Which country granted citizenship to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks?

United Kingdom

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Ecuador

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Sweden

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South Korea

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Solution

The correct option is B Ecuador
Ecuador had granted citizenship to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in an attempt to resolve the political impasse over his continued presence in the United Kingdom (UK). Ecuador Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa informed that Assange, who is an Australian, became an Ecuadoran citizen on December 12, 2017. This news was announced on January 12, 2018. Assange has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012, when he was faced with extradition to Sweden for allegedly sexually assaulting two women.

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