UK court sentences Julian Assange to 50 weeks in prison
02 May 2019 |
10:51 am
A court in London has sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to 50 weeks in prison for breach of bail. Assange, who spent years holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy, also faces possible extradition to the US.
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