April 11, 2019
“Today, I announce that the discourteous and aggressive behavior of Mr. Julian Assange, the hostile and threatening declarations of the allied organization, against Ecuador,” Moreno stated.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police Thursday after U.K. law enforcement officials were “invited into the embassy by the Ambassador, following the Ecuadorean government’s withdrawal of asylum.”
Assange’s attorney, Jen Robinson, said that, in addition to being arrested for breach of bail conditions, Assange is also being processed in relation to a U.S. extradition request on a warrant that was issued in December 2017 for conspiracy with Chelsea Manning in early 2010.
“Julian Assange, 47, has today, Thursday 11 April, been arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) at the Embassy of Ecuador,” London’s Metropolitan Police said, adding that they were granted access to Assange, who has been living at the London embassy since 2012.
Assange shouted “the U.K. has no sovereignty. The UK must resist,” while he was being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorean embassy, according to Edward Snowden citing a Ruptly report and stating that the WikiLeaks founder’s detainment was arbitrary and ruled a violation of human rights by the United Nations.
Former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa also commented, on Twitter, condemning the arrest of Julian Assange and stated that his successor was “greatest traitor in Ecuadorean and Latin American history.”
According to CNN, citing an anonymous source Assange may require medical attention and will likely make a court appearance at 2:00 p.m. London time. WikiLeaks also disclosed, to the news agency, that the organization was not privy to the whereabouts of its founder.
British Home Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed that Assange was in police custody and “rightly facing justice in the UK.”
Source: Telesur