In an earlier publication we mentioned the problems the Ecuadorian embassy was facing with the founder of WikiLeaks, 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. A key condition was to stop posting tweets with political comments 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 in Deutsche Well.
So Ecuador today decided to lift the asylum regime, essentially throwing it away Julian Assange στον δρόμο. Λίγα λεπτά μετά την εκδίωξή του από την πρεσβεία, οι Βρετανικές αρχές προχώρησαν στη σύλληψη του ιδρυτή του WikiLeaks, με πρόσχημα το σκάνδαλο των offshore εταιρειών με τα 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 too much money for her protection of Assange. Over the past five years, the country's government has spent more than $5 million on its protection. The costs include paying a security firm and secret agents to monitor Assange's visitors, as well as keeping files for embassy officials and British services.
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 his campaign. Donald Trump, representatives of European nationalist groups and individuals connected to the Kremlin.
Ο πρόεδρος του Ισημερινού επιμένει ότι η χώρα του δεν δέχεται καμία πίεση από τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες ή άλλες χώρες που ενδέχεται να έχουν συμφέρον να σιωπήσουν τον Julian Assange. Απλά όπως he had said at Deutsche Welle Assange: "exceeded the limits of freedom of expression".