00:00United Assange had been charged with 18 crimes of extradition and computer intrusion in the
00:04United States after the uncensorable Wikileaks website exposed U.S. war crimes.
00:10From July to November 2010, Assange published on Wikileaks confidential documents on Afghanistan's
00:15and Iraq's operations.
00:17He revealed 70,000 top-secret files on the international coalition in Afghanistan, 400,000
00:22reports and 250,000 diplomatic cables on the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
00:27All these documents revealed multiple war crimes committed by the United States and
00:30its allies in their invasions against Middle Eastern countries.
00:33Consequently, he was arrested on April 11, 2019, after being in asylum for several years
00:39in the diplomatic headquarters of Ecuador in London, until he was expelled from the
00:43embassy by the government of Lenin Moreno, being apprehended by the British security
00:47forces.
00:48Later, on May 23, 2019, the U.S. justice system, which had already charged him with computer
00:52hacking, indicted him on 17 other charges under the anti-espionage laws.
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