Five facts about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Activist is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information after WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars

FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters from a balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, May 19, 2017.  Britain’s top court on Monday March 14, 2022, refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the U. S.  to face spying charges.  (AP Photo / Frank Augstein, File)
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