#ElMundoConAssange: WikiLeaks launch Twitter bid to prevent eviction from Ecuadorian embassy
A Twitterstorm is brewing online with the launch of a movement aimed at pressurizing the Ecuadorian authorities into allowing Julian Assange to remain in their London embassy beyond the February 19 presidential election.
Presidential hopeful, Guillermo Lasso, head of the right-wing Creo-Suma party, has made clear his intentions to evict Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy in London if he is elected.
“We will cordially ask Señor Assange to leave within 30 days of assuming a mandate,” Lasso told the Guardian earlier this month.
WikiLeaks and Assange campaigners are urging people to post on Twitter using the hashtag #ElMundoConAssange throughout February 16 to support the WikiLeaks chief.
Support for Assange ahead of Sunday's Ecuadorian election where two leading candidates promise to have him arrested https://t.co/V23uSNEUO5
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 16, 2017
#ElMundoConAssangepic.twitter.com/Em97pVEgzW
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 16, 2017
Nuevo video clip chévere solidario #ElMundoConAssange de Sarazino Ft Liliana Saumet (Bomba Estereo) - Frente Latina https://t.co/jGPzgeyUub
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 16, 2017
@LassoGuillermo & @CynthiaViteri6 want to expell @JulianAssange from Ecuador Embassy on London we have #ElMundoConAssange to stop them pic.twitter.com/fVzuouSWTE
— Felipe Ogaz Oviedo (@lombremono) February 16, 2017
#ElMundoConAssange Julian deserves Freedom not to be sold to the CIA for political favors. He's not just a human but among the best of us. pic.twitter.com/5I7jRy0omk
— Ruth Ann Oskolkoff (@Ruthisms) February 16, 2017
Criticisms of #WikiLeaks or #Assange (T or F) don't change fact that Wikileaks was THE game changer of the 21st century #ElMundoConAssangepic.twitter.com/2WvIv0ZhST
— Kitty Hundal (@kittyhundal) February 16, 2017
#ElMundoConAssange
— CDH.GYE (@CDHGYE) February 16, 2017
existen fundados motivos de que Gob. EUA persigue a Assange por difundir matanzas y corrupción.
Foto: Guayaquil 2012 pic.twitter.com/j7FTujVD71
Assange has been living in the London embassy since June 2012, when he applied to Ecuador for political asylum to avoid extradition to Sweden over allegations of sexual assault. He has denied the claims.
READ MORE: Ecuador presidential hopeful plans to evict Assange from London embassy if elected
On Thursday, WikiLeaks once again highlighted previously-released cables in relation to former banker Lasso. The cables apparently revealed the extent to which he went to discredit President Rafael Correa.
Lasso organized the business sector against the administration's progressive measures, according to the WikiLeaks cables.
Ecuadorian election Sunday. What do WikiLeaks cables say about leading opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso? https://t.co/tX8NDNoyOr
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 16, 2017
While Correa's former Vice President, Lenin Moreno is favorite to win, Lasso could clinch victory in a second-round vote.
Another candidate, Cynthia Viteri from the Social Christian Party, has also vowed to evict Assange from the embassy, however polls suggest she has a lesser chance of winning.
Ecuadorian election Sunday. What do WikiLeaks cables say about leading opposition candidate Cynthia Viteri? https://t.co/N403LtxToj
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 16, 2017
Assange is wanted in the US in relation to WikiLeaks’ publication of classified files, provided by whistleblower Chelsea Manning.
In February 2016 the UN formally declared that Assange was being unlawfully detained by Swedish and UK authorities and ordered that he be immediately released and compensated for the violation of his rights.
Assange confirmed last month he would stand by his offer to go to the US following Barack Obama’s decision to release former US Army intelligence analyst Manning from prison.
