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> Additionally, Assange was arrested on Swedish rape charges in 2010; his current asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London began after the UK attempted to extradite him on those charges in 2012. In May 2017, Sweden dropped the charges.

This is factually inaccurate - Assange has not been charged with a crime by any country. There was an investigation in Sweden but no charges were brought.

Presumably he will be indicted in the US momentarily.

As yet, not a single country has charged him with a crime.

Edit: yes, the US has now indicted him on a conspiracy charge—his first.



He was charged and convicted of skipping on his bail in 2012.




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