Julian Assange arrested by British police
Julian Assange, co-founder of Wikileaks , was denied asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy and extradited to the British authorities. On April 11, 2019 in London, at the request of the United States, Assange was arrested by the London Metropolitan Police.
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Ecuadorian authorities have deprived WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of asylum at the embassy in London. Assange has been hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012.
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The formal reason for the arrest of Assange was a violation of the conditions of release on bail, but this is not limited to - the activist will deal with a request for his extradition to the United States, where Assange is accused under the article "Collusion with the aim of computer hacking." The British police reported that Assange will appear before the Westminster Magistrates Court in the very near future.
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Alan Duncan, deputy head of the British Foreign Office, says Assange is not extradited to the United States if he would face the death penalty. According to the President of Ecuador , a key condition for extradition was a written agreement with the authorities of the United Kingdom that Assange would not be extradited to a country where he could face torture or the death penalty.
The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012. He could not leave the building, because the British police would immediately arrest him at the exit from the steps of the embassy - and start the process of extradition to Sweden, where he was charged with a criminal case of rape.
But on May 19, 2017, the Swedish procurator issued a statement that stops preliminary prosecution against the civil activist, since "all possibilities to advance in the investigation have been exhausted."
However, if Julian Assange would have entered the territory of Sweden before the expiration of the statute of limitations in August 2020, then the case can still be resumed , because there is enough evidence on Assange.
However, at the moment the services of Sweden are not required for the main interest in the arrest of Assange, USA. As a result of the multilateral agreements reached, the troublemaker of the world community was arrested right in the Ecuadorian embassy building, which was previously not possible due to the diplomatic immunity of this facility.
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Ecuadorian authorities have deprived WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of asylum at the embassy in London. Assange has been hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012.
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Ecuador made a sovereign decision to deny diplomatic asylum to Julian Assange for repeated violations of international conventions- commented on the event the President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno.
The formal reason for the arrest of Assange was a violation of the conditions of release on bail, but this is not limited to - the activist will deal with a request for his extradition to the United States, where Assange is accused under the article "Collusion with the aim of computer hacking." The British police reported that Assange will appear before the Westminster Magistrates Court in the very near future.
Photo REUTERS / Henry Nicholls
Alan Duncan, deputy head of the British Foreign Office, says Assange is not extradited to the United States if he would face the death penalty. According to the President of Ecuador , a key condition for extradition was a written agreement with the authorities of the United Kingdom that Assange would not be extradited to a country where he could face torture or the death penalty.
The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012. He could not leave the building, because the British police would immediately arrest him at the exit from the steps of the embassy - and start the process of extradition to Sweden, where he was charged with a criminal case of rape.
But on May 19, 2017, the Swedish procurator issued a statement that stops preliminary prosecution against the civil activist, since "all possibilities to advance in the investigation have been exhausted."
However, if Julian Assange would have entered the territory of Sweden before the expiration of the statute of limitations in August 2020, then the case can still be resumed , because there is enough evidence on Assange.
However, at the moment the services of Sweden are not required for the main interest in the arrest of Assange, USA. As a result of the multilateral agreements reached, the troublemaker of the world community was arrested right in the Ecuadorian embassy building, which was previously not possible due to the diplomatic immunity of this facility.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/447738/
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