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Created the WikiLeaks website in 2006.

He lived in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, England, from 19 June 2012 until his arrest by British police 11 April 2019, a total of 2,487 days.

Has a son named Daniel and a daughter.

Member of the 21st Raindance Film Festival jury in 2013. Since Julian Assange couldn't leave the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, the festival sent him copies of all the films in competition on DVD. Festival founder Elliot Grove said about his jury member: "He is a subtle political thinker, a radical democrat, and an audacious dissident of the digital age." [Sept. 2013].

Australian Aboriginal, French, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.

Biological son of John Shipton. His mother later married Richard Assange who adopted him.

Announced plan to run for a seat in the Australian Senate in September 2013 federal election.

Was hospitalized for depression in 1992.

Merited a place in TIME magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People" issue with an homage penned by Jack Goldsmith, Harvard professor and Assistant Attorney General under George W. Bush. (May 2017)

In 1997, he co-authored a book about hackers, 'Underground', with Suelette Dreyfus.

Assange and fiancée Stella Assange were married under tight security at London's Belmarsh Prison (23 March 2022). The bride's wedding gown was designed by Vivienne Westwood.

Since April 17, 2012, Assange has hosted a program called 'The World Tomorrow' on the Russia Today television channel (in English, Spanish, and Arabic). The final episode aired on July 3.