukuzama ukuthintela uAsange ekubeni abekho qho xa kubini ngabathathu embindini wengxabano, nangasiphi na isizathu sezopolitiko, urhulumente wase-Ecuador bafikelele kwisivumelwano naye sokuba angathumeli miyalezo "ukubandakanya ukuphazamiseka ngokunxulumene namanye amazwe".
NgokukaRhulumente wase-Ecuador "Ukuziphatha kuka-Assange, kunye nemiyalezo yakhe ngokusebenzisa uthungelwano lwasentlalweni, kubeka emngciphekweni ubudlelwane obuhle eli lizwe liligcinayo ne-United Kingdom, kunye namanye amazwe ase-EU kunye nezinye izizwe". Ukuthintela umonakalo onokubakho, indlu yozakuzo eLondon uphazamise unxibelelwano nangaphandle apho u-Assange afikelele khona ukusukela nge-27 kaMatshi. Isiteyitimenti siphela ngokuchaza ukuba isigqeba sase-Ecuadorian sigcina ukwamkelwa kwamanyathelo amatsha kwimeko yokophula ukuzibophelela kuka-Assange.