Julian Assange is concerned not about any proceedings in Sweden as such, but believe that his deportation to Sweden could lead to politically motivated deportation to the United States, where he could face severe penalties, up to the death sentence, for his activities related to WikiLeaks. On 16 August 2012, Foreign Minister Patiño announced that Ecuador was granting Assange political asylum because of the threat represented by the United States secret investigation against him and several calls for assassination from many American politicians. In its formal statement, Ecuador reasoned that "as a consequence of [Assange's] determined defense to freedom of expression and
Revolution Truth Revolution Truth Revolution Truth is a global community and organization whose aim is to defend WikiLeaks, whistleblowers, and legitimate democracies. Shortly after forming in February 2011 by Tangerine Bolen, this organization released a teaser for an upcoming short film aiming to interrupt the US government's attempts to vandalise and prosecute Julian Assange and bring down WikiLeaks to be released one day prior to Julian Assange's extradition trial on July 11. In March 2011, Revolution Truth wrote an open letter to the United States Government, demanding that they stop prosecution of Julian Assange and Wikileaks. Bolen is also one of the