In an earlier post, we mentioned the problems facing the Ecuadorian embassy with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The embassy had set terms for the founder of WikiLeaks so that he can continue to live inside the Equator building in London as he has done for the past six years. The main condition was to stop publishing tweets with political commentary on Twitter.
"Let us not forget that asylum conditions prevent him from talking about politics or interfering in the politics of other countries," he said at the time. Lincoln Moreno at Deutsche Welle.
Ecuador today decided to lift the asylum regime, effectively throwing Julian Assange into the street. Minutes after he was expelled from the embassy, British authorities arrested the founder of WikiLeaks, under the pretext of the scandal of offshore companies with INAPapers.
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Assange had sought asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he was accused of rape, as well as the USA, where he has been prosecuted for releasing secret government documents.
According to the Guardian, Ecuador has allocated a lot of money to protect Assange. In the last five years, the government της χώρας έχει δαπανήσει περισσότερα από 5 εκατομμύρια δολάρια για την προστασία του. Στα έξοδα συμπεριλαμβάνονται η πληρωμή μιας εταιρείας ασφάλειας και μυστικών πρακτόρων για την παρακολούθηση των επισκεπτών του Assange, καθώς και για την τήρηση φακέλων για τα στελέχη της πρεσβείας και τις Βρετανικές υπηρεσίες.
Assange has also reportedly aligned himself with marginalized groups and personalities in recent years, including the leader of the UK Independence Party and xenophobic Nigel Farage, members of Donald Trump's campaign, representatives of European nationalist groups and individuals affiliated with the United Nations.
Ecuador's president insists his country is under no pressure from the United States or others countries who may have an interest in silencing Julian Assange. Just like he had said at Deutsche Welle Assange: "exceeded the limits of freedom of expression".
