WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen after was arrested by British police outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was pictured in the back of a van leaving a London police station in handcuffs with his thumb up, after being arrested on Thursday, a Reuters photograph showed.

Assange is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.