It wasn't dropped: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48253343
They did temporarily while he was hiding in the embassy (again, he was hiding from Sweden, not the US -- Obama didn't try to arrest him, Sweden did, and Assange ran), but now that he's out of hiding, it's reopened. David On Wed, Jul 7, 2021, 2:31 AM Peter Fairbrother <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/07/2021 09:27, David Barrett wrote: > > > (Though Assange is actually imprisoned in the UK for skipping bail by > > hiding out in the Ecuadorian embassy for years to avoid rape charges -- > > which is a completely different matter that still needs to be settled.) > > Perhaps so in actuality, but in law he has already served his sentence > for breaking bail. > > At present he is detained pending an appeal by the US against the > refusal of his extradition. Unsurprisingly he is considered a flight > risk, and has been refused bail. > > > Peter Fairbrother > > > > >
