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10 maps show how different LGBTQ rights are around the world

Shayanne Gal, Ashley Collman, Business Insider US -
Gay sex is still illegal in 35% of countries in the UN, according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.
A police van outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police on April 11, 2019.

Wikileaks said Julian Assange scrubbed all his computers before getting arrested, and claimed the US could plant false evidence on them

Sinéad Baker, Business Insider US -
Julian Assange cleared his computers as he predicted he would be evicted and arrested from London's Ecuadorian embassy, Wikileaks' editor said.
Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Embassy Of Ecuador on May 19, 2017 in London, England. Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks website that published US Government secrets, has been wanted in Sweden on charges of rape since 2012. He sought asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and today police have said he will still face arrest if he leaves.

Ecuador has reportedly agreed to hand the US any hard drives, documents, computers, and cell phones found in the embassy room where Julian Assange liv...

Rosie Perper, Business Insider US -
According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, a search of the rooms where Assange was holed up for nearly 7 years will take place on May 20.
Leaked security footage shows Julian Assange shadowboxing during his time in the Ecuadorian embassy in London

Leaked security footage shows Julian Assange shadowboxing and jumping up and down during his 7-year exile in the Ecuadorian embassy

Will Martin, Insider -
Assange spent almost seven years living in the embassy as he avoided arrest by authorities over a sexual assault investigation in Sweden.
Julian Assange arrested by UK police at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday.

Ecuador says it has been hit with 40 million cyber attacks since Julian Assange was arrested at its embassy in London

Bill Bostock, Business Insider US -
The "volumetric" cyber attacks were "threats from those groups linked to Julian Assange,"Javier Jara from Ecuador's telecommunications ministry said.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange makes his way into the Westminster Magistrates Court after being arrested this morning by Metropolitan Police, on behalf of US authorities, London on April 11, 2019.

Ecuador’s president claims Assange was booted from the embassy so it didn’t turn into a ‘center for spying’

Rosie Perper, Business Insider US -
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, tried to use the embassy as a "center for spying," Ecuadorean President Lenín Moreno told the Guardian on Sunday.
Julian Assange was arrested by UK police at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday.

Assange’s arrest was designed to make sure he didn’t press a mysterious panic button he said would bring dire consequences for Ecuador

Alexandra Ma, Business Insider US -
WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange, was dramatically arrested and dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Thursday.

Hillary Clinton responds to Julian Assange’s arrest: ‘He has to answer for what he has done’

Rosie Perper, Business Insider US -
Hillary Clinton on Thursday responded to news that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested and faces extradition to the US on hacking charges.
Julian Assange, center, being removed from Ecuador's embassy in London, April 11, 2019.

This simmering political clash may have led to Julian Assange’s ouster from Ecuador’s embassy

Christopher Woody, Business Insider US -
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had spent seven years in asylum in Ecuador's UK embassy, but that came to an end on Thursday.

Plans to break Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian embassy included costumes, diplomatic bags, and secret flights to Switzerland

Nicole Einbinder, Insider -
Throughout WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's nearly seven years at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, various plans were proposed to help him escape.
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