A British judge on Tuesday upheld a U.K. arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, leaving him still a wanted man in the country where he has spent more than five years inside the Ecuadorean Embassy. Judge Emma Arbuthnot rejected a call from Assange’s lawyers for the warrant to be […]
Julian Assange granted citizenship in Ecuador
Ecuador has granted citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after more than five years of living in asylum at the nation’s embassy in London, officials announced Thursday. Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said officials accepted Assange’s request for naturalization in December, and they continue to look for a long-term resolution […]
Sweden drops charges on Julian Assange
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange woke up to good news today. Swedish prosecutors have dropped their investigation into a rape allegation against Assange, almost seven years after it began and five years after the WikiLeaks founder sought refuge inside Ecuador’s London embassy. But he’s not in the clear yet. This SCAM […]