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October 13, 2015

London Police End 24-Hour Watch of Assange at Ecuadorean Embassy 
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In London, the police who have spent more than three years positioned
outside the Ecuadorean Embassy to arrest Wiki Leaks founder Julian
Assange have been withdrawn. Assange has been unable to leave the
embassy after seeking refuge in 2012 amid fears he could be arrested and
extradited to Sweden on sex crimes allegations, and, he fears, to the
United States, where a secret grand jury has been investigating Wiki
Leaks' disclosures. Assange has never been charged with a crime.
London's Metropolitan Police kept officers poised to arrest Assange the
moment he left the embassy, 24 hours a day, at a cost of about $19
million. While ending their 24-hour watch, the London police said they
would still "deploy a number of overt and covert tactics to arrest
[Assange]."

 

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