Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, arrested in London

Julian Assange's long standoff with international authorities is over. Police removed the WikiLeaks founder from Ecuadorian Embassy Thursday. He had been inside since August 2012, hiding from a British arrest warrant. Assange faces potential charges in the U.S. and elsewhere. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
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[@lifebeginswithaseed]

Pray for this man! Arrested for telling the truth. Let's be real.

[@debpartin8737]

This is wrong

[@Ladyjaxs]

He is nothing but an opportunist and conartist. He deserved what he is getting.

[@lifebeginswithaseed]

@@Ladyjaxs Yeah, exposing people in government that are lying, cheating, stealing, and spirit cooking is a bad thing?!

[@ianmeadows3527]

@@lifebeginswithaseed he hacked in to government computers and stole classified information

[@lifebeginswithaseed]

@@ianmeadows3527 No he didn't. Some Intel communities said there's no way it was Russia. It came from within the DNC. Seth Rich was the leaker. Seth Rich was murdered.

[@hakrj12]

WikiLeaks is the only reporting site that has a track record of 100% accuracy

[@gabrielravier8114]

Not arguing that they are bad but I doubt they have a *100%* track record of accuracy

[@arjunchatterjee9362]

@@gabrielravier8114 Can you put out some citations so we can be sure if that claim is correct?

[@gabrielravier8114]

@@arjunchatterjee9362 I do not have the burden of proof here. The default is not that everything is true and we have to prove it otherwise, it doesn't work like that (otherwise prove to me unicorns don't exist and that there isn't a teapot orbiting around the sun right now). Thus, I do not have to prove that Wikileaks doesn't have a 100% track record, you'd have to prove it

[@gabrielravier8114]

Also didn't know Wikileaks is a reporting site, I thought it was basically a (occasionally pretty immoral) wiki of leaks

[@jonsnow2689]

The Onion is higher than 100%

[@u563rick6]

JULIAN ASSANGE IS A HERO!!

[@afftongrown6445]

U563 Rick Hopefully, there will be those in the US government that come to his rescue!

[@kekfreedomheritage5633]

Alert ! Please Support Free Speech & Transparency To Govts: Speak up for your rights and for whistle-blowers. Call to Action for Free Citizens & the Minute Men & Women! --- Time for either protest or action, even if you have to make paper leaflets, emails, letters or postings, or possibly speak in public or march in unique colored vests, or be a grey person. Below is a live stream from the Guardian on case of Julian Assange, but it is sometimes not very interesting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGGTlmmhgLeZpc0

[@Nonofyobusiness]

@Robert Blackford you missed the whole point for him being a hero...these same us soldiers are being used as pawns and have no importance to the ones using them

[@harryalvarado9041]

@Robert Blackford How is he a traitor?

[@lonewolf7788]

He is a traitor and exposed Russian spy network. Nothing more.

[@droppinbass1882]

almost 3 years later and we're still blaming the people that showed us the truth and not the people that rigged the system...

[@smirkysmile6749]

Droppin Bass SAD..just as we now blame the Victims and DEFENDS the CRIMINALS and give them Awards and so...💔💔💔💔

[@ItzWhiz_]

Ok woketards.

[@GabrielaUmanzor]

Swear to god

[@roskcity]

And who might that be? Why do your type always leave cliffhanger comments? Tell us who you are talking about!

[@rachelkrumpelman5131]

Yessssss

[@redsai666]

This is so wrong on every level. Telling the truth about criminal activities going on behind the scenens. This man is a hero. Imagine all THE problems he is into just to conduct real journalism.

[@silverwolf6866]

Said, Apparently it's not criminal if the government is committing the crimes. The criminal's are those they expose their crimes apparently.

[@callmebongos]

If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.

[@danielyoungblood8525]

He hide like a little girl. So brave, what a true hero. 😂🤣

[@olddutchy4889]

Hes not a hero, hes a satanic exposer that is part of the club.

[@jamesfreeman9554]

Free Julian Assange the world need more like him. False charges are made against him .

[@MB-ng9ci]

James Freeman the world needs him? Heck No lol 😏😏

[@Journey_Awaits]

The government saw a mirror and didn't like it

[@hypeguy2846]

@@MiMi-kk4qm XD Get rekt

[@callmebongos]

If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.

[@alventuradelacruz522]

@@MB-ng9ci we need more people that want to burn this system to ashes

[@howardferguson1281]

He should have never relied on a government to protect them from anything.

[@bethroesch2156]

Truest statement I've read yet.

[@pppinto97]

He did what he thought was right. What else do you expect him to do in such scenerio

[@MrAlegeniale]

I'm a Libertaraian, and I believe in freedom of press. Heck, i believe in freedom in general. Therefore, Ecuador's goverment not only had the right, THEY HAD THE FREEDOM to get rid of Assange WHENEVER they wanted for WHATEVER reason they considered fair. If they did this, EVEN knowing that all the hackers in the world might attack Ecuador in support of their idol Julian, that's a defense and use of freedom if I ever saw one.

