Julian Assange gets 50 weeks in UK prison for bail-jumping

Name: Julian Assange gets 50 weeks in UK prison for bail-jumping
Uploaded: 2019-05-01T11:16:04+00:00
Description: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced by a London court on Wednesday to 50 weeks in jail for skipping bail. Assange broke bail to enter the Ecuadorean embassy almost seven years ago. He was dragged out of the embassy last month and charged by the United States for one of the biggest ever leaks of classified information.

Issued on: 01/05/2019 - 13:16Modified: 01/05/2019 - 13:19

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced by a London court on Wednesday to 50 weeks in jail for skipping bail. Assange broke bail to enter the Ecuadorean embassy almost seven years ago. He was dragged out of the embassy last month and charged by the United States for one of the biggest ever leaks of classified information.