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In this Wednesday, May 1, 2019, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Key events in the Julian Assange legal saga

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In this Wednesday, May 1, 2019, file photo, buildings are reflected in the window as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: Assange case reopening hailed by Swedish accuser

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FILE - In this Friday, May 19, 2017 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looks out from the balcony while claiming political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Swedish prosecutors are to reopen rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a month after he was removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

AP Explains: WikiLeaks founder has multinational legal woes

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

US actress Pamela Anderson leaves Belmarsh Prison in south-east London, after visiting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Tuesday May 7, 2019. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

Pamela Anderson: Treatment of Julian Assange unfair

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Swedish programmer Ola, center, makes a victory sign as he enters court for a hearing in which his lawyers are requesting his freedom, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, May 2, 2019. The government accuses Bini of being involved with two unnamed Russian hackers in a plot to blackmail Ecuadors President Lenin Moreno. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ola Bini, friend of Julian Assange, loses bid to be released from Ecuadorian prison

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Buildings are reflected in the window as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019. Assange has been jailed for 50 weeks for breaching his bail after going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UN group slams WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange’s ‘disproportionate’ sentence for breaching bail

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A supporter of Julian Assange, with a poster of the WikiLeaks founder, joins other protesters to block a major road in front of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Thursday, May 2, 2019. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing court over a U.S. request to extradite him for alleged computer hacking. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

UN panel calls WikiLeaks founder’s UK sentence excessive

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Protestors demonstrate at the entrance of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Thursday, May 2, 2019, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to appear by video link from prison. Assange is facing a court hearing over a U.S. request to extradite him for alleged computer hacking.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Julian Assange: ‘I do not wish to surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Protestors brandish posters depicting Julian Assange as they demonstrate at the entrance of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Thursday, May 2, 2019, where WikiLeaks founder Assange is expected to appear by video link from prison. Assange is facing a court hearing over a U.S. request to extradite him for alleged computer hacking.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The Latest: WikiLeaks’ Assange to fight extradition to US

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019. Assange has been jailed for 50 weeks for breaching his bail after going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange facing hearing on U.S. extradition request

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Buildings are reflected in the window as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019. Assange has been jailed for 50 weeks for breaching his bail after going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

WikiLeaks voices ‘grave concerns’ over efforts to extradite Julian Assange to U.S. ahead of hearing

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 19, 2017 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures to supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been in self imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

WikiLeaks’ Assange gets 50 weeks in prison for jumping bail

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

Protesters outside court as Julian Assange will appear to be sentenced on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange gets 50 weeks in prison for bail-jumping

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FILE - In this May 19, 2017 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures to supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been in self imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

The Latest: Assange sentenced to 50 weeks for bail-jumping

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Ecuador spied on Assange at London embassy, lawyer says

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A demonstrator carries a picture of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Lisbon Thursday, April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Julian Assange visited in London prison by UN privacy envoy over complaints against Ecuador

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this May 19, 2017, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures to supporters outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he had been in self-imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threaten with charges from Mueller report

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2016 file photo, Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino talks during a press conference in Quito, Ecuador. An Ecuadorian judge has ordered Patino's arrest, highlighting political tensions in the country that evicted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the country's London embassy last week. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

Ecuador orders arrest of former foreign minister

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In this May 19, 2017, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures to supporters outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he had been in self-imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

DOJ shields details in Julian Assange case due to ongoing criminal probe

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

The father of detained Swedish programmer Ola Bini, Dag Gustafsson, attends a press conference in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The ace Swedish programmer, pictured on the screen in the background, who was an early, ardent supporter of WikiLeaks was arrested in Ecuador last week in an alleged plot to blackmail the country's president over his abandonment of Julian Assange. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Assange friend jailed by Ecuador says case will collapse

By GONZALO SOLANO and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press