Julian Assange Biography

Julian Assange biography

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NAME: Julian Assange
OCCUPATION: Activist, Computer Programmer, Journalist
BIRTH DATE: July 03, 1971 (Age: 41)
EDUCATION: University of Melbourne
PLACE OF BIRTH: Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Nickname: Mendax
ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

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Julian Assange came to international attention as the founder of the whistle-blowing Web site, Wikileaks.

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After a series of extradition hearings in early 2011 to appeal the warrant, Assange learned on November 2, 2011, that the High Court dismissed his appeal. Still on conditional bail, Assange made plans to appeal to the U.K. Supreme Court, in regard to the case.

According to a New York Times article, Assange came to the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in June 2012, seeking to avoid extradition to Sweden. Nearly two months later, in August 2012,

Assange was granted political asylum by the Ecuadorean government, which, according to the Times, "protects Mr. Assange from British arrest, but only on Ecuadorean territory, leaving him vulnerable if he tries to leave the embassy to head to an airport or train station." The article went on to say that the decision "cited the possibility that Mr. Assange could face 'political persecution' or be sent to the United States to face the death penalty," putting further strain on the relationship between Ecuador and Britain, and instigating a rebuttal from the Swedish government.