From WikiLeaks to Extradition: Julian Assange's Battle For Freedom, Free Speech, Human Rights
2006
Julian Assange founds whistleblowing website, WikiLeaks.
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April 2010
WikiLeaks posts video showing a US helicopter killing civilians in Iraq in 2007.
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July 2010
WikiLeaks posts classified documents related to the Afghanistan war.
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August 2010
Sweden launches probe of Assange after claims of sexual assault emerge, which he denies.
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June 2012
Assange enters Ecuadorian embassy in London seeking political asylum.
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April 2019
British police arrest Assange on behalf of the US, requests his extradition after Ecuador withdraws his asylum.
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June 2022
UK home secretary signs his extradition order, which he later appeals.
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May 2024
Assange wins permission to bring new extradition appeal.
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June 2024
Assange strikes US plea deal allowing him to leave UK prison and return to Australia.
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