The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange came to Ecuador to plead for her son's asylum. Assange has been taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since June 19. "He is freedom loving, he cannot run, he cannot go outside to see the sky, outside the UK police wait like dogs to take him … he cannot exercise the way he normally could and he's under extreme psychological stress," Christine Assange said in a local television interview, Reuters reported.  

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Julian Assange has asked for political asylum in Ecuador, and Christine Assange came to Ecuador to follow-up on that request. Ecuadorian officials however said they will not announce their decision until after the London Olympic Games end, the Associated Press reported. Assange took refuge in the embassy on June 19 to avoid extradition to Sweden. He is wanted for questioning in Sweden over sex crime allegations.

If her son is sent to the US, he "could expect a sentence of death or many years in prison with torture as they are doing now with Bradley Manning," Christine Assange was quoted by local media as saying, according to RIA Novosti.