Assange denied asylum in France

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has failed in a bid to win asylum in France.

Assange denied asylum in France
Fri, 03 Jul, 2015 - 12:48

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has failed in a bid to win asylum in France.

In a letter to French President Francois Hollande published in Le Monde on Friday, Mr Assange appealed to France’s history as a beacon for the repressed. He noted that WikiLeaks recently revealed that the US National Security Agency spied on Mr Hollande and his two predecessors.

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