[@just-give-me-a-handle]

@@MrAlegeniale what? If you're a libertarian, you should believe in the government having as little power as possible. What you just said is very stupid

[@MrAlegeniale]

@@just-give-me-a-handle I belief that the goverment should protect the individual rights. Not to have little goverment.

[@lounge-chill-jazz5168]

He should have stayed in Russian embassy.

[@H.K-tm]

agreed

[@rowo175]

Yeah or go to France ，seriously UK ？

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Lounge - Chill - Jazz Imagine thinking Russia isn’t just an eastern version of the USA lmao. They’re the exact same.

[@tonimarin3234]

@@finnicpatriot6399 Yes that's exactly why he should have been there, Russia is no small country that would succumb to external pressure like Ecuador, besides Russia benefits from leaking and damaging America's documents and reputation

[@MsJavaWolf]

@@tonimarin3234 Sad but true. Also any country without nuclear weapons is pretty much not a country.

[@abuseofmainstreammediacanh5713]

Article 19 human rights: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers

[@adjwindu70]

Not everyone has a right to publicize classified information. It did good in exposing things but it is still a crime. Snowden new this very well which is why he ran and didnt hide in an embassy of a country with limited power but in a powerful country. Stupid on Julian's part.

[@abuseofmainstreammediacanh5713]

@@adjwindu70 hidden WAR CRIMES are NO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION - NEVER!

[@KatZolitaMason]

Abuse of mainstream media can harm your mind! : Fabulous- I didn’t know that us how it reads! Why don’t they teach that in primary school?

[@adjwindu70]

@@abuseofmainstreammediacanh5713 like it or not. Classified is classified. I like what he exposed about Hillary but it was still a crime. Snowden knew it. He simply picked a better spot to run to.

[@abuseofmainstreammediacanh5713]

@@adjwindu70 There is no excuse. The true rogue states expose themselves.

[@martijnkeulen5937]

He is a God damn hero!

[@olddutchy4889]

he never was hes an actor to fool people like you.

[@ricardoroncuzzo1347]

I would tell the President of Ecuador that humiliating someone does not make you bigger, stronger or more powerful, it makes you a bad person, it makes you a miserable and hypocritical person.

[@twizzyyy3955]

Hope they send a russian Hitman to his home or just t sar bomba him

[@MrAlegeniale]

First of all, Ecuador's president is in a wheel chair. If there's someone who hates bullying it is him. What are you going to say next? That Franklin Roosevelt (another president in a wheel chair) thought he was "bigger, stronger, and more powerfull" when he faced Hitler? Secondly, when he was running for president, the other candidate said that he was going to get rid of Assange on his first day as president. And thirdly, I'm a Libertaraian, and I believe in freedom of press. Heck, i believe in freedom in general. Therefore, Ecuador's goverment not only had the right, THEY HAD THE FREEDOM to get rid of Assange WHENEVER they wanted for WHATEVER reason they considered fair. If they did this, EVEN knowing that all the hackers in the world might attack Ecuador in support of their idol Julian, that's a defense and use of freedom if I ever saw one.

[@Maximoepl]

We must free him! who is with me?!

[@mdlimon1271]

Me

[@twizzyyy3955]

Me

[@syntheticdawn4992]

Not me Disinfo agents causing the nato invsasion of libya and a syrian war but letting all imperialist powers stay intact dont deserve support he is a psyop

[@ItzWhiz_]

Synthetic Dawn Agreed! And what if Wikileaks was just bullshitting? What if he were just lying to stroke the woke medium’s ego?

[@jonathanlemonwrestlingshow9251]

Me :)

[@kavita8122]

Arrest the corrupt politicians

[@jennybrodrig]

I was conflicted about him, but now after I watched old videos, he should be a hero and not a criminal. He was showing the truth about a lot of bad people.

[@rachelkrumpelman5131]

Watching this when it happened broke my fracking heart.

[@Truth5eeker33]

Notice how in the thumbnail everyone has their heads down in SHAME except for Julian Assange?

[@AlbertakaAl]

He is a living legend.

[@varunpathak2969]

Politicians- we support right to information. PS- as long as the information is not against us.

[@naptap3595]

The irony is that the actual criminals are the people who locked him up

[@blackblursliver]

He's gonna be killed, they probably made false accusations and tried to arrest him for a crime he didn't commit to obviously silence him from exposing the evil they've been doing. Which explains why he fled. Would a guilty man work this hard to keep the truth out there?

