WikiLeaks Co-Founder
Julian Assange Arrested Ecuador has withdrawn
Assange’s asylum for “repeatedly
violating international
conventions and protocol.” Assange had been living in
London’s Ecuadorian embassy
for nearly seven years. Ecuadorian president
Lenin Moreno described it
as a “sovereign decision.” Lenin Moreno, President of Ecuador,
via statement British police entered the
embassy and forcibly removed
Assange shortly after. He now faces possible
extradition to the U.S. Assange is wanted in the
U.S. for his role in the 2010
leaking of thousands of
classified government documents. He was charged with conspiracy
alongside former Army analyst
Chelsea Manning and faces
up to five years in prison.