Politics Julian Assange sues Ecuador over new rules, including Internet ban, bathroom hygiene and cat care

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    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy for six years, is suing Ecuador for "violating his fundamental rights and freedoms" by imposing new rules regarding his use of the Internet, political activity, bathroom hygiene and care of his cat, according to media reports.

    Baltasar Garzon, the lawyer for Wikileaks, the whistleblower website that Assange founded, has arrived in Ecuador to pursue the case, which is expected to be heard in a domestic court next week, Sky News reports.

    Wikileaks charges that Assange's access to the outside world has been "summarily cut off" by a clampdown on his activities. The suit will also claim that Ecuador has threatened to remove the protection he has enjoyed since receiving political asylum, according to Sky News.

    Assange, 47, first took refuge in the embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning regarding rape allegations. Although the investigation was dropped last year, Assange still faces a charge in Britain for skipping bail.

    Assange, an Australian, has also chosen to stay put out of concern that the United States would immediately seek his arrest and extradition over the leaking of classified documents to WikiLeaks by then-U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning.

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    Assange is living in a hell of his own making.
     
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    What I was gonna say.
     
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    Oops! I hope that wasn't and insult. Shit!
     
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    However bad it is, the hell in there is not as bad as the hell in a federal prison would be.
     
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    You think with his knowledge he could have figured out a way to fake a new identity.
     
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    There's that face. That's a face anyone can recognize. I could recognize it and I'm terrible with remembering faces.

    Also, the London police keep an eye on the embassy.
     
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    You must have some German blood in you. They loved scars from sword fights. They'd get cut, let it partially heal and then tear it open so when it healed a second time they'd have a nasty scar.
     
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