Charges Of Rape Dropped On Julian Assange

Charges Of Rape Dropped On Julian Assange
Charges Of Rape Dropped On Julian Assange

Video: Charges Of Rape Dropped On Julian Assange

Video: Charges Of Rape Dropped On Julian Assange
Video: Sweden drops probe into rape charges against Julian Assange 2024, November
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Authorities in Sweden announced in a statement Friday that they have dropped the rape charges against the controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

The Australian-born hacker and digital activist - now 45 years old - shocked the world when in 2012 - after the London Supreme Court rejected his appeal to overturn an extradition order against him that had been issued In 2010, in two separate cases of alleged sexual misconduct against two women in Sweden, he decided to seek asylum and confine himself to the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has remained ever since.

According to reports by the France Presse agency, the woman who accused him of rape in 2010 in Stockholm is in "shock" after learning about the decision of the Swedish authorities.

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