The editor-in-chief of Wikileaks claims Assange is the victim of an 'extreme spying operation' at the Ecuadorian embassy in London
WIKILEAKS' chief has accused spies of installing hidden cameras to watch Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
The editor-in-chief of Wikileaks Kristinn Hrafnsson claims Assange has been the victim of an "extreme spying operation" and it is part of a €3million extortion plot.
Hrafnsson said he assumes the information had been given to Donald Trump's administration.
He said during a press conference today they were sent copies of thousands of photos and videos that were recorded of Assange since 2012.
The videos included a meeting between him and his lawyer, and a medical examination.
Hrafnsson said these people threatened to publish its contents unless they handed over the sum of €3million (£2.6million).
He said: "Wikileaks has uncovered an extensive spying operation against Julian Assange within the Ecuadorean embassy."
He did not immediately give evidence for his claims and did not say who he is accusing.
Hrafnsson admitted they does not have hard evidence that the US was involved, but it's what they strongly suspect happened.
He added: "We know that there was a request to hand over visitor’s logs from the embassy and video recordings from within the security cameras in the embassy."
Jennifer Robinson, Assange's lawyer, says they have been "long been concerned about the the amount of surveillance he is under".
She added: "This is a sever breach of lawyer-client privilege and it undermines our ability to defend him."
It comes as Assange could be kicked out the Ecuadorian embassy any day now.
Fidel Narvaez, the former Consul of Ecuador to London, said today: "The Ecuadorian embassy is not protecting Assange any more.
"It is doing everything possible to end the asylum.
"The only reason it hasn't happened yet is because the international shame and historic shame."
Wikileaks, a website which publishes classified info from anonymous sources, made the claim last week that its founder was going to be evicted in a tweet and quoted an unnamed high-level Ecuadorian government source.
They also claimed officials had come to an agreement with the UK to arrest him and extradite him to Sweden.
The tweet said: “A high level source within the Ecuadorian state has told that Julian Assange will be expelled within ‘hours to days’ using the offshore scandal as a pretext--and that it already has an agreement with the UK for his arrest.”
Assange took refuge in Ecuador’s London embassy in 2012 to avoid being extradited to Sweden, where authorities wanted to question him as part of a sexual assault investigation.
That probe was later dropped, but Assange fears he could be extradited to face charges in the US, where federal prosecutors are investigating WikiLeaks.
Last week reports surfaced that the South American nation is tiring of his presence in the embassy.
President Moreno said Assange does not have the right to "hack private accounts or phones" and cannot intervene in the politics of other countries, especially those that have friendly relations with Ecuador.
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