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Assange’s lawyers blocked from entering Ecuadorian embassy
RT,
24
November, 2018
Julian Assange’s lawyers have been refused entry to the Ecuadorian embassy, WikiLeaks said in a tweet. The news comes amid fears he may soon be kicked out of the embassy.
WikiLeaks
said the Ecuadorian government had refused to give lawyers Aitor
Martinez and Jen Robinson access to Assange this weekend. The
longtime WikiLeaks editor faces a US court hearing Tuesday and needs
to meet with his legal team to prepare, the whistleblowing
organization said.
BREAKING: Ecuador's government has refused Julian Assange's lawyers [UK lawyer @suigenerisjen & Spanish lawyer Aitor Martínez] access to him this weekend (although the embassy is manned 24/7) to prepare for his US court hearing on Tuesday.
Background: justice4assange.com/Protection-Act…
“The
hearing is on Tuesday in the national security court complex at
Alexandria, Virginia,” WikiLeaks tweeted,
adding it is to “remove the secrecy order on the US
charges against him.”
A
US court document leaked in November finally revealed the US has
already placed secret charges on Assange.
Assange
has recently been allowed access to visitors again after seven months
of being cut off from both the outside world and the internet as a
result of his political tweets.
Ecuador
announced it was restoring Assange’s communications in October, but
this came with conditions restricting
his communications and placing visitors under greater scrutiny
'Last diplomat #Assange knew' transferred from #Ecuador embassy in London without explanation on.rt.com/9j4a
Earlier
this week, Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno terminated the
credentials of Ecuador’s London ambassador Abad Ortiz. No
explanation was given for the prompt recall, and WikiLeaks
contextualized it by tweeting, “All diplomats known to Assange
have now been transferred away from the embassy.”
Assange
has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy since he sought asylum
there in June 2012. The WikiLeaks editor feared being extradited to
Sweden for questioning over sexual assault allegations, where he
believed he would then be sent on to the US to face charges for his
role in publishing thousands of US government cables leaked by
whistleblower Chelsea Manning.
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