Julian Assange, the founder of Wiki leaks currently being held in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, has stated on Monday August 18th that he could be “leaving soon” following two years of being granted refugee status by the nation of Ecuador. Mr. Assange, who is wanted in Sweden on accusations of sex assaults by two different woman is facing extradition to Stockholm and then possibly to the United States following a document dump of military cables in 2010 which caused controversy all around the world but most notably in Western countries like the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany, along with the middle eastern country of Saudi Arabia.

At the press conference on Monday the 18th, Mr. Assange stated with Ecuadorian Foreign minister Ricardo Patino by his side that, “I can confirm that I am leaving the embassy soon”, but Mr. Assange did not go into greater detail with what soon meant.

Mr. Assange was granted refugee status by the Ecuadorian in 2012 after he was accused of sex assault in Sweden and which requested that he be extradited to Stockholm to faces charges or to possibly be extradited to the United States to face charges following a document dump in 2010 of classified United States military documents.

Wiki Leaks gained worldwide attention in 2010 when a 22 year old United States army intelligence specialist, Bradley Manning provided Wiki leaks with classified documents, which then ultimately dumped the documents onto its website making it public for everyone to see. Manning was then sentenced to 35 years in prison for providing Wiki leaks with various classified documents. Among the most notable documents that he provided was a video of an Apache helicopter shooting and killing two Reuters journalist and also children during a United States military operation in 2010 in Baghdad.

Along with the United States military documents, the documents also show the fractious relationship between many of the Western allies specifically the United States’ relationship with Angel Merkel and Germany. More than 250,000 classified cables were leaked starting in November of 2010.

Specifics about why Mr. Assange may be leaving the embassy soon were not immediately known but it has been reported that he may be suffering from heart and lung problems which could require future hospitalization. Manning was sentenced on August 21st 2013 to 35 years in prison, a third of which is a mandatory sentence.