Timeline of Wikileaks' boss, Julian Assange

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October 2006 – Assange sets up WikiLeaks for anonymous whistle-blowers
April 2010 – WikiLeaks reveals a video called Collateral Murder, showing two US military teams shooting a group of men from Apache helicopters. Among those killed were two Reuters war correspondents
July 2010 – WikiLeaks releases US logs from the Afghan War, which includes civilian casualties and the names of alleged NATO informers
August 2010 - During a visit to Sweden a prosecutor orders Assange's arrest for rape and molestation, though this is terminated five days later
September 2010 – After reviewing the original claim, the investigation is renewed by Swedish prosecutors. Assange is arrested in his absence
October 2010 – Iraq War logs are released – the biggest single leak in US military history
November 2010 – A quarter of a million unclassified and confidential diplomatic cables are published by WikiLeaks. US Attorney-General Eric Holder confirms there is 'an active, ongoing criminal investigation' into WikiLeaks. Swedish prosecutors issue an international warrant for Assange's arrest
December 2010 – US vice president Joe Biden dubs Assange a 'terrorist'. He is arrested by British police and later released on bail
February 2011 – A High Court in London approves Sweden's extradition request
April 2011 – WikiLeaks publishes files from Guantanamo Bay revealing details of detainees
November 2011 – High Court dismisses Assange's appeal against extradition. He takes it to the UK's Supreme Court
May 2012 – Supreme Court upholds the High Court's decision to surrender Assange to Sweden
June 2012 – Assange requests the appeal to be re-opened; Supreme Court rejects this request. Assange then seeks political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London
August 2012 – Ecuador grants Assange asylum, saying there are fears his human rights might be violated if he is extradited
August 2014 - Assange reveals plans to leave the embassy 'soon'
November 2014 - Sweden's Court of Appeal upholds the arrest warrant against Assange
August 2015 - Swedish prosecutors drop their investigation into two allegations - one of sexual molestation and one of unlawful coercion because they have run out of time to question him. But he still faces the more serious accusation of rape. He continues to deny all the allegations
October 2015 - Metropolitan Police announces that officers will no longer be stationed outside the Ecuadorian embassy