Assange

• WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange files fresh appeal against extradition to U.S.

  Assange remains in London's high-security Belmarsh Prison, where he has been since he was arrested in 2019 for skipping bail during a separate legal battle.

  World

  Jul 1, 2022
  
• Julian Assange extradition hearing paused over fears lawyer exposed to coronavirus

  Assange is fighting American prosecutors' attempt to get the British government to send him to the U.S. to stand trial on spying charges.

  World

  Sep 10, 2020
  
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• Spanish court to hear testimony on whether Julian Assange was spied on

  The court is conducting an investigation, begun last year, before deciding whether there is evidence of wrongdoing that warrants a trial.

  World

  Jul 27, 2020
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• Wikileaks founder Julian Assange faces new U.S. indictment alleging hacker recruitment

  The superseding indictment does not contain additional charges beyond the 18 counts the Justice Department unsealed last year.

  World

  Jun 24, 2020
• New FBI documents show communication between Roger Stone, Wikileaks’ Julian Assange

  The records reveal the extent of communications between Stone and Assange, whose anti-secrecy website published Democratic emails hacked by Russians during the 2016 presidential election.

  World

  Apr 29, 2020
• Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange if he denied Russian meddling, lawyer says

  Assange's lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald, alleged in a London court that the pardon would be granted if Assange would admitted to Russia having nothing to do with WikiLeaks' publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016,

  Feb 19, 2020
• Wikileaks founder Julian Assange loses court delay bid in U.S. extradition fight

  U.S. authorities accuse Assange of scheming with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to break a password for a classified government computer.

  World

  Oct 21, 2019
• Sweden reopens rape case against Julian Assange

  The Swedish move would leave British authorities to decide whether to extradite Assange to Sweden or to the United States

  World

  May 13, 2019
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• Britain should oppose Julian Assange extradition to U.S., Labour Party says

  Key figures in Britain's opposition Labour Party said Friday the government should oppose the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.

  World

  Apr 12, 2019
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• Villain or victim of a smear campaign? Julian Assange’s complicated history

  Some have decried the WikiLeaks founder's arrest as a violation of human rights and a violation of his right to free speech.

  Politics

  Apr 11, 2019