Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange gets sentenced to 50 weeks in jail
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Julian Assange, the co-founder of Wikileaks, has been sentenced to 50 weeks in jail by a UK court for violating his bail conditions.
Assange was arrested last month and removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London by police.
His sentence was given this morning at Southwark Crown Court in London.
Julian Assange will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court at 10:30AM tomorrow for 'violating his bail conditions' whilst seeking & obtaining political asylum. On Thursday at 10AM there will be a hearing in Westminster Magistrate Court on the US extradition request.
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