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August 11, 2010: Assange Arrives in Stockholm for Speech, Stays at Flat of Woman Who Will Later Be Involved in Sexual Assault Allegations

2010-08-11

Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange arrives in Stockholm, Sweden, to give a speech at the invitation of Sweden’s Social Democratic Party. The event is organized by 31-year-old Anna Ardin, press secretary of the Brotherhood Movement, an adjunct of the Social Democratic Party. Ardin invites Assange to stay at her flat while she visits her family for a few days out in the country. [TNN, 12/9/2010]