Raindance film festival jury to include Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder could follow example of Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi by making video-link appearance WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to join the jury for this year's Raindance film festival . Raindance revealed the high-profile addition on Twitter . Assange remains at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has claimed political asylum since last summer in order to avoid extradition