Mexico hopes to grant US asylum to Julian Assange
- Julian Assange has been offered asylum by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador after a British court rejected his request to extradite him to the United States.
- Mexico's president says Mexico could grant political asylum to Julian Assange. He praised the British court's decision, saying it was a victory for justice and that Julian was a journalist who should be given a chance.
- I will ask the foreign minister to talk to Britain about asylum, he said.
- It is believed that Julian Assange released 5,000 secret US military files online through WikiLeaks in 2010, which contained details of US military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- The United States has rejected a request to extradite Julian Assange to a British court.
- Julian Assange could face up to 175 years in prison if extradited to the United States.
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