The American authorities are trying to accuse the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, of espionage so that he can be sentenced to death, WikiLeaks claims today.
"The US Department of Justice is trying to build a case against Julian Assange based on the Espionage Act. According to the Espionage Act, a conviction can be a death sentence," WikiLeaks said on its Twitter account, reports Tanjug.
Assange founded the "WikiLeaks" portal in 2006 in order to be able to publish confidential information about the activities of the governments of several countries, including the United States.
In 2010, the founder of "Vilikiks" made headlines around the world when he released a video called "Collateral Killing" in April, showing how American pilots killed 18 people, including two Reuters journalists, from a helicopter in Iraq.
He also published confidential US military and diplomatic documents about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in July and October 2010.
Assange was arrested on April 11 this year, after his asylum decision was overturned and he was kicked out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he had spent seven years.
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