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Julian Paul Assange (/əˈsɑːnʒ/; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian computer programmer, publisher and journalist. He is editor-in-chief of the organisation WikiLeaks, which he founded in 2006.

Since November 2010, Assange has been subject to extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning concerning an allegation of rape. Assange denies the allegation and has expressed concern that he will be extradited from the Kingdom of Sweden to the United States of America due to his perceived role in publishing secret American documents.

After exhausting his legal options in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Assange failed to surrender for extradition. Instead, he sought and was granted asylum by the Republic of Ecuador in August 2012. Assange has since remained in the Embassy of Ecuador in London, and he is unable to leave without being arrested for breaching his bail conditions. The United Nation's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found, by a majority, that he has been "arbitrarily detained" and that his detention should be brought to an end; UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the claim was "ridiculous" and that the group was "made up of lay people," and called Assange a fugitive from justice.

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