Julian Assange

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Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, publisher, and activist best known as the founder of WikiLeaks, which released classified and sensitive documents from governments and organizations worldwide.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
journalist
political activist
publisher
whistleblowing advocate
awardReceived Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism
Sam Adams Award
Sydney Peace Prize
surface form: "Sydney Peace Foundation Gold Medal"
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1971-07-03
describedAs controversial figure in global politics and media
educatedAt Central Queensland University
University of Melbourne
endTimeOfRefugeInEcuadorianEmbassy 2019
familyName Julian Assange
surface form: "Assange"
fieldOfWork freedom of information
investigative journalism
whistleblowing
founded WikiLeaks
fullName Julian Assange
surface form: "Julian Paul Assange"
gender male
givenName Julian
hasChild Daniel Assange
hasSignature https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Julian_Assange_signature.svg
knownFor challenging state secrecy
publishing classified documents
languagesSpoken English
movement anti-war movement
open data movement
surface form: "open government movement"

transparency movement
notableFor founding WikiLeaks
notableWork WikiLeaks
surface form: "Cablegate releases"

Collateral Murder video release
WikiLeaks
surface form: "WikiLeaks publication of Afghan War documents"

WikiLeaks
surface form: "WikiLeaks publication of Iraq War documents"

WikiLeaks
surface form: "WikiLeaks publication of U.S. diplomatic cables"
occupation activist
computer programmer
journalist
publisher
placeOfBirth Townsville
surface form: "Townsville, Queensland, Australia"
placeOfDetention HM Prison Belmarsh
politicalAlignment libertarian-leaning
spouse Stella Assange
startTimeOfActivity 2006
startTimeOfRefugeInEcuadorianEmbassy 2012
subjectOf Swedish sexual offence investigation
United States criminal investigation
extradition proceedings in the United Kingdom
tookRefugeIn Embassy of Ecuador in London
website WikiLeaks
surface form: "https://wikileaks.org/"

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this entity surface form: "Assange acted as a journalist and publisher"
Julian Assange familyName Julian Assange
this entity surface form: "Assange"
Julian Assange fullName Julian Assange
this entity surface form: "Julian Paul Assange"
The Fifth Estate mainCharacter Julian Assange
Benedict Cumberbatch portrayed Julian Assange

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