` ` Surely the president and his staff will make the best decision , '' she says . Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since September 19 . If he is sent to the UK , he ` ` could face a sentence of death , '' she says . Ecuador says it will weigh the asylum case in its own time .
`` Surely the president and his staff will make the best decision , '' she says . Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since June 19 . If he is sent to the U.S. , he `` could expect a sentence of death , '' she says . Ecuador says it will weigh the asylum request in its own time .