Tag: Ecuador
Ecuador’s president agrees to fuel subsidy deal in order to end weeks of violent protest that left 7 people dead
According to Reuters, the unrest was the worst seen in the country in over a decade. Hundreds of protesters were injured and over 1,000 were arrested.
10 maps show how different LGBTQ rights are around the world
Gay sex is still illegal in 35% of countries in the UN, according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.
Wikileaks said Julian Assange scrubbed all his computers before getting arrested, and claimed the US could plant false evidence on them
Julian Assange cleared his computers as he predicted he would be evicted and arrested from London's Ecuadorian embassy, Wikileaks' editor said.
Ecuador has reportedly agreed to hand the US any hard drives, documents, computers, and cell phones found in the embassy room where Julian Assange liv...
According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, a search of the rooms where Assange was holed up for nearly 7 years will take place on May 20.
Leaked security footage shows Julian Assange shadowboxing and jumping up and down during his 7-year exile in the Ecuadorian embassy
Assange spent almost seven years living in the embassy as he avoided arrest by authorities over a sexual assault investigation in Sweden.
Ecuador says it has been hit with 40 million cyber attacks since Julian Assange was arrested at its embassy in London
The "volumetric" cyber attacks were "threats from those groups linked to Julian Assange,"Javier Jara from Ecuador's telecommunications ministry said.
Ecuador’s president claims Assange was booted from the embassy so it didn’t turn into a ‘center for spying’
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, tried to use the embassy as a "center for spying," Ecuadorean President Lenín Moreno told the Guardian on Sunday.
Assange’s arrest was designed to make sure he didn’t press a mysterious panic button he said would bring dire consequences for Ecuador
WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange, was dramatically arrested and dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Thursday.
Hillary Clinton responds to Julian Assange’s arrest: ‘He has to answer for what he has done’
Hillary Clinton on Thursday responded to news that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested and faces extradition to the US on hacking charges.
This simmering political clash may have led to Julian Assange’s ouster from Ecuador’s embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had spent seven years in asylum in Ecuador's UK embassy, but that came to an end on Thursday.