On 11 April 2019, Assange's asylum was withdrawn following a series of disputes with Ecuadorian authorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/assange-arrest-ecuador-prevent-alleged-panic-button-2019-4|title=Assange's arrest was designed to make sure he didn't press a mysterious panic button he said would bring dire consequences for Ecuador|last=Ma|first=Alexandra|date=14 April 2019|website=Business Insider|access-date=14 April 2019}}</ref> The police were invited into the embassy and he was arrested.<ref name="cnnarr">{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/11/uk/julian-assange-arrested-gbr-intl/index.html |title=Police arrest Julian Assange at Ecuadorian Embassy in London |work=CNN|date=11 April 2019 |access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> He was found guilty of breaching the [[Bail in the United Kingdom#Bail in England and Wales|Bail Act]]{{clarify|by what government or nation state?|date=June 2024}} and sentenced to 50 weeks in prison.<ref name="bbc-19">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48118908|title=Julian Assange jailed over bail breach|date=1 May 2019|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> The [[Government of the United States|U.S. government]] unsealed an indictment charging Assange with [[Conspiracy against the United States|conspiracy]] to [[Computer Fraud and Abuse Act|commit computer intrusion]] related to the leaks provided by Manning.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2019 |title=WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Computer Hacking Conspiracy |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/wikileaks-founder-charged-computer-hacking-conspiracy |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=United States Attorney’s Office |location=Alexandria, Virginia |language=en}}</ref> In May 2019 and June 2020, the U.S. government unsealed new indictments against Assange, charging him with violating the [[Espionage Act of 1917]] and alleging he had conspired with hackers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2019 |title=WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Charged in 18-Count Superseding Indictment |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-charged-18-count-superseding-indictment |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=US Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2020 |title=WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Superseding Indictment |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wikileaks-founder-charged-superseding-indictment |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=US Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Time-2020">{{Cite magazine |date=25 June 2020 |title=WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Accused of Conspiring With LulzSec and Anonymous Hackers |url=https://time.com/5859079/julian-assange-hackers-anonymous-indictment/ |access-date=27 July 2023 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref> Assange was incarcerated in [[HM Prison Belmarsh]] in [[London]] from April 2019 to June 2024, as the United States government's extradition effort was contested in the British courts.<ref name="CNN010042021">{{cite web |last1=Rebaza |first1=Claudia |last2=Fox |first2=Kara |title=UK judge denies US request to extradite Julian Assange |date=4 January 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/uk/julian-assange-extradition-wikileaks-us-gbr-intl/index.html |work=CNN|access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="bail">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/uk/julian-assange-bail-denied-gbr-intl/index.html |title=UK judge denies bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=6 January 2021 |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/09/julian-assange-dangerously-close-to-us-extradition-after-losing-latest-legal-appeal|title=Julian Assange 'dangerously close' to US extradition after losing latest legal appeal|first=Ben|last=Doherty|work=The Guardian|date=9 June 2023|access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref>

 

 

==Early life==