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08:58, 29-Mar-2018
Ecuador cuts Assange's communications after comments on social media
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Ecuador has suspended WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s communication system after he discussed issues that could damage the country’s diplomatic relations on social media, the government said on Wednesday.
Assange has been living in Ecuador’s London embassy since June 2012, when he entered the building to avoid extradition to Sweden to face questioning about allegations of sex crimes, which he has always denied.
He recently made posts on social media about the diplomatic crisis between London and Moscow, as well as about Catalonian separatism, despite warnings by Ecuador to avoid controversial political subjects.
“The measure was adopted in the face of Assange’s failure to comply with a written commitment he assumed with the government at the end of 2017, under which he was obliged not to issue messages that would interfere with other states,” Ecuador’s government said in a statement.
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Source(s): Reuters