Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Thursday that he did not want to be extradited to the United States to face trial for one of the largest compromises of classified information in history.

Julian Assange says he does not want to be extradited to the United States

A federal appeals court on Monday denied a request by former US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to be released from jail on bail, and upheld a lower court's decision to hold Manning in civil contempt for refusing to testify before a grand jury.

US appeals court denies Chelsea Manning's bail request

Founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange has been arrested from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

WION Gravitas: Julian Assange arrested in London

He was taken into custody at a central London police station and will be brought before Westminster Magistrates' Court later.

Julian Assange arrested, UK minister says he 'is no hero'

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who released reams of secret documents that embarrassed the United States government, was arrested by the British police on Thursday at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he had lived since 2012, after Ecuador withdrew the asylum it had granted him.

WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange is arrested in London

Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said Ecuador had hoped to forge an agreement with Britain on Australian-born Assange

Ecuador says mediation with Britain over Assange has failed

Assange, 46, has been holed up inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London for more than five years because he fears extradition to the United States

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange loses bid to have UK arrest warrant dropped

Assange has been based at the Ecuador embassy in central London since 2012

Julian Assange denied diplomatic status by UK