Ecuador cuts off Julian Assange's internet access at London embassy
The government of Ecuador has confirmed that it has cut off internet access in its embassy in London to Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, saying that he was putting the country's international relations at risk.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Ecuador said that the step had been taken because Assange had failed to abide by an agreement not to interfere in the South American country's relations with other states.
"The government of Ecuador warns that Assange's behaviour, through his messages on social networks, put at risk the country's good relations with the United Kingdom, the other states of the European Union, and other nations," the statement said.
[...] Ecuador temporarily cut Assange's internet connection in 2016, over fears that he was using it to interfere in the US presidential election, but it was later restored.
Also at the Miami Herald and teleSUR.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @02:05PM (3 children)
Yeah, justice in the United Kingdom is very even handed. Grooming gangs always get punished, and there's no way a Scotsman would be convicted of a crime just for cracking an edgy joke about how Nazis were the worst thing he could think of.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @02:50PM (1 child)
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/02/world/europe/reckoning-starts-in-britain-on-abuse-of-girls.html [nytimes.com]
Justice? For who?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29 2018, @06:38PM
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/05/lost-child-abuse-files-home-office [theguardian.com]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_paedophile_dossier [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by The Archon V2.0 on Thursday March 29 2018, @08:04PM
You really needed a /s on that post, I doubt everyone here is familiar with Count Dankula's conviction.