Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested in London, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing a U.K. police briefing. The police say they...
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested in London, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing a U.K. police briefing. The police say they were invited into the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where Assange has been a resident for seven years, by the Ecuadorean government, which withdrew asylum. Assange is being held at a central London police station, according to the report. He took refuge in the embassy beginning in 2012 while on bail in the U.K.
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