Julian Assange told: stop using embassy to make fun of politicians

By artappraiser on Fri, 08/30/2013 - 11:20pm |

By Kevin Rawlinson and agencies, theguardian.com, 30 August 2013

Julian Assange has been told to stop using the Ecuadorean embassy in London to poke fun at Australian politicians as part of his Senate election bid, it has been reported.

The South American nation's president, Rafael Correa, chastised Assange after a video appeared online in which the WikiLeaks founder – along with Juice Rap News – ridiculed Tony Abbott, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.

"We have sent him a letter: he can campaign politically, but without making fun of Australian politicians. We are not going to allow that," said Correa, who is attending a South American summit [....]

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