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
(Score: 2) by looorg on Tuesday October 23 2018, @09:04PM (1 child)
A lot of people do seem to find Jebuz or Mohammed or whomever during their "wrongful incarceration". Now I'm actually starting to wonder what would happen to the whole circus of JA just converted and came out as super religious. Would he then be doubly persecuted? On the other hand muslim that are enemies of Uncle Same have booked rooms at the Gitmo Hilton ...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 27 2018, @12:45AM
> A lot of people do seem to find Jebuz or Mohammed or whomever during their "wrongful incarceration".
That is because islam is the largest gang in the prison [usma.edu] and have taken over most Western prisons [washingtonpost.com] some to the point where even the guards pay protection money to the moslem inmates. They join the gang [independent.co.uk] for the reason if they are already in for crime why not add one more crime to the list [npr.org]. and many convert under pressure [telegraph.co.uk] because they value their ass more than their soul. Or their stomachs. In some prisons they are rewarded with better food for conversion.
Prisons are not exactly bastions of free speech [dw.com] either.