Ecuador makes Julian Assange a citizen, tried to make him a diplomat
Still a prisoner. I'll drink to that!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/12/ecuador_tried_to_make_julian_assange_a_diplomat/
Ecuador granted citizenship to Julian Assange and tried to register him as a diplomat in order to secure his release from the nation’s London embassy.
The first part of Ecuador’s plan worked: Assange won his citizenship and donned the Ecuadorian national football team’s shirt to prove it.
But when Ecuador asked the UK to register Assange as a diplomat, an act that would have made him immune to some laws, British authorities quickly saw through the ploy and denied the request.