PARIS: WikiLeaks' Australian founder Julian Assange was arrested on Thursday (Apr 11) after being holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London since 2012.
- July to October 2010: WikiLeaks releases about 470,000 classified military documents concerning American diplomacy and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It later releases a further tranche of more than 250,000 classified US diplomatic cables.
- February 2016: the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says Assange has been"arbitrarily detained" and should be able to claim compensation from Britain and Sweden. Britain and Sweden rebuff the non-binding ruling.- January 2017: WikiLeaks says Assange could travel to the United States to face investigation if his rights are"guaranteed".
- December 2017: Quito grants Assange Ecuadoran nationality. Britain refuses Ecuador's request to accord Assange diplomatic status, which would allow him to leave the embassy without being arrested.- January 2018: Ecuador says it is seeking a mediator to resolve Assange's"untenable" situation.- March 2018: Ecuador cuts off Assange's communications alleging he broke an agreement on interfering in other countries' affairs.
- November 2018: US prosecutors inadvertently disclose the existence of a sealed indictment against Assange.- April 2019: Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno says Assange has"repeatedly violated" the conditions of his asylum at the embassy.
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