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In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from a balcony at the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: AFP

Julian assange

Assange case remains threat to investigative journalism: analysts

By AFP

Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, called Baraitser's agreement with the US indictment of Assange 'deeply...

  • Timeline on Julian Assange, the Australian founder of WikiLeaks

    Timeline on Julian Assange, the Australian founder of WikiLeaks. A British judge on Monday ruled that he should not be extradited to the US to face espionage charges.

    108 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange raises his fist prior to addressing the media on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: AFP.

    UK court rejects Assange's extradition to US

    District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said the 49-year-old Australian publisher faced 'oppressive' conditions in maximum-security isolation if detained in the US.

    109 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from a balcony at the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: AFP

    No decision on Assange extradition before US vote - UK judge

    Julian Assange faces 18 charges in the US relating to the 2010 release by WikiLeaks of 500,000 secret files detailing aspects of military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.

    210 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from a balcony at the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: AFP

    Virus scare halts Assange extradition hearing

    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who was not in court on Thursday, has repeatedly raised fears about catching the virus in the high-security prison in southeast London where he is being held on remand.

    225 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from a balcony at the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: AFP

    Assange extradition hearing to resume in London

    The hearing at the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, is due to last three to four weeks. It had been due to go ahead in April but was delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

    229 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange raises his fist prior to addressing the media on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: AFP

    Assange complains he cannot follow US extradition hearing

    Assange (48) faces 18 counts in the US including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law for publishing thousands of classified diplomatic cables. He faces decades in prison if convicted.

    422 days ago
  • FILE: Julian Assange is wanted in the United States on 18 counts, including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law. Picture: AFP

    WikiLeaks' Assange may seek asylum in France – lawyer

    Dupond-Moretti told Europe 1 radio that Assange’s legal team would be in contact with French President Emmanuel Macron to make the case for Assange to get asylum in France.

    427 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange raises his fist prior to addressing the media on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: AFP.

    Swedish prosecutor drops Assange rape investigation

    The decision likely ends the threat of extradition to Sweden for the whistleblower, who is wanted by the US on espionage charges and is currently being held at a British high-security prison.

    521 days ago
  • Demonstrators hold placards calling for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be freed and not extradited to the US outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London on 21 October 2019 ahead of a case management hearing in Assange's case. Picture: AFP

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, minus beard, appears in London court

    Assange, 48, faces 18 counts in the US including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law. He could spend decades in prison if convicted.

    550 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from a balcony at the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: AFP

    UK court sets Assange US extradition hearing for February 2020

    Assange (47) faces 18 counts in the US including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law. He could spend decades in prison if convicted.

    679 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange raises his fist prior to addressing the media on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: AFP

    British govt rubber-stamps US extradition request for Julian Assange

    The 47-year-old was due to appear in a London court later Friday via video link, as he sought to avoid being forcibly taken to the US.

    679 days ago
  • US actress Pamela Anderson. Picture: AFP

    Pamela Anderson wants Kim Kardashian West to help Julian Assange

    Asked if she wanted the Kardashian to help Assange, Anderson said: "He needs all the help he can get."

    687 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 1 May 2019 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he is driven into Southwark Crown Court in London, before being sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012. Picture: AFP

    WikiLeaks's Assange too ill to appear via video link in extradition hearing

    The United States has requested the extradition of Assange, who was dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London on 11 April.

    694 days ago
  • FILE: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures during a press conference inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on 18 August, 2014 where Assange has been holed up for two years. Picture: AFP

    US charges Julian Assange with violating Espionage Act

    The department unveiled 17 new charges against Assange, accusing him of directing and abetting intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in stealing secret US files, and also recklessly exposing confidential sources in the Middle East and China who were named in the files.

    701 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from a balcony at the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: AFP

    Swedish prosecutor requests Assange's detention over rape allegation

    If granted, the court order would be the first step in a process to have Assange extradited from Britain, where he is serving a 50-week sentence for skipping bail.

    704 days ago
  • Timeline on Julian Assange after Swedish authorities reopened a 2010 rape investigation against the WikiLeaks founder. Picture: AFP

    Key moments in the life of Julian Assange

    Timeline on Julian Assange after Swedish authorities reopened a 2010 rape investigation against the WikiLeaks founder.

    710 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 19 May 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from a balcony at the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: AFP

    Sweden reopens Assange rape investigation, to seek extradition

    The United States is also seeking his extradition on conspiracy charges relating to the public release by Wikileaks of a cache of secret documents.

    711 days ago
  • FILE: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Picture: AFP

    Pamela Anderson visits Assange in prison

    British police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the embassy in April after Ecuador withdrew his asylum after seven years.

    717 days ago
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