The government of Ecuador is cutting off WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s Internet connection at the nation’s London embassy, 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’s recent activity on social media where he had failed to abide by an agreement not to interfere in the South American country’s relations with other states.
In recent days, Assange had criticized Germany’s detention of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont also shared his disapproval with several countries, including the U.S., for their decision to expel Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in the U.K. earlier this month.
A German Internet tycoon, Kim Dotcom, who has long been vocal of his support for Assange’s freedom, urged other supporters to gather outside the embassy on Wednesday to help Assange regain his Internet connection.
Following Assange’s remarks, British Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan said on Tuesday that “it was time that this miserable little worm walked out of the embassy and gave himself up to British justice.
> Shatabdi Sarker Poushi
Ecuador Cuts off WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange’s Internet access at London Embassy
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