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posted by martyb on Sunday October 21 2018, @04:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the be-nice-to-your-hosts dept.

Julian Assange Says He's Suing Ecuador for 'Violating His Fundamental Rights'

Julian Assange announced on Friday that he was suing the Ecuadorean government for "violating his fundamental rights," claiming that his longtime hosts at the country's embassy in London are limiting his contact with the outside world and censoring his speech.

His legal team in the matter, led by the former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, revealed the suit at a news conference in Quito, where the lawsuit was filed. The action aims to prevent strict new rules governing Mr. Assange's visitors and online activity from taking effect.

The policies were laid out in a nine-page memo that was published by a news site this month. (They include directives to clean his bathroom and look after his cat.)

Clean up your room and brush your teeth before you go to bed.

Also at Reuters, CNN, and USA Today.

Previously: Julian Assange has His Internet Access Cut Off by Ecuador
Ecuador Spent $5 Million Protecting and Spying on Julian Assange
Ecuador Reportedly Almost Ready to Hand Julian Assange Over to UK Authorities
Associated Press Publishes Supposedly Leaked WikiLeaks Documents
The Guardian: Russian Diplomats Planned to Sneak Julian Assange Out of the UK


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Murdoc on Sunday October 21 2018, @08:17PM (4 children)

    by Murdoc (2518) on Sunday October 21 2018, @08:17PM (#751762) Homepage

    I was interested in what you said about "misrepresenting the whole case" and wanted to know more, so I checked out that link. First of all, the title of that article was disappointing: "The Persecution of Julian Assange Proves That Western Values No Longer Exist" Really? They don't exist anywhere? In any amount? That's just immature hyperbole. But still I read on. It was shaky writing that didn't instil me with a lot of confidence in what they were trying to say. Finally they lost me at the part about the 'mainstream media dedicated to demonizing Russia and Trump' and I'm left wondering what the heck kind of site is this? I got my answer to that pretty quick when I spotted an article in the sidebar that was anti-vax. So I think I'm going to request a better source of information about this Assange thing.

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  • (Score: 2) by Pav on Sunday October 21 2018, @10:48PM (1 child)

    by Pav (114) on Sunday October 21 2018, @10:48PM (#751797)

    If you're interested in the veracity of the original allegation here's a background and summary [youtube.com] done close to the time by an Australian investigative reporter from Four Corners (a pretty good investigative news show), though it's published in the rest of the world by Journeyman Pictures I believe.

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by Pav on Sunday October 21 2018, @10:54PM

      by Pav (114) on Sunday October 21 2018, @10:54PM (#751798)

      I don't know if this is viewable outside of Australia, but this [abc.net.au] is the original story in full.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by canopic jug on Monday October 22 2018, @04:33AM (1 child)

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 22 2018, @04:33AM (#751866) Journal

    Ok. My fault. Thanks for calling out the garbage site for what it is. I was not careful with the link above, the foreignpolicyjournal page is actually a reprint of The Persecution of Julian Assange Proves That Western Values No Longer Exist [paulcraigroberts.org] by Paul Craig Roberts and can be found on his blog. However, here is a more diverse and higher quality sampling (though The Guardian is dodgy too):

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    • (Score: 2) by Murdoc on Thursday October 25 2018, @09:29AM

      by Murdoc (2518) on Thursday October 25 2018, @09:29AM (#753581) Homepage

      Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the new links, they helped a lot. :)