Ecuador decided to cut off the internet for the founder of WikiLeaks
Ecuador decided to cut off the internet for the founder of WikiLeaks
Published on: 10-25-2016, 09:28
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Ecuadorian authorities blocked access to the Internet in front of the founder of the site “Wikileaks’ Julian Assange, which assesses the Embassy of Ecuador in London, until the end of the US presidential election.
Said Melinda Taylor, lawyer Julian Assange, in an interview with the agency, “Sputnik” Russian “, would be to have the possibility of using the Internet until the end of elections in the United States.”
Taylor pointed out that the decision of the Ecuadorian authorities will not hurt actively “Wikileaks” Assange or work as editor of the site.
The channel “NBC” had previously reported that the US authorities persuaded Ecuador need to cut off the Internet for Assange.
Assange faces accusations by Washington’s participation in the operation carried out by Russian intelligence in order to disrupt the US presidential election, in what was described Assange such statements as a “farce.”
“Wikileaks” Assange did not publish anything from the Embassy of Ecuador:
Commenting on the US mobility, site “Wikileaks” announced that its founder, Julian Assange did not publish the place of his asylum in the Embassy of Ecuador in London any documents related to the presidential race in the United States.
According to a statement posted on the site “Twitter” on Monday: “WikiLeaks did not publish any material subject to the sovereignty of Ecuador’s territory, does not intend to do so in the future. Mr. Assange was never published any documents about the American elections from the embassy. ”
On the other hand, stressed the “Wikileaks” that Ecuador is the decision maker about how to prevent misinterpretation of the policy of the country by the media and other countries, and to ensure that human rights over Assange at the same time, he said, adding that the founder of “WikiLeaks” does not support any of the candidates in the US election .
The site that publishes documents available to him from centers located throughout the world, including France, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands.
Is noteworthy in this context that Julian Assange lives since 2012 in Ecuador’s embassy in London for fear of deportation to Sweden and then to the United States, where he faces a prison sentence there for 35 years, or even death, for publishing the secrets of the US State Department.
And it accuses the authorities of Sweden Assange sexual assaults and rape of two women in 2010, while he denies the charge and considers him a political reprisal for the journalist who does not appeal to Washington and its allies for his activity.
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