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posted by FatPhil on Thursday April 11 2019, @01:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the shoulda-taken-the-tea-chest-option-years-back dept.

Breaking: Met police confirm that Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy.

Mr Assange took refuge in the embassy seven years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been dropped.

The Met Police said he was arrested for failing to surrender to the court.

Ecuador's president Lenin Moreno said it withdrew Mr Assange's asylum after his repeated violations to international conventions.

But WikiLeaks tweeted that Ecuador had acted illegally in terminating Mr Assange's political asylum "in violation of international law".

[...] Scotland Yard said it was invited into the embassy by the ambassador, following the Ecuadorian government's withdrawal of asylum.

After his arrest for failing to surrender to the court, police said he had been further arrested on behalf of US authorities under an extradition warrant.

He doesn't look happy, to say the least.

Update: As this is a breaking story, more information is coming out regularly - one source that updates their reports frequently is Zero Hedge - thanks boru!

Previously: New Analysis of Swedish Police Report Confirms Julian Assange's Version in Sweden's Case
Ecuador Reportedly Almost Ready to Hand Julian Assange Over to UK Authorities
UK Said Assange Would Not be Extradited If He Leaves Embassy Refuge
Inadvertent Court Filing Suggests that the U.S. DoJ is Preparing to Indict Julian Assange
U.S. Ramping Up Probe Against Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Says
Ecuador Denies That Julian Assange Will be Evicted From Embassy in London


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  • (Score: 2) by ledow on Thursday April 11 2019, @02:50PM (3 children)

    by ledow (5567) on Thursday April 11 2019, @02:50PM (#827971) Homepage

    Doesn't hide in an embassy of a country, shortly after being questioned about such things, yelling about all kinds of collusion and extradition after having deliberately gone to a country highly allied to both Sweden and the US, with extradition agreements with both upon request.

    They also don't piss off their hosts, who are literally just one phone call away from having him arrested at any time, over a number of issues, over a number of years, and continue to try to evade and cause trouble for their security detail. While harping on in public, from balconies, about injustices they perceive elsewhere almost once a week or more for 7 years. They also don't then involve themselves into deeper political scandal years later with those same entities over even more things.

    He can't shut up.
    He doesn't like being out of the public eye.
    He has no respect towards those who paid bail, offered him sanctuary, those who were implicated in the same leaks he managed (and went to jail themselves), and gave him a platform on which to speak.

    He's not a persecuted political figure. He's a narcissistic conspiracy theorist.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @05:31PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @05:31PM (#828135)

    conspiracy theorist? what a stupid bitch.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @08:47PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @08:47PM (#828251)
      Ok, at least you agree that he is a narcissist.
  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @05:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @05:58PM (#828145)

    Well, since you were clearly wrong the other day when you thought that the Wikileaks' announcement that he was about to be given up was just more grandstanding by him... No, I'll just assume you're wrong this time too.