Julian Assange
Julian Assange is a computer programmer who helped find the organization WikiLeaks in 2006. WikiLeaks is responsible for publishing secret and classified information, which they receive from anonymous sources. Over the years, the organization has published more than ten million documents. Assange’s work with the organization is highly controversial, and has been investigated by United States authorities for years. From June 2012 until April 2019, Assange lived at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he was granted asylum by Ecuador’s president. His decision to take refuge came amidst fears that he would be extradited to Sweden following sexual assault allegations against him. The sexual assault case was dropped in 2017, but Assange remained at the embassy for fear of being extradited to the United States. In April 2019, Ecuador withdrew Assange’s asylum, claiming he “repeatedly” broke the embassy’s rules and had indulged in “discourteous and aggressive behavior.” He was arrested on April 11, 2019 for breaching U.K. bail conditions and failing to surrender to a court warrant that was issued in June 2012. Later, U.S. authorities also arrested him on an extradition warrant. Click through to see more photos of Julian Assange.
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Julian Assange is photographed on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2017 after living there for more than five years. The photograph was taken after a sexual assault case against him was dropped.
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Julian Assange is seen in rare photographs outside of the Ecuadorian embassy, where he took refuge in 2012 for fear of being extradited to Sweden amidst sexual assault allegations. The case against him was dropped in 2017, when this photo was taken.
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Julian Assange cheers with his supporters at the Ecuadorian embassy in London after sexual assault charges against him were dropped in 2017. He had been taking refuge at the embassy since 2012.
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Julian Assange is photographed heading onto the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London after Swedish prosecutors dropped rape charges against him in May 2017. The charges stemmed from allegations made by two women who claimed he sexually assaulted them in 2010.
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Julian Assange participates in a news conference that celebrated the 10 year anniversary of WikiLeaks in Berlin, Germany. He attended the conference via video chat.
