Ecuador had warned Julian Assange he would have to ‘abide by the consequences’ if he was found to have violated an embassy protocol put in place in October
LONDON — Police in London say they’ve arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy on a court warrant dating back to 2012.
Assange hasn’t left the embassy since August 2012 for fear that if he steps off Ecuador’s diplomatic soil he will be arrested and extradited to the U.S. for publishing thousands of classified military and diplomatic cables through WikiLeaks. The group’s editor-in-chief, Kristinn Hrafnsson, told a news conference that Assange’s meetings with lawyers and a doctor had been secretly filmed by Ecuadorian authorities.
Ecuador’s vice-president, Otto Sonnenholzner, says Assange will have to “abide by the consequences” if he is found to have violated an embassy protocol put in place in October.
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