Watch Live. Fill 2 Copy 11 Created with Sketch. Friday 12 November , UK. Why you can trust Sky News. Ecuador has revoked the citizenship of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who is currently in a British prison. A naturalisation is considered damaging when it is granted based on the concealment of relevant facts, false documents or fraud. Poveda said he will file appeals asking for an amplification and clarification of the decision.
The charges carry a maximum sentence of years in prison. The existence of the indictment became known only after prosecutors inadvertently mentioned possible charges against him in an unrelated case. Seamus Hughes, a terrorism expert at George Washington University who closely tracks court cases, discovered the document and posted it on Twitter.
The United States charged Mr. Assange with one count of conspiracy to hack a computer related to his role in the release of secret American documents, according to a newly unsealed indictment. Hours before the indictment was unsealed, Mr. Assange had been arrested by the British authorities at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he had lived since The single charge stemmed from what prosecutors said was his agreement to break a password to a classified United States government computer.
Significantly, it was not an espionage charge, a detail that press freedom advocates had watched closely. Prosecutors in Sweden said they would reopen an investigation into a rape accusation against Mr. Assange, a move that threatened to complicate American efforts to extradite him on the computer-hacking charge. The Swedish investigation began in , but the authorities dropped their initial investigation in May , having concluded that there was no way to proceed with the case as long as Mr.
Assange was holed up in the embassy. Prosecutors made clear at the time that they had not cleared him and they reserved the right to reopen their inquiry. Should Mr. Assange be extradited to Sweden, the Americans would need the approval of both the Swedish and British governments in order to take him into custody.
Assange could be returned to Sweden under a European arrest warrant, though Britain will ultimately decide which case takes precedence. Please upgrade your browser. See next articles.
Here's a fuller timeline of how Mr. The US indictment against Assange does not include any charges of rape, of which he was accused of by two Swedish women in Assange has repeatedly denied the accusations. A Swedish court issued an international warrant for his arrest in so he could be extradited back to the nordic country.
After being released on bail in the UK, Assange was granted asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in June by then-President Rafael Correa, where he resided for nearly seven years. UK judge says WikiLeaks founder should not be extradited to face espionage charges because he is at risk of suicide.
The hearing which was delayed due to coronavirus pandemic will resume on Monday and is due to run until early October. Published On 20 Dec Here is what you need to know: Who is Julian Assange?
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