Mexico offers Assange asylum after UK blocks US' extradition bid
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after a UK judge blocked his extradition to US to face espionage charges. Obrador said, "Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance. I am in favour of pardoning him." Obrador, who called the decision a "triumph of justice", added that Mexico will give Assange "protection". 