Published 19:52 IST, April 11th 2019
'UK must resist!': A dishevelled Julian Assange's final warning as he was evicted from Ecuador's Embassy in London and taken into custody
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was arrested on Thursday in London after having spent seven years in Ecuador's Embassy the city. Assange, who was subject to extradition requests from the US as well as from Sweden during various points during his asylum at the Ecuador Embassy was captured on video being forcefully evicted in a state of dishevelment.
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WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was arrested on Thursday in London after having spent seven years in Ecuor's Embassy city. Assange, who was subject to extrition requests from US as well as from Sweden during various points during his asylum at Ecuor Embassy was captured on video being forcefully evicted in a state of dishevelment.
In video, Julian Assange is seen being lifted and carried out of Embassy by Ecuorian authorities and police, even as he appears to be mouthing something that later turns out to be 'resist'. He also looks very pale and starkly different from what people have seen of him.
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officials lo him into police bus, and he can be heard shouting, "UK must resist Trump ministration!" followed by several more "UK must resist!" in a loop.
A few seconds later, his chants can longer be heard.
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London Metropolitan police said that y were invited into embassy after Ecuorian government withdrew Assange's asylum status.
official handle of WikiLeaks on Twitter claimed that Ecuor h illegally terminated Assange's political asylum for violating 'international law.'
WikiLeaks founder was granted refugee status in 2012 while he was on bail in UK over sexual assault allegations against him in Sweden.
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However, Jen Robinson, a member of Assange's legal team, claims that arrest was me in relation to a US extrition request, which may explain Assange's cryptic last warning as he was taken into custody.
US h initiated a criminal investigation into Assange in 2010 after he released thousands of classified documents of US 'war on terror' in Iraq. 'intimate details' as Assange stated, were released to divulge truth behind war.
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16:46 IST, April 11th 2019