Julian Assange may be without internet access but a Canadian comedian Bobby Mair stepped in to make sure the WikiLeaks founder didn’t 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, “Julian Assange’s personal internet service.”
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 @wikileaks Julian Assange pic.twitter.com/1jUbp6y6tL
— Bobby Mair (@BobbyMair) October 19, 2016
Ecuadorian officials said this week, that they cut Assange’s internet access at the embassy after thelatest WikiLeaks dump of emails involving Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
WikiLeaks also confirmed that Assange’s internet access had been “restricted” due to his “communications over the U.S. election” 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’s tradition of respecting other nation’s elections and sovereignty.
The Ecuadorian government gave Assange asylum in 2012, and he has continued to live in the embassy in London ever since.
Mair performed the stunt for Sam Delaney’s News Thing on Russia Today.
With files from The Associated Press
