Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Confirming the arrest, the London Metropolitan Police said the the arrest was carried out on the basis of a 7-year-old outstanding warrant, issued by Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 29 June 2012, for failing to surrender to the court. The arrest comes a day after Wikileaks revealed that a spying operation has been going on against Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy.
This man is a son, a father, a brother. He has won dozens of journalism awards. He’s been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize every year since 2010. Powerful actors, including CIA, are engaged in a sophisticated effort to dehumanise, delegitimize and imprison him. #ProtectJulian pic.twitter.com/dVBf1EcMa5
