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GENEVA, April 6-- A United Nations (UN) expert plans to meet WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London on April 25 after receiving complaints of privacy violations, a statement released Friday by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said. This move was made after the expert received two separate complaints made by Assange and Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno, according to the statement. In the statement, Joe Cannataci, the Human Rights Council special rapporteur on the right to privacy, said the meeting would "help determine if there exists a prima facie case of violation of privacy that warrants further investigation." He also said that he was requesting further information from the Ecuadorian government on a complaint lodged by the country's president that his privacy had been violated by the publication of personal data. WikiLeaks said earlier this week on its verified social media account that Assange will be expelled within "hours to days," quoting "a high-level source within the Ecuadorian state." In an interview on Tuesday, President Moreno told local media that Assange has repeatedly violated protocol and conditions of his stay at the embassy. Assange does not have the right to hack private accounts or phones and cannot intervene in the politics of other countries, especially Ecuador's partners, said the president. "Several times, Mr. Assange has violated the agreement we reached with him and his lawyers," he was quoted as saying. | 
