Julian Assange has been stripped of his Ecuadorian Citizenship. 

The 50-year-old Australian, who was forced to seek asylum in Ecuadorian Embassy, has now been stripped of his citizenship and is left nationless.

He had taken asylum in Ecuadorian Embassy in London, after being chased for exposing US war crimes. 

Assange, the founder of Wiki Leaks, is currently being put in the high-security Bel Marsh Prison where he has been stripped of his basic human rights.

The stripping from citizenship by the Ecuadorian court has also been linked with the US interference in the country.

Carlos Poveda, Assange’s lawyer, said the decision was made without due process and Assange was not allowed to appear in the case.

“On the date [Assange] was cited he was deprived of his liberty and with a health crisis inside the deprivation of liberty center where he was being held,” Poveda said.

Poveda said he will file appeals asking for amplification and clarification of the decision. “More than the importance of nationality, it is a matter of respecting rights and following due process in withdrawing nationality.”

Assange received Ecuadorian citizenship in January 2018 as part of a failed attempt by the government of then-President Lenín Moreno to turn him into a diplomat to get him out of its embassy in London.