WikiLeaks
founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange is at risk of being
removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has taken
refuge for nearly six years, CNN reports. If he is forced out of the
embassy, Assange could face arrest by British authorities and
extradition to the United States. The Ecuadorian government cut off
Assange’s internet in March. Former Ecuadorian President Rafael
Correa told The Intercept that the government has also blocked
Assange from receiving visitors, calling the tactic “torture.”
Correa said that Ecuador was not maintaining “normal sovereign
relations with the American government—just submission.” In
other Assange news, last month the Democratic National Committee sued
WikiLeaks for its role in publishing hacked materials relating to the
2016 election.
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