WikiLeaks: Julian Assange ‘gagged and isolated’ by Ecuador’s president

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WikiLeaks announced on Wednesday that its founder and editor, Julian Assange, has been “gagged and isolated” by Ecuador’s new leader, President Lenin Moreno.

Assange has been living in Ecuador’s embassy in London since June 2012 after Swedish authorities tried to extradite him over sexual assault and rape charges. The case was dropped last year, but a British warrant over Assange’s breaching the 2012 bail conditions is still valid.

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