Tag Archives: Julian Assange

  • Ecuadorian court revokes citizenship for Julian Assange 28 July 2021 This post has no comments yet

    Ecuador has revoked the citizenship of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who is currently in a British prison. Ecuador’s justice system formally notified the Australian of the nullity of his naturalization in a letter. ...

  • Edward Snowden says Julian Assange ‘could be next’ after John McAfee dies by suicide in jail 25 June 2021 | Azmi Haroun This post has no comments yet

    Former NSA consultant and data privacy advocate Edward Snowden tweeted on Wednesday that Julian Assange "could be next," after antivirus mogul John McAfee died by apparent suicide in a Barcelona prison cell. ...

  • Biden administration plans to continue to seek extradition of WikiLeaks’ Assange 10 February 2021 | Mark Hosenball This post has no comments yet

    President Joe Biden’s administration plans to continue to seek to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States to face hacking conspiracy charges, the US Justice Department said. ...

  • UK judge refuses US extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange 4 January 2021 | Jill Lawless This post has no comments yet

    A British judge on Monday rejected the United States’ request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges over the publication of secret US documents a decade ago, saying he was likely to kill himself. ...

  • Coronavirus forces delay in US extradition case against Assange 27 April 2020 This post has one comment

    Hearings in the US extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not go ahead next month as scheduled because of the coronavirus lockdown which prevents lawyers from attending court, a British judge decided. ...

  • Trump ‘offered pardon’ to Assange if he denied Russia leak, court hears 20 February 2020 This post has one comment

    US President Donald Trump promised to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he denied Russia leaked emails of his 2016 election rival's campaign, a London court was told on Wednesday. ...

  • Sweden drops probe into rape allegations against Julian Assange 19 November 2019 | Johannes Ledel This post has no comments yet

    Swedish prosecutors said Tuesday they have dropped their investigation into jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a 2010 rape allegation, even though they found the plaintiff's claim "credible". ...

  • Confused Assange in UK court ahead of extradition hearing 21 October 2019 | James Pheby This post has 2 comments

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in public for the first time in six months on Monday, seeming frail and confused during a British court appearance ahead of his extradition hearing. ...

  • Assange faces US extradition hearing in London 14 June 2019 | Dmitry Zaks This post has no comments yet

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday faces his first British court hearing since the US submitted a formal extradition request on espionage charges that have upset defenders of freedom ...

  • Assange suffering ‘psychological torture’: UN expert 1 June 2019 | Nina Larson This post has no comments yet

    Julian Assange has been subjected to drawn-out "psychological torture", a UN rights expert said Friday, accusing the United States, Britain, Ecuador and Sweden of "collective persecution" of ...