Julian Assange attempted to use the Ecuadorian embassy as "spying center", said Lenin Moreno – 04/15/2019

The President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, said that the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, tried to use the Ecuadorian Embbady in London "As a spy center" and regretted that he "constantly violates the conditions" of his political asylum, in an interview with TI have caretaker released on Monday.

The activist, whose website revealed in 2010 thousands of confidential documents of the US government, was arrested last Thursday after Ecuador withdrew the asylum that he had granted him. in 2012.

"We can not allow our house, the house that has opened its doors, to become a spy center."

Lenin Moreno

President of Ecuador

British police forcibly arrested Assange, 47, for asking to be surrendered by the United States and violating the parole conditions imposed by the British courts in 2012 as part of a criminal case. extradition to Sweden.

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Moreno, who received criticism in his country for ending the Australian asylum, granted by Rafael Correa's former government, defended his decision by pointing out that this is not the case. was not "arbitrary" but "based on international law".

The Guardian He recalls that Wikileaks was linked to an anonymous website revealing that Moreno's brother had created an offshore company (in a tax haven) and publishing private photographs of the Ecuadorian president and his family.

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Moreno, who denied having acted in retaliation, felt that the Australian had used Ecuadorian legation in the United Kingdom. to interfere in the democracies of other countries. "Any attempt at destabilization is a reprehensible act for Ecuador, because we are a sovereign country and respectful of the politics of each country," he said.

In this regard, the President regretted that "from our territory and with the permission of the authorities of the previous government, the Ecuadorian Embbady in London provided facilities for interfering in the processes of other States. ".

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"We can not allow our house, the house that opened its doors, to become a spy center," the president added, while recalling that "This activity violates the conditions of asylum."

In the same interview, Moreno criticized the treatment provided by Assange to the diplomatic staff from the legation in London, to those who "mistreated", and considered that during his asylum, the "Australian" developed an aggressive campaign against Ecuador and began to make legal threats even to those who have tried to help him ".

He also revealed that the activist had maintained "inadequate hygienic behavior", that he intervened in the atmosphere of the embbady and concluded that "given the constant violations of the protocol and the threats, the political asylum was becoming unsustainable".

According to him, the United Kingdom would have "guaranteed in writing" to Ecuador that the fundamental rights of Assange would be respected and that he would not be extradited to a country where he would risk the death penalty. .