On April 11, WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police for skipping bail in 2012 and claiming asylum for seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Three weeks later, Assange was sentenced to nearly 12 months in prison for breaching England’s Bail Act.
On April 11, WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police for skipping bail in 2012 and claiming asylum for seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Three weeks later, Assange was sentenced to nearly 12 months in prison for breaching England’s Bail Act. When the controversial figure has completed his time behind bars, British authorities will now have a decision to make: extradite him to the U. S. for conspiracy charges or to Sweden for a rape case, which Swedish authorities announced Monday they’ve just officially reopened.
In a press conference Monday, Sweden’s Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Eva-Marie Persson said she believes that they still have «probable cause to accuse Mr. Assange of rape,» NBC News reports. «It is my assessment that a new questioning of Assange is required,» she said.
