Protestors and the press gathered outside Southwark Crown Court this afternoon (May 1) after Julian Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison.<br /><br />The Wikileaks founder was charged with breaching his bail conditions, prompting the sentence. <br /><br />Assange sought refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy for seven years but his asylum was revoked by the Ecuadorian government and was promptly arrested on April 11.