US authorities want Assange’s extradition so he can face trial on accusations he conspired to illegally download classified government material
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London, England on May 1 2019. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/JACK TAYLOR
“I do not wish to surrender to America for doing journalism, which has won many awards and affected many people,” Assange said. Assange was given asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012 before a hearing in the Swedish sexual-assault case. Those charges were dropped in 2017, but Assange remained in a small apartment in the embassy until a change in Ecuadorian leadership — and his vocal criticism of the country and continued leaking of documents — led the embassy to allow police in to arrest him April 11 on the UK charges over skipping bail.
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