Julian Assange used the Ecuadorean embassy in London as a “centre for spying”, the country’s leader has said.
Lenin Moreno also said no other nation had influenced the decision to revoke the WikiLeaks founder’s asylum after what he called violations by Assange.
President Moreno told the Guardian newspaper Ecuador’s old government had provided facilities within the embassy “to interfere” with other states.
Assange’s lawyer had earlier accused Ecuador of “outrageous allegations”. Read more