Julian Assange may be without internet access but a Canadian comedian Bobby Mair stepped in to make sure the WikiLeaks founder didn鈥檛 miss too much.
Mair, who is from Seaforth, Ont. but is now living in London, U.K., set up shop outside of the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Wednesday, with a megaphone and a sign around his neck reading, 鈥淛ulian Assange鈥檚 personal internet service.鈥�
He stood on the corner across from the embassy and read Assange pages of news headlines that were trending around the world and gave him advice on new passwords to try to regain access.
I'm outside the Ecuadorian Embassy about to read the Internet to Julian Assange
鈥� Bobby Mair (@BobbyMair)
Ecuadorian officials said this week, that they cut Assange鈥檚 internet access at the embassy after thelatest WikiLeaks dump of emails involving Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
WikiLeaks also confirmed that Assange鈥檚 internet access had been 鈥渞estricted鈥� due to his 鈥渃ommunications over the U.S. election鈥� in a tweet on Tuesday.
According to a statement from the Ecuadorian government, the release of the emails has had an impact on the U.S. election which is against Ecuador鈥檚 tradition of respecting other nation鈥檚 elections and sovereignty.
The Ecuadorian government gave Assange asylum in 2012, and he has continued to live in the embassy in London ever since.
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With files from The Associated Press
