British Police Arrest Assange After Ecuador Withdraws Asylum – Update

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British police have arrested WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange in Ecuador’s embassy. That was possible after Ecuador revoked Assange’s asylum. British police have wanted to arrest Assange for years.

He will go to court as soon as possible, says the Metropolitan Police Service in London. Ecuador’s ambassador had admitted the agents after revoking the WikiLeaks foreman’s asylum. Assange has been in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012. It was already clear last week that Assange would be deported soon. That happened when Ecuadorian President Moreno suspected WikiLeaks had hacked his private accounts. According to Moreno Assange thereby violated the conditions of his stay. According to WikiLeaks, withdrawing the asylum is against international law. Moreno claims he has enforced that Assange is not extradited to a country where he faces torture or the death penalty.

The United States has wanted to prosecute Assange since 2010 for leaking internal US government documents via the WikiLeaks website. He then fled to the Ecuadorian embassy and was granted political asylum. After Sweden withdrew a warrant for Assange in 2017, all that remains is the 2012 arrest warrant that Assange ignored. to be given to Sweden. Earlier there were reports that Ecuador would be planning to hand over Assange to the British police and the country has called the whistleblower’s stay “unsustainable”.

Update, 13:47: Police have confirmed that she has arrested Assange “on behalf of the United States.” That country wants the UK to extradite Assange to try him for putting internal documents of the US government online.

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