--- description: Questions from Swedish authorities will be put to him at Ecuador's London embassy, where he has lived since 2012 title: Julian Assange to Answer Questions on Rape Allegations image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d03b337b6c833b0/698879f1f887dc6300e943b8/453772860.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [U.K.](/tag/u-k/) ## U.K. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Julian Assange Is to Answer Questions on Rape Allegations From Swedish Authorities by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 21, 2016 7:05 AM CUT  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at a press conference inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Aug. 18, 2014 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at a press conference inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Aug. 18, 2014John Stillwell—AFP/Getty Images by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 21, 2016 7:05 AM CUT WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will [answer](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-sweden-assange-idUSKCN0UY2IO "undefined") questions about rape and assault allegations from Swedish authorities, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa said Wednesday. The questions will be put to him by Ecuadorian officials at the country’s London embassy, where Assange, a 44-year-old Australian, has been living under protection since 2012, Reuters reported. Assange sought asylum at the embassy in London’s Knightsbridge to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is accused of committing crimes against two women. He has vigorously denied the allegations and has said that if he surrenders to Swedish authorities he will in turn be extradited to the U.S., where he may be charged with [publishing](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2006558%5F2006562%5F2006567,00.html "undefined") classified military and diplomatic documents on WikiLeaks. Correa said that Assange will be answering questions about the assault allegations in the next few days. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-sweden-assange-idUSKCN0UY2IO "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4188185/julian-assange-wikileaks-ecuador-embassy-sweden/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4188185/julian-assange-wikileaks-ecuador-embassy-sweden/"},"headline":"Julian Assange Is to Answer Questions on Rape Allegations From Swedish Authorities","datePublished":"2016-01-21T07:05:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:18:46.613Z","description":"A questionnaire will be presented to him at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been given asylum since 2012","url":"https://time.com/4188185/julian-assange-wikileaks-ecuador-embassy-sweden/","keywords":["U.K.","sweden","Julian Assange","WikiLeaks","Embassy","Ecuador"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d03b337b6c833b0/698879f1f887dc6300e943b8/453772860.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark Rivett-Carnac","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d03b337b6c833b0/698879f1f887dc6300e943b8/453772860.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-SWEDEN-ECUADOR-US-ASSAULT-ASSANGE","caption":"BRITAIN-SWEDEN-ECUADOR-US-ASSAULT-ASSANGE","creditText":"John Stillwell—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/u-k/","name":"U.K."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4188185/julian-assange-wikileaks-ecuador-embassy-sweden/","name":"Julian Assange Is to Answer Questions on Rape Allegations From Swedish Authorities"}}]}] ```