Supporters gather after reports Assange may be ousted from Ecuadorian embassy

Ecuador’s foreign ministry released a statement saying it “doesn’t comment on rumours, theories or conjectures that don’t have any documented backing”, but a senior Ecuadorian official said no decision had been made.

WikiLeaks believes Assange would be extradited to the US if he left the building and was arrested by the Metropolitan police on an outstanding warrant for failing to surrender to bail.

An advertising lorry displaying a billboard with photos of Assange and Chelsea Manning with US flag gags across their mouths and the words “#Freespeech … except for war crimes” was briefly parked directly in front of the embassy.