Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appears at the window of the Ecuadorian embassy in London over the weekend.<br/> <br />Wednesday marks the one year anniversary of Assange's successful asylum bid here to avoid extradition to Sweden to answer questions on sexual assault claims.<br/> <br />The 41 year old fears if Sweden will hand him over to U.S. authorities, who would try him for helping facilitate one of the largest information leaks in U.S. history.<br/> <br />In an off-camera interview with Reuters a year after he took refuge within these walls, Assange said he remained hopeful he would eventually leave, although he did not expect it would happen in the short term.<br/> <br />WikiLeaks began releasing thousands of confidential U.S. documents on the Internet in 2010.<br/> <br />Supporters say revealing the information was in the public interest, while critics say it jeopardised lives and national security.<br/> <br />The court martial of Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier accused of providing reams of classified m
