To some he is a hero of journalism and free speech, to others he is a danger to national security. Here is Julian Assange's life in profile. The WikiLeaks founder was born in Queensland, Australia, to artist mother and activist father. In 2006 he founded WikiLeaks, which rose to prominence in 2010 with a series of high-profile leaks, focused on Afghan and Iraq wars. The leaks detailed thousands of civilian deaths as a result of the conflicts and implicated US armed forces in the killing of inno

To some he is a hero of journalism and free speech, to others he is a danger to national security. Here is Julian Assange's life in profile. The WikiLeaks founder was born in Queensland, Australia, to artist mother and activist father. In 2006 he founded WikiLeaks, which rose to prominence in 2010 with a series of high-profile leaks, focused on Afghan and Iraq wars. The leaks detailed thousands of civilian deaths as a result of the conflicts and implicated US armed forces in the killing of innocent bystanders.Assange was accused of sexual assault in November 2010, Sweden issued a European arrest warrant for him. He denied the claims and breached bail, taking political asylum in Ecuador's embassy in London in June 2012.Nine years later all charges were dropped. Assange spent 7 years inside the embassy, avoiding arrest. On April 11 2019, his asylum was withdrawn with the Ecuadorian allowing British police to arrest Assange, and he was incarcerated in high-security Belmarsh Prison, where