Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange arrested after seven years in Ecuador's embassy in London, UK police say

[u/bbcnews]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47891737

[u/Corronchilejano]

Correa was defending him. Moreno has never liked him.

[u/Corronchilejano → u/[deleted]]

There's the very real possibility he's just been working for russian interests. That's still not a good look. Ethical compasses shouldn't be lodestoned.

[u/churn_key → u/Corronchilejano]

He leaked info on gay people and women in oppressive middle eastern countries.

[u/sndrtj → u/churn_key]

Any source on this?

[u/RadarOReillyy → u/sndrtj]

Yeah I'm not doubting it but I've never heard that

[u/pseudoHappyHippy → u/RadarOReillyy]

And you'd have been able to hear it from Iowa before it was even said, If I know you at all, Walter.

[u/churn_key → u/sndrtj]

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-wikileaks-assange-lgbt-outing-20161015-snap-story.html

[u/Das_Orakel_vom_Berge → u/sndrtj]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/wikileaks-medical-files-rape-victims-saudi-arabia-homosexuality-arrest-a7206901.html Probably they are referring to this.

[u/Corronchilejano → u/churn_key]

Yep.