Assange persecuted "for doing journalism": Wikileaks editor Editor in Chief of Wikileaks Kristinn Hrafnsson says that Julian Assange is "facing political persecution for doing journalism" and calls on "everybody who wants the press to be free" to "consider the implication of this case". WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's seven-year hideout in Ecuador's London embassy ended spectacularly when British police arrested him on an extradition request from the United States. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of Kristinn Hrafnsson, Editor in Chief of Wikileaks