The Icelandic researcher journalist and former WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson will become the new editor of WikiLeaks, replacing Julian Assange.
The announcement was made late on Wednesday in a statement issued through him official account of WikiLeaks on Twitter.
Assange was seized for six months at Ecuador's Embassy in London, where he lives from 2012 when the Ecuadorian government interrupted his internet connection and suspended his right to receive visitors from 28 March.
The founder of WikiLeaks fled to the embassy to avoid extradition Sweden. Εκείνη την εποχή, τον κατηγορούσαν για σεξουαλική επίθεση. Ο Assange από τότε παραμένει στην πρεσβεία καθώς υπάρχει ακόμα ο κίνδυνος σύλληψής του από τις βρετανικές αρχές επειδή παραβίασε τους conditions of his original bail by resorting to the Ecuadorian embassy (where he found asylum).
Kristinn Hrafnsson has been for many years with Assange and a very respected journalist in his home country in Iceland, having obtained too many awards for his work.
He met with the founder of WikiLeaks around 2009 and his immediate involvement as a spokesperson for the websiteσελίδαs began the following year, when Assange was arrested in late 2010 for sexual assault in Sweden. Hrafnsson remained in the same position until 2016.
During this time, Hrafnsson was reportedly the only person Assange allowed to have access on sensitive information received by the website.
From his first public statement, Kristinn Hrafnsson sought to raise public awareness of Assange's situation.
"I condemn the treatment of Julian Assange in my new role, but welcome the opportunity to ensure that important work continues in the WikiLeaks ideals."
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