
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 18, 2014 shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gesturing during a press conference inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on August 18, 2014 where Assange has been holed up for two years. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange started his fifth year camped out in the Ecuadoran embassy in London on June 19, 2016, an occasion his supporters were to mark with events celebrating whistleblowers. The 44-year-old is wanted for questioning over a 2010 rape allegation in Sweden but has been inside Ecuador's UK mission for four full years in a bid to avoid extradition. The Australian former computer hacker fears that from Sweden he could be extradited to the United States over WikiLeaks' release of 500,000 secret military files, and could face a long prison sentence there. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / JOHN STILLWELLJOHN STILLWELL/AFP/Getty Images


