The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Is France really about to grant political asylum to Julian Assange? A rash of headlines in the French press have focused on the possibility of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being given asylum in France - so what's really going on? https://www.thelocal.fr/20200820/is-france-about-to-grant-political-asylum-to-julian-assange Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:40:07 +0200 is-france-about-to-grant-political-asylum-to-julian-assange 'Hollande stabbed me in back': Julian Assange WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claimed in an interview published Friday that President Francois Hollande "stabbed me in the back" by rejecting his request for asylum in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150918/assange-french-president-stabbed-me-in-back Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:35:02 +0200 assange-french-president-stabbed-me-in-back France says 'non' to Assange asylum plea Still wanted in Sweden over sex allegations, the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange asked France's president François Hollande to grant him asylum on Friday. But his request was quickly rejected. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150703/wikileaks-founder-assange-asks-france-for-asylum Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:13:59 +0200 wikileaks-founder-assange-asks-france-for-asylum