Julian Assange

Julian Assange
An activist holds a placard next to others while forming a human chain calling for the freedom of the international non-profit organisation`WikiLeaks` founder Julian Assange, in Dhaka on 23 April 2019. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange`s seven-year hideout in Ecuador`s London embassy dramatically ended on 11 April when British police dragged him out and arrested him on a US extradition request. Photo: AFP

Secrets vs press freedom: the US case against Julian Assange

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose extradition to the United States was approved by Britain on Friday, faces charges of espionage in a case that could prove an unprecedented legal battle pitting ...

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UK court formally issues order to extradite Assange to US

The ruling Wednesday by a magistrate in central London brings the long-running legal saga in the UK courts closer to a conclusion.

WikiLeaks' Assange to marry in prison

WikiLeaks' Assange to marry in prison

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his fiancee Stella Moris are to marry on Wednesday, at the high-security London prison where he is being held during his extradition case

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's father John Shipton is seen outside the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court ahead of a hearing to decide whether Assange should be extradited to the United States, in London, Britain, 8 September 2020.

Assange's 11-year battle to escape extradition to US

Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing extradition to the United States for the 2010 publication of thousands of leaked classified documents

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's father John Shipton is seen outside the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court ahead of a hearing to decide whether Assange should be extradited to the United States, in London, Britain, 8 September 2020.

US govt wins appeal against block on Assange extradition

The US government on Friday won an appeal against a London court ruling that had blocked the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Britain

US lawyers tell UK court Assange should be extradited

US lawyers tell UK court Assange should be extradited

Lawyers for the United States launched a fresh attempt on Wednesday to have Julian Assange extradited from Britain, arguing that concerns around the WikiLeaks founder's mental health should not ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he is driven out of Southwark Crown Court in London on 1 May 2019, after having been sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012. Photo: AFP

Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for Democratic emails

US president Donald Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange if the WikiLeaks founder provided the source for the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails before the 2016 US presidential ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's father John Shipton is seen outside the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court ahead of a hearing to decide whether Assange should be extradited to the United States, in London, Britain, 8 September 2020.

Assange warned he will be removed from extradition hearings if outbursts continue

Assange and WikiLeaks enraged the US government a decade ago by publishing thousands of secret American documents. Assange's supporters see him as a champion of free speech exposing abuses of power ...

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain, 13 January 2020.

UK judge rejects Assange bid to delay US extradition case

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who is fighting to avoid extradition to the United States from Britain, failed on Monday in a bid to further delay hearings that resumed after a pause of months ...

In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the embassy of Ecuador in London.

Assange's legal fight to avoid US espionage trial resumes in London

Assange made international headlines in 2010 when WikiLeaks published a US military video showing a 2007 attack by Apache helicopters in Baghdad that killed a dozen people, including two Reuters news ...

In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the embassy of Ecuador in London.

'Assange fathered two children in Ecuador embassy'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with one of his lawyers while holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for much of the past decade, a report on Sunday said.

Julian Assange: From political asylum to prison

Julian Assange: From political asylum to prison

Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing extradition to the United States for the 2010 publication of thousands of leaked classified documents.A British judge is to begin hearing the case ...

Pink Floyd co-founder joins Assange supporters in London protest march

Pink Floyd co-founder joins Assange supporters in London protest march

Hundreds of people including Roger Waters, co-founder of the Pink Floyd rock group, and designer Vivienne Westwood, marched through central London on Saturday demanding that jailed Wikileaks founder ...

US charges Assange with violating Espionage Act

US charges Assange with violating Espionage Act

The Justice Department on Thursday charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with violating the US Espionage Act by publishing military and diplomatic files in 2010, rejecting his claim that he is a ...

Assange faces hearing in UK over US deportation request

Assange faces hearing in UK over US deportation request

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces an initial hearing in London on Thursday over an extradition request from the United States, a day after he was jailed for 50 weeks for jumping bail.The US ...

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