WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to regain internet access at Ecuador’s London embassy
WikiLeaks has said Ecuador has agreed to end ‘isolation regime’ imposed on its founder
Ecuador has partly restored Julian Assange’s communications with the outside world from its London embassy where the WikiLeaks founder has been living for over six years, according to reports.
The Ecuadorean government suspended access in March this year because it said Assange had breached “a written commitment made to the government at the end of 2017 not to issue messages that might interfere with other states”.
On Sunday, the Press Association reported that Ecuador had partly restored Assange’s access to the internet, mobile phones and visits at the embassy, which had been restricted to members of his legal team.
The WikiLeaks founder has lived in the Ecuadorean embassy since June 2012 when he took refuge there to avoid extradition to Sweden over allegations of sex crimes, which he denies, and was granted political asylum.
Sweden dropped the case against Assange last year but he remains subject to arrest in the UK for jumping bail.
He has said he fears he could be extradited to the US for questioning about the activities of WikiLeaks if he leaves the building.