[@fieldandstream9362]

It's frightening when you are afraid of having an idea, an opinion, or speak the truth and risk getting tortured, punished, framed, or arrested.

[@marko1216]

Field and Stream Get got arrested for release secret dokuments, Not opinion..

[@AshokKumar-vc7vu]

We lost another hero🔥

[@calcanbogdan3951]

Look at the dignity on this man, what a joke he is.

[@Aterhallsam]

If the US is such a great country, why do I get the feeling they will torture him like they tortured Bradley Manning?

[@Frip36]

They will not torture him you dork.

[@gammagoblin9656]

"Heavily Bearded"

[@ramilson5174]

#FreeAssange

[@noxzorz]

We will all pay the price eventually for shutting our eyes and mouths.

[@unleashedrider4309]

When lies and deceit are normal, telling the truth is revolutionary.

[@leonlai5805]

Why didn't he go to Russia as Edward Snowden did

[@JaguarSniper49]

Why do you dislike the video? The information was transparent and well explained. If you dislike what is said, go and protest, support him

[@shea__9042]

I just found this video after watching his Ted talk for our class assignment

[@truepatriot3768]

US & UK people please stand for him against these dirty politicians

[@heavenismyhome]

Let our Julian go! #FreeHim † ♥

[@AryaD2384]

JULIAN IS THE REAL HERO

[@jackcarter1897]

“No one is above the law”. You mean like the government? Sure...

[@angel_existential]

Let's not twist what this man is and what he has done! He is a hero of the people and the world. We all must stand with him! MSM is going to try to make him look dirty, hes an innocent man.

[@mynameiskrishey7734]

It made me sad and angry. He is a real hero!! Why are they treat a hero like this and not those who deserve it? I really don't understand.... HE IS A HERO

[@brentshowers741]

I don’t agree with assange in anyway but this does establish dangerous precedent for journalism

[@MrRazorblade999]

Exactly

[@wiser36]

Assange has never been, will never be a journalist! Not like Kassoggi was a journalist, you insult the name Kassoggi!

[@brentshowers741]

Robin Wise assange love him or hate him he did release documents that the public needed to see concerning Iraq and America’s drone war campaigns. Are you going to make the case the war crimes committed by American soldiers shouldn’t have been made public about Iraq and Afghanistan? If you are friend who’s insulting who. One can disagree with the methods in which he did it without saying the facts he provided concerning the war on terror wasn’t pertinent.

[@Patizm]

He looks like Grindelwald before escaping prison.

[@ergnoor3551]

This is such a tragedy to see western society letting all that happen.

[@th_lmight_o1624]

Free Asange! He is a force of free speech! We must fight the imperialists and elitists!

[@veereshj9421]

This is example that man who says truth can't leave legally

[@Murker_Mike]

This is the story of a man running from the world holding nothing but the truth in his bare hands

[@lorilemonade6649]

Nope. It's the story of a criminal breaking into gov't systems, exposing classified information & putting lives at risk all across the globe

[@mynameiskrishey7734]

He is a hero

[@jaazielegarciahernandez2035]

I don't remember this even happening .. another Mandela Effect?? How eerie is it that videos relating to his arrest have so few views??

[@zeus.0x3]

Samee

[@jvm3059]

Glad we live in a democracy....

[@mynameiskrishey7734]

Why is justice like that?

[@packofmint4906]

Shame for you, Ecuador.

[@IMWATCHING501]

He wanted to be famous, now he is famous!

[@peterdavidasige8073]

THIS WILL NOT STOP WIKILEAKS. THIS WILL ONLY MEAN THAT THE GLOVES ARE OFF.

[@sweet19545]

the thunder of indignation of human rights organizations did not strike! Assange showed: “The king is naked! It seems humanity has not earned forgiveness!”

[@salvordormorales1079]

Hey Assange 😄 it's waterboarding time! 😅

[@FreiheitKim]

Julian Assange must be set FREE IMMEDIATELY !!! FREE ASSANGE !!!

[@la.adicks9240]

Killary should have answered his call he tried to tell her, now she and the rest of the swamp will be outed. Thank you for your sacrifice. For USA

[@mythoughtlessthought1651]

OK WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO. HOW CAN WE HELP THIS HERO. ANYBODY? LETS DO SOMETHING. THIS GUY IS BRINGING TRUTH TO THE WORLD

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

The fact that the world hasn't ended because of this.. Shows humanity is doomed

[@collian]

Julian is a Journalist Hero. We must stand up for him

[@paulhiggins6175]

Then the man and woman who acts sometimes as public servants shouldn’t lie to the people that they serve and pay them

[@tadalicious]

That image of him being dragged out has been on my head for the past 5 yrs...

[@MKS.GODFATHER]

Pray for this man. You are a hero for all of us

[@GGanzolo]

No one la above the law? What about the actual criminals??

