On Thursday, Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks was arrested by the British police. He was carried out from the Ecuadorean embassy where he has been jailed for up to 7 years to avoid extradition to Sweden over sexual assault investigation.
Police said says that Julian Assange was arrested by the officials of Metropolitan police service in Ecuadorean embassy on 11th April.
Assange was in custody of Central London Police station. Afterwards, he will be brought before Magistrates court of Westminster.
He tried to avoid the Sweden extradition by seeking refuge at Ecuadorean’s London embassy in 2012. Officials wanted to question him there as a part of the sexual assault investigation.
Later, Sweden dropped the investigation but police arrested Assange on Thursday as he broke the rules of original bail.
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Earlier, Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said that Assange has overruled the asylum condition.
Moreno had asked Britain to guarantee him that Assange will not be extradited to such country which will torture him.
Moreno said, “The British government has confirmed it in writing, in accordance with its own rules.”
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Sweden closed its preliminary investigation but chief prosecutor Marianne Ny said that investigation can be re-started as to change the situation.
In Sweden, there is a statute of a minimum of 10 years of jail for rape unless it is found aggravating.
Swedish prosecution authority hasn’t commented yet on Assange’s arrest. Additionally, they haven’t made it clear whether the probe could reopen or not.
