WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London in May 2017. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)In August 2012, Julian Assange emerged from the red-brick Ecuadoran Embassy in London and stepped onto a small white balcony decorated with the Ecuadoran flag. His attorneys requested a brief delay, and the next month, desperate to avoid extradition, Assange showed up at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London and asked for asylum. After spending two months in limbo in the embassy, Ecuador approved his request that August. Throughout his time at the embassy, Assange remained largely connected to the outside world through the Internet.

Source: Washington Post April 05, 2019 18:47 UTC