The two Swedish women who made allegations of sexual assault for Assange

The lawyer of two Swedish women who made allegations of sexual assault against Assange has denounced Ecuador's move as "absurd".
Claes Borgstrom told Reuters:

It's an abuse of the asylum instrument, the purpose of which is to protect people from persecution and torture if sent back to one's country of origin. It's not about that here. He doesn't risk being handed over to the United States for torture or the death penalty. He should be brought to justice in Sweden. This is completely absurd.

Assange has not been charged by Swedish prosecutors, but they say they have a case against him. Earlier today, the Ecuadorean foreign minister claimed Sweden had refused to rule out an eventual extradition of Assange extradition to the United States, were it requested.