Wikileaks’ Julian Assange arrested after Ecuador withdraws asylum

Apr11

by Sindy Cator on April 11, 2019 at 10:04 am

London’s Metropolitan Police has arrested Julian Assange after Ecuador’s government withdrew his asylum. According to a press release from the Met, Assange was arrested within Ecuador’s London Embassy, where the WikiLeaks founder has lived for almost seven years. BREAK – Julian Assange, 47, (03.07.71) has today, Thursday 11 April, been arrested by officers from the Met Police (MPS) at the Embassy of Ecuador, Hans Crescent, SW1 on a warrant issued by Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 29 June 2012, for failing to surrender to the court. — Ross Kempsell (@rosskempsell) April 11, 2019 The release states that Ecuador’s ambassador to the UK,…