Julian Assange denied diplomatic status by UK
The British government has maintained he must face justice in UK courts over his breach of bail conditions.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Source: File photo)
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London to avoid arrest and extradition to the US, was today denied diplomatic status by the UK government.
The anti-secrecy group’s chief has been based at the Ecuador embassy in central London since 2012 after he lost appeals against sexual assault charges in Sweden.
The request for diplomatic status was made on behalf of the 46-year-old campaigner by the Ecuadorean government, which has reportedly issued a passport to the Australian national after he had sought political asylum from the South American country five and a half years ago.
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