The
renowned whistleblower has been living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in
London for years out of fear of being arrested by UK police and
deported to the US. Ecuadorean authorities cut his communications
with the outside world and began raising the topic of evicting
Assange from the embassy in 2018.
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October, 2018
WikiLeaks'
lawyer, Baltasar Garzon, will be filing a case against the Ecuadorean
government for violating the "fundamental rights and freedoms"
of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange by cutting off his
communications with the outside world, the organization wrote on
Twitter. The hearing of the case is expected to take place next week.
The lawyer also said during a press conference that there are
currently no plans to take Assange to Russia.
WikiLeaks' lawyer Judge Baltasar Garzón arrives in Ecuador to file case today over @JulianAssange's isolation and gagging. Hearing next week. Background: https://justice4assange.com
WikiLeaks'
statement said that the government had also rejected visits to
Assange from Human Rights Watch General Counsel Dinah PoKempner,
journalists and lawyers. The statement slammed the so-called "Special
Protocol," reportedly developed by Ecuador, as an unlawful means
to censor Assange's "freedom of opinion, speech and association"
by imposing conditions for his continued stay in the embassy.
The
co-founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has been living in the
Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012 out of fear that he would be
arrested by UK authorities for a violation of bail terms and deported
to the US. The embassy cut Assange's internet access in 2018
following his comments on the Skripal poisoning case. The access was
partially restored on October 14.
Ecuadorean
President Lenin Moreno has raised the issue of terminating Assange's
asylum in the embassy during a visit to the UK in August 2018. He
noted that Ecuador "will be happy" to let Assange go, but
only after British authorities guarantee his safety.
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