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20 June 2016 - Julian Assange starts 5th year in Ecuador's embassy

Publié par Marion Coste le 20/06/2016

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'Angry' Julian Assange starts fifth year living in Ecuador’s London embassy
 Agence France-Presse (The Guardian, 19/06/2016)


WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange starts his fifth year camped out in the Ecuadoran embassy in London on Sunday, an occasion his supporters said they would mark with events celebrating whistleblowers.
Assange, 44, is wanted for questioning over a 2010 rape allegation in Sweden but has been inside Ecuador’s UK mission for four full years in a bid to avoid extradition.
The anti-secrecy campaigner, who denies the allegation, walked into the embassy of his own free will on 18 June, 2012, with Britain on the brink of sending him to Stockholm, and has not left since.

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'Assange Week'

Julian Assange marks 5 years holed up in Ecuadorean embassy
(The Economic Times, 19/06/2016)
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, facing rape allegation in Sweden, today marked the fifth anniversary of his life holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy here.
The 44-year-old is wanted for questioning over a 2010 rape allegation in Sweden but has been hiding in the embassy since he was given asylum as he fears being extradited to the US to be quizzed over the activities of Wikileaks if he travels to Sweden.
His supporters have planned a series of demonstrations around the world, including London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels and Belgrade, under the banner 'First They Came for Assange'.

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Assange’s four-year (and counting) detention due to 'prosecutor's indefinite procrastination’
(RT, 19/06/2016)
As Julian Assange enters his fourth year of self-imposed detention at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Melinda Taylor, part of his legal team, says prosecutors must realize that the cost of keeping Assange in detention outweighs the need to release him.
Several cities across the globe started the week marking the detention of the WikiLeaks chief, Julian Assange, who has been living in the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over sex-crime allegations.
Assange denies the allegations
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Asylum

Diplomatic asylum: How long can Assange stay in the Ecuadorian Embassy, and is his case unique?
Steven Viney (ABC News, 19/06/2016)
Inside, Mr Assange reportedly sleeps in a makeshift bedroom, exercises to maintain fitness, celebrates birthdays with embassy staff, and monitors his food intake for poisoning, all the while continuing to work on his WikiLeaks project.
Mr Assange entered the embassy on June 19, 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over a rape allegation, which he denies.
If extradited to Sweden, Mr Assange fears he will be sent to the United States and put on trial for publishing classified documents.
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"20 June 2016 - Julian Assange starts 5th year in Ecuador's embassy", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), juin 2016. Consulté le 25/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/key-story/archives-revue-de-presse-2016/20-june-2016-julian-assange-starts-5th-year-in-ecuador-s-embassy