A BRITISH university student has become a victim of social media abuse for organising a protest against Julian Assange, partly for his evasion of sexual assault allegations.
Simone Webb is gathering support for a January 23 rally at Oxford University to coincide with an address by the WikiLeaks founder to the exclusive institution's Union.
"I have been sent abusive tweets by Assange supporters, including his mother. I've been described as pig-headed, a bitter jealous mediocrity, a misandrist, a retard, an extremist, and a hairy-legged truck driver," Ms Webb told AAP.
She blocked Assange's Brisbane-based mother, Christine Assange, on Twitter after receiving a barrage of messages.
Using an account in her own name, Ms Assange posted: "On Jan 23 a gang of rabbid irrational frenzied 'feminists' will protest Julians video speech to Oxford Uni Students."
Assange has been invited by the Oxford Union to speak at the annual Sam Adams Award, which recognises an individual who has displayed "courage, persistence and devotion to the truth" in the name of the former CIA analyst.
The 41-year-old is expected to make a video address as he faces arrest if he leaves London's Ecuadorian embassy, in which he took refuge in August last year.
The Australian was granted asylum by the Latin American nation after claiming sex assault allegations in Sweden were the start of a campaign to get him to the US, where his secret-leaking website is under investigation.
Assange denies the assault claims of two women and maintains that sex was consensual.
"I am holding the protest for a number of reasons. Primarily to highlight the inappropriateness and irony of having someone speak at an awards ceremony supposed to celebrate integrity, justice, courage and truth-seeking who is himself evading the justice process by hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy," Ms Webb said.
"Secondly, this is about challenging society's treatment of rape allegations, and the way they are minimised and ignored."
An unnamed spokesman for the Oxford Union justified Assange's address in comments made to the Huffington Post website.
"Mr Assange is a thinker and activist who has made significant contributions to the debate on government transparency," he said.
"It is hoped that institutional corruption, whistleblowing and freedom of speech can all be discussed without in any way sanctioning or condoning his alleged private actions."
Ms Webb has called for protesters to gather outside the Oxford Union and the Ecuadorian embassy on January 23.
She has created a Facebook event to garner support.
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