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Sweden drops Assange rape investigation after nearly 10 years

November 19, 2019

Sweden drops Assange rape investigation after nearly 10 years

The 48-year-old Australian citizen has repeatedly denied the allegation against him, made in 2010.

May 24, 2019
US charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with espionage

Assange was initially charged with conspiring with Manning to gain access to a government computer as part of a 2010 leak by WikiLeaks of hundreds of thousands of US military reports about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
May 20, 2019
Swedish prosecutor requests Assange's detention over rape allegation

Assange, who denies the accusation, was arrested in London last month after spending seven years inside the Ecuadorean embassy.
May 13, 2019
Sweden reopens Assange rape investigation, to seek extradition

The United States is also seeking his extradition on conspiracy charges relating to the public release by Wikileaks of a cache of secret documents, including assessments of foreign leaders, wars and security matters.
May 01, 2019
Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in British jail for skipping bail

To some, Assange is a hero for exposing what supporters cast as abuse of power by modern states and for championing free speech. But to others, he is a dangerous rebel who has undermined US Security.
April 12, 2019
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrested from UK embassy hideout

Assange has been holed up in a back room of the Ecuador embassy in central London for nearly seven years now for fear of being extradited to the US, where he faces a possible death sentence or torture for Wikileaks' alleged leak of secrets.