The Co-founder Wikileaks Julian Assange has been arrested by the British Police on Thursday.
The 47-year-old Julian Assange was arrested from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, wherein he had been staying on political asylum since 2012.
WATCH: Moment Julian Assange is CARRIED out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. pic.twitter.com/OEeqmoksGr
— RT UK (@RTUKnews) April 11, 2019
However today (April 11, 2019), the Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno revoked Julian Assange’s asylum and invited the British police to arrest him.
Ecuador decidió soberanamente retirar el asilo diplomático a Julian Assange por violar reiteradamente convenciones internacionales y protocolo de convivencia. #EcuadorSoberano pic.twitter.com/V02pvvtPY0
— Lenín Moreno (@Lenin) April 11, 2019
In a statement, the British Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said that “Julian Assange, 47, (03.07.71) has today, Thursday 11 April, been arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (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.”
“He (Julian Assange) has been taken into custody at a central London police station where he will remain, before being presented before Westminster Magistrates’ Court as soon as is possible,” the MPS said.
Meanwhile in a video message on twitter, the Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said that the Britain has guaranteed to Ecuador that Assange will not be extradited to a country that has the death penalty.
“In line with our strong commitment to human rights and international law, I requested Great Britain to guarantee that Assange would not be extradited to a country where he could face torture or the death penalty,” Moreno said.
JULIAN ASSANGE
– Wikileaks founder
– WikiLeaks published classified information in 2010
– US govt opened investigation
– Sweden issued arrest warrant in 2010 over rape charges
– Granted asylum by Ecuador in its London embassy in 2012
– Arrested today by British police pic.twitter.com/NHVFZeGIQO
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) April 11, 2019
