Assange marks 5 years holed up in Ecuadorean embassy

June 19, 2016 18:37

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, facing rape allegation in Sweden, today marked the fifth anniversary of his life holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy here.

The 44-year-old is wanted for questioning over a 2010 rape allegation in Sweden but has been hiding in the embassy since he was given asylum as he fears being extradited to the US to be quizzed over the activities of Wikileaks if he travels to Sweden.

The Australian former computer hacker founded Wikileaks in 2006 and has been portrayed in two films in recent years.

Assange has compared living inside the embassy to life on a space station.

His small room is divided into an office and a living area where he has a treadmill, shower, microwave and sun lamp and spends most of his day at his computer. He got a cat last month to keep him some company.

Last month a Stockholm district court maintained a European arrest warrant against Assange, rejecting his lawyers' request to have it lifted.

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