WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange repeatedly violated his asylum conditions and tried to use Ecuadorian embassy in London as a centre for spying, Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno told Britain's Guardian newspaper. London police dragged Assange out of the embassy on Thursday after his seven-year asylum was revoked, paving the way for his extradition to US for one of the biggest ever leaks of classified information.

White-House adviser Kellyanne-Conway said she did not believe President Trump had advance knowledge that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was going to be arrested by British-police and charged by US-prosecutors. The Justice-Department said Assange was arrested under an-extradition-treaty between US and Britain. Lawyers for Assange said he may risk torture and his life would be in danger if he were to be extradited to US.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is being held in London's high-security Belmarsh prison which has housed some of Britain's most notorious inmates, a legal source told news agency AFP on Friday. The prison in southeast London became one of the country's best-known jails after Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs and career criminal Charlon Bronson dubbed "the most violent prisoner in Britain" - were held there.