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After London’s High Court ruled that Julian Assange can appeal an extradition order by the U.S. on Tuesday, the WikiLeaks founder’s wife urged the Biden administration to “drop this shameful case” altogether.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition hearing began on Tuesday in London, as he faces what could be his last legal battle to prevent his extradition from Britain to the United States. Supporters of Assange protested in several cities, including Brussels, Berlin, and Rome, forming a human chain between the U.S. and British embassies in Berlin.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is making a last-ditch effort to save himself from extradition. Redmond Shannon joins Antony Robart with the latest.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced on Tuesday from the Ecuadorian embassy in London that the group is planning to publish material by the end of year which could affect “three powerful organizations in three different states”, plus information that would expose the American electoral process.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reaffirmed claims that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency lost control of its hacking tools in what he called a “historic act of devastating incompetence.”

Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, said he will let the Department of Justice comment on any legal repercussions to any individual or entity who obtains classified documents from WikiLeaks. Spicer’s comment comes after allegations of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claiming he would work with tech companies on obtaining the leaked CIA documents.

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange said on Friday he was prepared to talk to Britain and the United States after Sweden dropped a probe into an allegation of rape against him, but he defended his right to remain in Ecuador’s embassy in London.

A pro-Wikileaks protester was arrested outside the Magistrate in Edcuador as the police van transporting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange departed Thursday morning following his arrest and charges.

The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, charged with a single count of conspiracy, may be a strategy to avoid running afoul of press freedom protections, some legal experts say.

After seven years living inside Ecuador’s embassy, WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is in jail. He was arrested, initially on a charge of skipping bail, and found a few hours later. But as Redmond Shannon reports, Assange’s greater fear is being extradited to the U.S., to face conspiracy charges for releasing classified information.

Hillary Clinton, who had her hacked emails published by Wikileaks, has weighed in on the arrest of its founder, Julian Assange. Supporters of Assange are also speaking out, as Assange’s attorneys vow to fight his extradition to the United States.

Hillary Clinton, who had her hacked emails published by Wikileaks, has weighed in on the arrest of its founder, Julian Assange. Supporters of Assange are also speaking out, as Assange’s attorneys vow to fight his extradition to the United States.

The Australian government has ruled out an intervention in a potential U.S. extradition of Australian citizen Julian Assange on a charge of computer intrusion conspiracy.

Protesters calling for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange blocked a road near a London court on Thursday (May 2), where a request by the United States to extradite him for one of the biggest ever leaks of classified information was heard earlier.

A ruling from Britain’s High Court paves the way for Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States, overturning a previous court decision declaring the WikiLeaks founder to be a suicide risk. Redmond Shannon explains why Assange wouldn’t face the strictest detention measures in the U.S., and what’s next for him.

Joining a protest outside the U.K. Royal Courts of Justice on Wednesday, Julian Assange’s partner, Stella Moris, asked that the court deny a new request by U.S. lawyers that he be extradited. She called on the court to “end this nightmare.”

Hearings in the U.S. extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not go ahead next month as scheduled because of the coronavirus lockdown, a British judge decided on Monday. Forty-eight-year-old Assange is being held at London’s Belmarsh Prison where he’s fighting a request by the United States to send him to stand trial on...

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, appeared in court in London, England on Monday for an extradition hearing that was delayed due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Assange is seeking to avoid extradition to the U.S. to face criminal charges over his website’s activities. His father on Monday criticized the case, calling it a “fraud against...

Supporters of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange celebrated outside a court in London on Monday after a British judge ruled he should not be extradited to the United States. U.S. authorities accused Assange of breaking spying laws, and 18 counts relating to the release by WikiLeaks of vast troves of confidential U.S. military records and...

A United Nations panel has sided with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, finding him of being illegally detained in London, but the British government says the finding doesn’t change anything. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.