Assange's Arrest Captured Exclusively by Russian-Backed TV Crew
Assange after being arrested by Metropolitan Police in London on April 11, 2019.
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The dramatic footage of a handcuffed Julian Assange being wrenched by police from Ecuador’s embassy in central London Thursday was caught by just one news organization: a Russian-backed film crew.
The WikiLeaks founder’s struggle as officers bundled him into a police van -- after a seven-year standoff with British authorities -- was captured by Ruptly, a Berlin-based agency of the Kremlin-funded outlet RT. The scene, which happened at southern edge of Hyde Park, wasn’t caught by any of Britain’s top channels, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 or Sky News.