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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy for six years, is suing Ecuador for "violating his fundamental rights and freedoms" by imposing new rules regarding his use of the Internet, political activity, bathroom hygiene and care of his cat, according to media reports.
Baltasar Garzon, the lawyer for Wikileaks, the whistleblower website that Assange founded, has arrived in Ecuador to pursue the case, which is expected to be heard in a domestic court next week, Sky News reports.
Wikileaks charges that Assange's access to the outside world has been "summarily cut off" by a clampdown on his activities. The suit will also claim that Ecuador has threatened to remove the protection he has enjoyed since receiving political asylum, according to Sky News.
Assange, 47, first took refuge in the embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning regarding rape allegations. Although the investigation was dropped last year, Assange still faces a charge in Britain for skipping bail.
Assange, an Australian, has also chosen to stay put out of concern that the United States would immediately seek his arrest and extradition over the leaking of classified documents to WikiLeaks by then-U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...r-rules-his-london-embassy-refuge/1695064002/
Baltasar Garzon, the lawyer for Wikileaks, the whistleblower website that Assange founded, has arrived in Ecuador to pursue the case, which is expected to be heard in a domestic court next week, Sky News reports.
Wikileaks charges that Assange's access to the outside world has been "summarily cut off" by a clampdown on his activities. The suit will also claim that Ecuador has threatened to remove the protection he has enjoyed since receiving political asylum, according to Sky News.
Assange, 47, first took refuge in the embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning regarding rape allegations. Although the investigation was dropped last year, Assange still faces a charge in Britain for skipping bail.
Assange, an Australian, has also chosen to stay put out of concern that the United States would immediately seek his arrest and extradition over the leaking of classified documents to WikiLeaks by then-U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...r-rules-his-london-embassy-refuge/1695064002/
