Ecuador's gov't says that as part of its decision to expel Assange from its embassy in London, it has withdrawn the Ecuadorian citizenship he was granted last year in a failed attempt to end the activist's tumultuous stay at its diplomatic mission
A judge in London has found WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty of breaching his bail at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Assange faced sexual assault allegations in Sweden when he sought asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London 2012. The sexual assault charges have since been dropped, but a charge of skipping bail remained in place.He is also facing a potential court battle over attempts to extradite him to the United States to answer charges related to the publication of tens of thousands of secret government documents.Julian Assange is appearing in a London court as it considers a U.S.
The charge was announced Thursday after Assange was taken into custody in London in connection with a U.S. extradition request, as well as for breaching U.K. bail conditions in 2012.The indictment accuses Assange of assisting Manning, a former U.S. intelligence analyst, in cracking a password that helped Manning infiltrate Pentagon computers.
Assange is expected to appear at Westminster Magistrates court later Thursday on allegations of breaching bail conditions dating to 2012, and on extradition charges to the United States.A U.S. official says the Justice Department is preparing to announce charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.The exact nature of the charges was not immediately known.
Scotland Yard said in a statement Thursday that Assange was"further arrested on behalf of the United States authorities, at 10:53hrs after his arrival at a central London police station. This is an extradition warrant under Section 73 of the Extradition Act." She says it is the German government's"duty" now to prevent Britain, which earlier Thursday was granted an extension to its departure from the European Union, from extraditing Assange to the U.S.,"where he faces life imprisonment or even the death penalty for exposing U.S. war crimes.
In a statement Thursday, Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi said:"We are aware of the reports that Julian Assange was taken into custody by United Kingdom authorities."The Swedish woman who alleged that she was raped by Julian Assange during a visit to Stockholm in 2010 has welcomed his arrest in London.
In a tweet, the organization posted a photo of Assange with the words:"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."Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman says Russia wants Julian Assange's rights to be observed following his arrest.
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