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Indictment and arrest of Julian Assange. Sealed indictment of Julian Assange, returned 6 March 2018, released on 11 April 2019. In 2012, while on bail, Julian Assange was granted political asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he sought to avoid extradition to Sweden, and what his supporters said was the possibility of subsequent ...
Apr 11, 2019 · In January, FBI agents arrested Stone and charged him with obstruction of justice, lying to the FBI and other charges as part of the special counsel’s Russia Investigation.
- 2006. Assange founds WikiLeaks in Australia. The group begins publishing sensitive or classified documents.
- 2010. In a series of posts, WikiLeaks released almost half a million documents relating to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. August. Swedish prosecutors issue an arrest warrant for Assange based on one woman’s allegation of rape and another’s allegation of molestation.
- 2011. February. District court in Britain rules Assange should be extradited to Sweden.
- 2012. June. Assange enters Ecuadorian Embassy in central London, seeking asylum on June 19, after his bids to appeal the extradition ruling failed. Police set up round-the-clock guard to arrest him if he steps outside.
May 23, 2019 · Charges Related to Illegally Obtaining, Receiving and Disclosing Classified Information. A federal grand jury returned an 18-count superseding indictment today charging Julian P. Assange, 47, the founder of WikiLeaks, with offenses that relate to Assange’s alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history ...
Mar 26, 2024 · Swedish authorities issued an arrest warrant for Mr Assange in 2010, accusing him of having raped one woman and molested another while in the country. He said the claims were "without basis".
Feb 20, 2024 · London police arrest Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy for breaching bail conditions in 2012, as well as on behalf of U.S. authorities.
Dec 8, 2010 · 19 November 2019. Reuters. Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange is currently jailed in the UK, and is fighting extradition to the United States on espionage charges. The 48-year-old Australian...
