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Julian Assange Arrested Ecuador has withdrawn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