{"id":45273,"date":"2019-04-11T10:37:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=45273"},"modified":"2019-04-11T10:37:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:37:30","slug":"julian-assange-arrested-in-london-after-ecuador-withdraws-asylum-u-s-requests-extradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=45273","title":{"rendered":"Julian Assange Arrested in London After Ecuador Withdraws Asylum; U.S. Requests Extradition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theintercept.imgix.net\/wp-uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/04\/041119_ecuador-1554976532.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;q=90&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1440&amp;h=720\" alt=\"A general view of the Ecuadorian Embassy where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been holed out since 2012, in London, Friday, April 5, 2019. A senior Ecuadorian official said no decision has been made to expel Julian Assange from the country's London embassy despite tweets from Wikileaks that sources had told it he could be kicked out within &quot;hours to days&quot; on Friday. (AP Photo\/Alastair Grant)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Finterc.pt%2F2IsBPIf\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Julian%20Assange%20arrested%20in%20London%20after%20Ecuador%20withdraws%20asylum%20https%3A%2F%2Finterc.pt%2F2IsBPIf%20by%20%40RobertMackey\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Julian%20Assange%20Arrested%20in%20London%20After%20Ecuador%20Withdraws%20Asylum%3B%20U.S.%20Requests%20Extradition&amp;body=https%3A%2F%2Finterc.pt%2F2IsBPIf\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/04\/11\/julian-assange-arrested-london-ecuador-withdraws-asylum\/?comments=1#comments\">7<\/a>Ecuador&#8217;s Embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lived until his arrest on Thursday.\u00a0Photo: Alastair Grant\/AP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/04\/11\/julian-assange-arrested-london-ecuador-withdraws-asylum\/\">Julian Assange Arrested in London After Ecuador Withdraws Asylum; U.S. Requests Extradition<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This breaking news report will be updated throughout the day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JULIAN ASSANGE, the WikiLeaks founder, was arrested on Thursday inside Ecuador\u2019s Embassy in London, where he had lived since 2012 under diplomatic protection. London\u2019s Metropolitan Police Service said in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.met.police.uk\/news\/arrest-update-sw1-365526\">a statement<\/a>&nbsp;its officers were \u201cinvited into the embassy by the Ambassador, following the Ecuadorian government\u2019s withdrawal of asylum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video of Assange being dragged from the embassy was captured on a livestream set up by Ruptly, a Russian government news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8oqJiNzJQ_E\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Assange\u2019s lawyer, Jen Robinson, tweeted that he had been arrested not just for breach of bail conditions in the United Kingdom, but also in relation to an American extradition request. Apparently citing Assange himself as a source, the lawyer said the warrant was for allegedly conspiring with Chelsea Manning to leak documents in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suigenerisjen\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3357394376\/4ca028f6f4718408d7d7562789734176_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just confirmed: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Assange?src=hash\">#Assange<\/a> has been arrested not just for breach of bail conditions but also in relation to a US extradition request. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\">@wikileaks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khrafnsson\">@khrafnsson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suigenerisjen\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3357394376\/4ca028f6f4718408d7d7562789734176_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Assange?src=hash\">#Assange<\/a>: The US warrant was issued in December 2017 and is for conspiracy with Chelsea Manning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xychelsea\">@xychelsea<\/a> in early 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A subsequent police statement&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.met.police.uk\/news\/update-arrest-of-julian-assange-365565\">confirmed<\/a>&nbsp;that Assange \u201cbeen further arrested on behalf of the United States authorities, at 10:53 hrs after his arrival at a central London police station. This is an extradition warrant under Section 73 of the Extradition Act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assange, 47, was then taken from a central London police station to Westminster Magistrates\u2019 Court. The force explained that it acted initially on a warrant issued by that court after Assange&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/06\/20\/world\/europe\/assange-seeks-asylum-at-ecuadors-embassy-in-london.html?action=click&amp;contentCollection=Americas&amp;module=RelatedCoverage&amp;region=EndOfArticle&amp;pgtype=article\">took refuge in the embassy in 2012<\/a>, violating bail conditions by not attending a hearing on his attempt to resist extradition to Sweden, where he was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/07\/latest-updates-on-leak-of-u-s-cables-day-10\/\">wanted for questioning<\/a>&nbsp;on sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him by two women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7Ecuador&#8217;s Embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lived until his arrest on Thursday.\u00a0Photo: Alastair Grant\/AP Julian Assange Arrested in London After Ecuador Withdraws Asylum; U.S. Requests Extradition This breaking news report will be updated throughout the day. 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