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| Defiant Assange shows thumbs up as he’s delivered to Westminster Magistrates Court (PHOTO) | Defiant Assange shows thumbs up as he’s delivered to Westminster Magistrates Court (PHOTO) |
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| WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been taken to Westminster Magistrates Court after his arrest at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Photos of the whistleblower defiantly gesturing in a police van have emerged in the media. | WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been taken to Westminster Magistrates Court after his arrest at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Photos of the whistleblower defiantly gesturing in a police van have emerged in the media. |
| UPDATE: Assange pleads not guilty to failing to surrender to bail | |
| Journalist flocked to the white police van carrying the whistleblower into the courthouse. With his hair tied back and sporting a full-length white beard, Assange offered cameras a hardy thumbs up with a wink. | |
| Assange stepped into the courtroom wearing a dark polo shirt and quietly read his Gore Vidal book while he waited for his lawyers to arrive. | |
| READ MORE: Assange arrest final step in character assassination campaign – Slavoj Zizek | |
| Earlier, Metropolitan Police said in a statement that they arrested Assange on a warrant issued by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in June 2012, for failing to surrender to the court. The police were “invited into the embassy by the Ambassador,” it said. | |
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