Ecuador revokes Assange’s citizenship as Wikileaks asks public for help

By Timothy Nerozzi

Published July 28, 2021 5:30pm ET

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Ecuador revokes Assange’s citizenship as Wikileaks asks public for help — Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, left, shakes hands with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after a press conference inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Monday Aug. 18, 2014, where Assange confirmed he "will be leaving the embassy soon". The Australian Assange fled to the Ecuadorian Embassy in 2012 to escape extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted over allegations of sex crimes. (AP Photo / John Stillwell, POOL) | John Stillwell

Ecuador ruled to revoke the citizenship of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, the South American country’s judicial branch announced on Monday.

The Ecuadorian court revealed that Assange would no longer carry status as a naturalized citizen of the country due to issues with his application, according to CNN. The decision comes after years of strained relations between the Wikileaks founder and the Ecuadorian Embassy in London that gave him asylum from foreign prosecution.

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