[@thedarkknight2457]

I wonder where is the freedom of expression for what to say the truth of everything that happened and that continues to pass the anger behind the bars

[@elhijodelsol5064]

It's great to see Britain and Ecuador, contemporary client states of the United States, in action...

[@MaxDamage1984]

Free Assange!

[@ArthurCowdery]

and you didn't mention he is being arrested for a warrant for a case that doesn't exist...smh

[@X.R.808]

What did he do wrong?! (Rhetorical question) 🤦🏽‍♂️ [Watch fahrenheit 9/11]

[@johnpagoto1054]

This is SICKENING

[@dmoreau1781]

Looks like telling the truth is considered a crime now...

[@moraymac2922]

Assange is a modern martyr and martyrs live forever!!

[@nickpDK]

. This World has Come to an end... I feel sorry for him

[@mariamirazo8525]

Cuanta injusticia

[@Vaamananraavanan]

Judgment should be by freemasonry judge

[@danielacarrera2492]

I don’t know how to feel. Exposing the truth was good but his asylum status costed a lot of money to Ecuador. Money that we don’t have so it created a crisis here in my country.

[@paranoidandroid6001]

this is very bad...free information suffered a severe defeat today

[@Meganjolie2133]

Whoever is making this to this man is Gonna face divine justice

[@mariusattilius4491]

We must resist.

[@CherifCharf]

Bye bye Freedom

[@smirkysmile6749]

Tunisia Sports he was never free you idiot!! he was basically being placed from one place to another.

[@carliv6020]

Free Julian Assange

[@dirtydish6642]

Apparently Ecuador frowns on storing jars of your own urine in the their Embassy.

[@badger_ironsight]

that poor man.. all he did was tell the truth...

[@geomiss8889]

This demonstrates the complete truth that everyone and anyone who is in disfavor of the powers that be can dispose of.

[@isgood45]

Real heroes are always considerated as criminals on the eyes of real criminals.just like Snowden.

[@allanreyna9112]

South Park was ahead of its time

[@blaisecampbell1668]

Free julian i salute him for spreading the truth

[@ArielVisionary]

Shame on those police!

[@joemomma506]

The CBS banner is conveniently covering it, but I'm trying to see if anyone has identified what the book or picture was that Assange was trying to show as he was being lead out of the embassy. It almost seemed as if they were going to let him walk out on his own accord, but when he pulled out the book or pic, they suddenly grabbed his hands to keep him from displaying it. You can even tell for a second he's trying to show it but his hands are forcefully restrained. What book or picture is it?

[@erasernet900]

There is no such things as law for the elites.

[@antybee5415]

He was growing a disguise. I bet with his hair down and glasses with the rubber nose nobody would have known it was him.

[@user-gy3hu6dl9d]

So, the public lost a great guy...

[@Alameda925]

AMERICAN PEOPLE PLEASE SPEAK OUT AND LET THE MEDIA KNOW WHERE YOU ARE FROM PLEASE.

[@youstoner7959]

Why dose he have 3 hands? Two hands holding a book and shaking one as he speaks (at the very beginning) He's holding the book with both hands because he's handcuffed right? If he's handcuffed, how is he shaking his left hand as he speaks?

[@debpartin8737]

Ecuador must have cut a deal with America not to pull money if they hand over him

[@butterflypacific]

Trump must be behind that.😠😢

[@MultiMarcsOfficialChannel]

As an Ecuadorian, it had nothing to do with the States, it was more because he wasn't following the embassy's norm and threatened to release classified as information of the government of Ecuador

[@peppermintgrove421]

Free Julian

[@nay4658]

I hope this judge has a mind of his own. Sweden dropped the charges. As a result, now, he is only arrested for one reason, officially and unofficially, he is a political prisoner in every single way. Lets see if this judge has a fondness for truth and democracy, or if he only view himself as a cog in a system.

[@MudaneSooyaal]

BAD DAY FOR FREEDOM AND BAD DAY FOR THRUTH.

[@user-dj8gt6ik7c]

So sad. What can WE do? And How can the “journalists” reporting on this sit back and not do anything’s

[@travelingphilosopher1897]

Julian called Assange, Hawkins or maybe even Shipton, remember (as Rumi once said): “Don't feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” Besides... Remember, The whole world is watching. These days we gather together everywhere to show our support to these who cry, who hurt, who suffer, or are lost. We go where we are needed. We are there for the ones that love us. Caring for ourselves and others is what makes us alive.

[@flipnasty2296]

He better hope that his extradition isnt granted... RIP McAfee

[@Shekhinah74]

a very very very sad day for truth...

[@caligsi]

How do we as a people allow this to happen.

[@rosegold-beats]

Corrupt government

[@dmoreau1781]

People don’t do none cause they’re scared.