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Ecuador Cutting Off WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange's Communications Outside London Embassy (suntimes.com)

Posted by msmash on from the tussle-continues dept.

The government of Ecuador said on Wednesday it has cut off internet access in its embassy in London to Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, 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 had failed to abide by an agreement not to interfere in the South American country's relations with other states. From a report: As part of an agreement between Assange and the Ecuadorean government, he is not permitted to send any messages that could interfere with the South American nation's relations with other countries. Assange has been living in Ecuador's embassy for more than five years.

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  1. Now, he is in prison by Ronin+Developer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If he has no means to communicate with the outside world or to travel freely...that's the definition of incarceration. Finally.

    1. Re:Now, he is in prison by bobbied · · Score: 4, Insightful

      He can walk out the front door anytime he wishes...

      (sarc)Trading the Gilded cage in the embassy for a British jail cell? Yea, he's "free" to choose. (/sarc)

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    2. Re:Now, he is in prison by Archtech · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You do know that the US currently does not, nor has ever had an extradition order on him, right?

      Nor, AFAIK, on any of the people languishing (if that's the word I'm looking for) in Guantanamo.

      So what?

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    3. Re:Now, he is in prison by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Insightful

      He is probably too paranoid for cell phones. He will also need to actually trust people for memory card swap.

      He is a prisoner of his own device.

      Welcome to the Hotel Ecuador UK

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    4. Re:Now, he is in prison by arth1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Guantanamo is a military prison, so to end up there, you must somehow get detained by our military. This isn't a discussion on if you agree with it or not, simply a statement on how you end up there. Since our military is not currently involved in combat operations within the UK, Assanage would not end up there.

      This would be nice if it were true. However, several of the Guantanamo Bay detainees were arrested in countries where the US didn't have military combat operations, and brought to Afghanistan for bounty. Adel Noori is perhaps the most famous case.

  2. Re:Grow some balls by UnknowingFool · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Considering that FISA courts do not try people I would say the chance if very good he'll never be convicted in one. FISA courts exist to grant surveillance requests.

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  3. The worst in Slashdotters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It seems that the Assange topic brings out the really ugly in the Slashdot crowd: petty, bitter, cynical, superficial.

    Folks, sometimes you're really disgusting.