Tag: Ecuadorian embassy

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 07:48 UTC

  Julian Assange's Ecuadorean nationality revoked by a court

  

  An administrative court in Ecuador revoked the country's nationality of Wikileaks founder, Australian-born Julian Assange. The Monday 26 July ruling was notified to Assange's attorney Carlos Poveda and the Ecuadorean foreign ministry.

• Saturday, September 28th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Spanish company working for the CIA spied on Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London

  

  A Spanish private security firm, which is under investigation in Madrid, spied on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on behalf of the CIA while he was inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, El Pais daily reported Friday.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2019 - 10:26 UTC

  UK, Ecuador agree Assange not to be extradited where he could be executed

  

  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will not be extradited to any country with capital punishment, Britain's Minister for the Americas and Europe, Alan Duncan announced Monday in Quito after a meeting with Ecuador's Foreign Minister José Valencia.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 11:30 UTC

  Assange friend, and alleged hacker, freed in Ecuador but cannot leave the country

  

  An Ecuadorean judge on Thursday ordered that a Swedish citizen and personal friend of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange be freed, two months after he was detained for alleged participation in a hacking attempt on the government.

• Saturday, October 20th 2018 - 13:14 UTC

  Assange cries humanitarian grounds and sues Ecuador over living conditions

  

  “Julian Assange launched a case Friday accusing the government of Ecuador of violating his fundamental rights and freedoms,” read a WikiLeaks statement. The case has been slated to be heard in a domestic court next week.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2018 - 05:20 UTC

  Ecuadorean president visits UK; speculation about a deal on Julian Assange's future

  

  Ecuador has said its president will not discuss the future of Julian Assange during a visit to the UK. Lenin Moreno was scheduled to speak in London and later travel to Scotland to the University of Edinburgh. He will also address businessmen interested in investing in Ecuador.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 09:58 UTC

  British Judge refuses to halt legal proceedings against Assange

  

  A British judge refused on Tuesday to halt legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for jumping bail and fleeing to the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012. The ruling leaves Assange, 46, in a legal and diplomatic impasse, with no way out of the embassy where he has lived for almost six years, unless he decides to face the prospect of arrest by British police.

• Friday, January 12th 2018 - 10:16 UTC

  Foreign Office rejects Ecuadorean diplomatic status for Wikileaks Julian Assange

  

  The British Foreign Office rejected an Ecuadorian government request to grant the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange diplomatic status in a bid to bring to an end his forced stay in the South American country’s London embassy.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2016 - 08:31 UTC

  WikiLeaks claims Assange's internet was shut down; possible controversy over Hillary's speeches

  

  Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said on Monday that its founder Julian Assange's internet was shut down by the government of Ecuador, deflecting blame from the U.S. or British governments which have sparred with Assange for releasing sensitive material.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 - 05:20 UTC

  Swire and Ecuadorean foreign minister discuss Julian Assange's case in London

  

  UK Minister for the Americas Hugo Swire MP, met with the new Ecuadorean Foreign Minister, Guillaume Long, in London on Monday to discuss assistance in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake that struck the Andean country in April.