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		sneak on May 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising Firs... > ... but where he was charged with rape. This statement is not accurate. There were not, and are not, any charges in Sweden against Assange. There is only an investigation.

AnimalMuppet on May 23, 2019 [–]

... for which they wanted him to return to Sweden to face questioning, right? To avoid that return to Sweden, he sought asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy, right?

If not, why did he seek asylum?

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