Julian Assange Has Been Arrested
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April 11, 2019Yup. It happened.
According to the sourcelink, Assange, who’s been holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for the past seven years, has been arrested for “failing to surrender to the court.”
If you recall, Assange sheltered in the embassy specifically to avoid being extradited to Sweden where he’d face a sexual assault allegation – a case that has since been dropped anyway.
But Assange believed he’d be extradited to the US for questioning about WikiLeaks if he ever left the Embassy. And it sounds like Ecuadorian officials were just plain sick and tired of hosting him, so they withdrew his asylum for “repeated violations to international conventions.” About a month ago, they took away his internet and stopped allowing visitors, so the writing has been on the wall.
WikiLeaks is reacting on Twitter.
Yikes.
Assange will stay in custody with the London police, and will appear in court as soon as is feasible.
Assange has never faced consequences for the top secret information he exposed. Video of his arrest below:
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