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[[File:Julian-Assange.jpg|thumb|423x423px|Julian Assange pictured outside the [[Ecuadorian]] embassy in [[London]]. ]] | [[File:Julian-Assange.jpg|thumb|423x423px|Julian Assange pictured outside the [[Ecuadorian]] embassy in [[London]]. ]] | ||
'''Julian Assange''' is an award-winning | '''Julian Assange''' is an award-winning journalist and human rights activist best known as the founder of [[WikiLeaks]]. He has been persecuted by the [[United States of America|United States regime]] for exposing the [[List of US atrocities|mass war crimes and atrocities of the empire]]. | ||
In 2012, Ecuador's [[social democratic]] president [[Rafael Correa]] granted Assange asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, [[UK]], to prevent his likely extradition to the [[US]] on charges of espionage. However, in April 2019, Ecuadorian president [[Lenín Moreno]] revoked Assange's asylum, and he was detained in Belmarsh high-security prison awaiting extradition. In June 2024, British attorneys on the case advised the US prosecution that their case was likely to fail, driving the US to accept Assange's initial offer for a plea deal.<ref>{{cite web | last=Rizzo | first=Salvador | last2=Weiner | first2=Rachel | last3=Nakashima | first3=Ellen | title=Assange plea came after warning that U.S. would lose extradition fight | website=Washington Post | date=27 Jun 2024 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/27/assange-wikileaks-deal-justice/ | access-date=2 Jul 2024}}</ref> He was sentenced to 62 months in prison, equivalent to the time he had already been held in Belmarsh without trial.<ref>{{cite web | last=Perez | first=Evan | last2=Cole | first2=Devan | title=Julian Assange agrees to plea deal with Biden administration that will allow him to avoid imprisonment in US | website=CNN | date=24 Jun 2024 | url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/politics/julian-assange-plea-deal-biden-administration/index.html | access-date=2 Jul 2024}}</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:16, 2 July 2024
Julian Assange is an award-winning journalist and human rights activist best known as the founder of WikiLeaks. He has been persecuted by the United States regime for exposing the mass war crimes and atrocities of the empire.
In 2012, Ecuador's social democratic president Rafael Correa granted Assange asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, UK, to prevent his likely extradition to the US on charges of espionage. However, in April 2019, Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno revoked Assange's asylum, and he was detained in Belmarsh high-security prison awaiting extradition. In June 2024, British attorneys on the case advised the US prosecution that their case was likely to fail, driving the US to accept Assange's initial offer for a plea deal.[1] He was sentenced to 62 months in prison, equivalent to the time he had already been held in Belmarsh without trial.[2]
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- ↑ Rizzo, Salvador; Weiner, Rachel; Nakashima, Ellen (27 Jun 2024). "Assange plea came after warning that U.S. would lose extradition fight". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 Jul 2024.
- ↑ Perez, Evan; Cole, Devan (24 Jun 2024). "Julian Assange agrees to plea deal with Biden administration that will allow him to avoid imprisonment in US". CNN. Retrieved 2 Jul 2024.