Julian Assange has been taken into custody in Central London.
In this file photo taken on May 19, 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. British police have arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at Ecuador's embassy in London after his asylum was withdrawn, the police said in a statement on April 11, 2019.was arrested by British police on Thursday after they were invited into the Ecuadorean embassy where he has been holed up since 2012.
Police said they arrested Assange after being"invited into the embassy by the Ambassador, following the Ecuadorean government's withdrawal of asylum." Assange was taken into custody at a central London police station and he will be brought before Westminster Magistrates' Court, police said.Assange's relationship with his hosts collapsed after Ecuador accused him of leaking information about President Lenin Moreno's personal life. Moreno had previously said Assange has violated the terms of his asylum.
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