In case you've forgotten about this story, Julian Assange, founder of wiki-leaks, has been holed up in Ecuador's Embassy, fighting rape charges in Sweden and saying that he will not leave until they guarantee him that he will not be extradited to the US to face inquiry for releasing confidential US documents. Assange breached his bail, forfeiting the supporter-donated funds, when he claimed asylum in the embassy, and has repeatedly refused UK requests to surrender. Take a look.
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/29/12481032-wikileaks-assange-defiant-over-uk-police-request?lite
It's important to note that Assange has denied the rape charges and says he is refusing to leave out of fear of being extradited to the US, where he could face charges that are punishable by death. He is in trouble with the US for releasing secret diplomatic cables on his wiki-leaks page.
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