Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, has been persecuted by the United States Government for numerous years due to his freelance exposure of government corruption across the globe in numerous governments, particularly the United States of America.
Mr. Assange has been a whistleblower for the people - the people afraid of their own governments.
POTUS Obama enacted specific policies to protect whistleblowers when normal avenues of reporting fraud, waste, and abuse have been exhausted or are unrealistic.
US government policies have made him a virtual prisoner for years now, merely for following Obama's policies.
His efforts prevented the POTUS election of 2016 from being stolen by government corruption.
He has committed no crime, except exposing sensitive corruption.