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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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @10:39PM (2 children)
It is beyond insane that these people would trust bill fucking barr's word. Not only was the guy running the pardon team that killed the iran contra investigation in order to protect Bush I, [salon.com] he also started the mass surveillance program [aclu.org] that was the progenitor of the system that Snowden blew the whistle on.
Also trump gave Barr's son-in-law a sweet gig after Barr was hired. [vanityfair.com] Nepotism, what's that?
This guy is a pure incarnation of everything the far left loathes about american governance and yet they prefer his narrative over the evidence of their own eyes and ears like trump calling for russia to hack clinton on live television and DJTjr releasing his own emails saying "I love it" in response to an offer of clandestine help as "part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr Trump.” [theguardian.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @10:48PM
That's the swamp for you, the entire thing is filled to the brim with corruption.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 12 2019, @12:14AM
Look at this, James Comey says electronic surveillance is not spying:
https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1116440871099039746 [twitter.com]