Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange gets sentenced to 50 weeks in jail

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.

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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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