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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requests asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army; he will remain there until 2019.
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News leak publishing organisation
WikiLeaks is a non-profit media organisation and publisher of leaked documents. It is funded by donations and media partnerships. It has published classified documents and other media provided by anonymous sources. It was founded in 2006 by Julian Assange. Kristinn Hrafnsson is…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Julian Assange
Australian editor and founder of WikiLeaks
Julian Paul Assange is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published a series of leaks from Chelsea Manning, a United States Army intelligence analyst: footage of a U.S. airstrike…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Extradition
Transfer of a suspect from one jurisdiction to another by law enforcement
In an extradition, one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, into the custody of the other's law enforcement. It is a cooperative law enforcement procedure between the two jurisdictions, and depends on the arrangements…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Classified information
Material that government claims requires confidentiality
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July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike
Series of air-to-ground attacks conducted in New Baghdad during the Iraqi insurgency
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2019
Calendar year
2019 (MMXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2019th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 19th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2010s decade.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)