The whistleblower website and its supporters have a notable ally in renowned Spanish human rights investigator Baltasar Garzon.

Heading up Assange's defence team, the jurist will lead legal efforts to enforce Ecuador's asylum decision.

"The situation now is, of course, a stand-off in a way," WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson told euronews by telephone.

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