France rejects Assange's asylum

 Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange refused asylum in France. Seek refuge in the country, Assange wrote an open letter to the president on Friday. But a few hours after President Francois Hollande's office, his application was rejected. AFP.

The French president's office said in a statement, Julian is the immediate risk. The European arrest warrant against him there.

Over the three years of the Ecuadorian embassy in London Assange has published an open letter widely circulated low Monde newspaper in France. He said he was a journalist. Assange said in the letter, because of their profession, from the US authorities have threatened to kill.

The 44 years old Australian citizen, Assange said. Rape and sexual assault were filed against him in Sweden. The authorities want him to stand trial. But Assange's claim, the case will be handed over to the United States was the motivated and Sweden. Tens of thousands of secret US diplomatic documents leaked by the WikiLeaks uproar led to the death will be given.