BREAKINGMoreno Withdraws Asylum as Assange is Arrested
April 11, 2019 13 Comments
The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested after the Ecuadorian
president, Lenin Moreno, withdrew Assanges asylum, in a move that runs
counter to international asylum law.
WikiLeaks tweeted that Ecuador allowed British police into the London
embassy to arrest Assange at around 10:30 am British time, 5:30 am in
Washington.
This is the moment when Assange was dragged out by police. He was heard to
say, The UK must resist this
.the UK must resist.
Assange was taken with an arrest warrant for skipping bail when he entered
the Ecuadorian embassy in June 2012, fearing extradition to the United
States, where there is a sealed indictment with his name on it. Assange
lawyer Jennifer Robinson tweeted that he has been arrested for breach of
bail conditions and also because of a request for extradition from the U.S.
Assange was taken a police station and will later be brought to Magistrates
court, according to a tweet from Christine Assange, Julians mother.
Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correrá reacted by calling Moreno the
greatest traitor in Ecuadorian and Latin American history.
Full translation: The greatest traitor in Ecuadorian and Latin American
history, Lenin Moreno, allowed the British police to enter our embassy in
London to arrest Assange. Moreno is a corrupt, but what he has done is a
crime that humanity will never forget.
Moreno made a national television address to announce his decision. While
the expulsion of a refugee to a country that could harm him for political
reasons, known as refoulement, is against international law, Moreno accused
Assange of repeated violations to international conventions and daily-life
protocols.
Unity4J will hold an emergency vigil under the hashtag #FreeJulian beginning
at noon U.S. Eastern Standard Time that will be webcast live on Consortium
News.
NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden reacted on Twitter:
Journalist and filmmaker John Pilger tweeted:
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