Assange Sentenced To 50 Weeks In British Prison For Jumping Bail

FILE - In this Friday Feb. 5, 2016 file photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. A Swedish court said Wednesday May 25, 2016, it has turned down a request t... FILE - In this Friday Feb. 5, 2016 file photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. A Swedish court said Wednesday May 25, 2016, it has turned down a request to overturn the arrest warrant of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange because Assange is still wanted for questioning in a case of suspected rape and there is a possibility he might evade prosecution. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) MORE LESS
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced to serve just shy of a year in British prison on Wednesday, according to multiple news reports. 

Assange broke bail in 2012 when he fled to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid an extradition request from Sweden that he face charges related to an alleged sexual assault. The WikiLeaks founder has been holed up in the embassy for the past seven years and was arrested last month by British authorities after he was evicted from the embassy.

The 50-week prison sentence comes just one day before Assange is set to appear at an extradition hearing related to charges he faces in the United States alleging he conspired to hack a government password.

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  1. So the Brits are going to hold Assange on ice until 6 months before the U.S. election. Oh boy…that should be fun this time next year.

  2. The U.K. is onto Trump and Barr’s game here. They want Assange now so they can exonerate him to further the “no collusion” narrative and cover up the Assange/Putin/trump connection. I hope they extradite him to Sweden upon release so they can finally prosecute him on those rape charges that he fled to London to avoid in the first place. Assange should only be turned over to the US to answer for his many crimes after Donnie dictator has been ousted from office.

  3. In the UK justice system you do 1/2 the sentence then you are let out for good behaviour .

  4. I’m just here waiting for UnfadingGreen to show up to tell us the real true truth about poor maligned Russia and how it never did one wrong thing.

  5. Sounds like a nice transition from being holed up in the embassy for years to a stint in jail, then maybe to the US for a little trial.

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