WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walks free after reaching plea deal in USA
Jun 26, 2024, at 03:32 pm
Taking a new turn in his life, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday walked free for the first time in 12 years after a US judge signed off on his plea deal, media reports said.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves UK following US plea deal
Jun 25, 2024, at 02:42 pm
Ending the legal saga, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has finally left the UK after he reached a deal with the US authorities that will enable him to plead guilty to criminal charges and go free.
US: Elon Musk polls Twitter users on exiled whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Julian Assange
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:10 pm
Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has started a poll, asking the users whether whistle-blower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange should be pardoned.
UK judge rules against extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US
Jan 05, 2021, at 12:21 am
London/Sputnik: UK district judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled on Monday against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he could face up to 175 years in jail for the publication of classified information on the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as thousands of US diplomatic cables between 2010 and 2011.
UN independent expert asks outgoing US president: Pardon Wikileaks’ Assange
Dec 23, 2020, at 04:12 pm
New York: In an open letter to Donald Trump on Tuesday, an independent UN human rights expert asked the departing United States President to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Independent UN expert calls for Julian Assange’s release, cites prison’s COVID outbreak
Dec 09, 2020, at 05:21 pm
New York: Amid a COVID-19 outbreak at London’s Belmarsh prison, an independent UN expert appealed to British authorities on Tuesday to release Julian Assange or to place him under guarded house arrest during extradition proceedings to the United States.
Extradition hearing against WikiLeaks founder opens in London's Old Bailey
Sep 08, 2020, at 03:33 pm
London/Xinhua: An extradition hearing opened on Monday at the Old Bailey courthouse in London against WikiLeaks founder, Australian Julian Assange.
WikiLeaks says about 40 activists prevented from accessing Asange's extradition hearing
Sep 07, 2020, at 11:07 pm
London/Sputnik: The WikiLeaks whistleblowing organization said Monday, citing unconfirmed reports, that about 40 activists lost their remote access to the extradition hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Rally in support of Assange gathers in London ahead of court hearings
Feb 22, 2020, at 10:56 pm
London/Sputnik: A large rally in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange began in London ahead of court hearings on his extradition to the United States, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene.
Swedish authorities drop investigation against Julian Assange
Nov 19, 2019, at 09:42 pm
London/IBNS: Swedish authorities have announced that they are ending all investigations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in connection with the rape allegation, media reports said.
Swedish prosecutor wants to question WikiLeaks founder Assange in UK - Swedish Ambassador
Jul 31, 2019, at 03:34 pm
Moscow, Jul 31 (Sputnik/UNI) A Swedish prosecutor wants to speak with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the United Kingdom, the investigation of rape allegations against him is ongoing, Swedish Ambassador to Russia Peter Ericson told Sputnik.
WikiLeaks: US justice department delivers Assange's extradition request to UK authorities
Jun 11, 2019, at 05:44 pm
Washington, Jun 11 (Sputnik/UNI) The US Justice Department delivered a formal request to UK authorities for WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange's, extradition, US government official said.
Jun 01, 2019, at 07:23 am
New York, June 1 (IBNS): After visiting Julian Assange in a London prison, an independent UN human rights expert expressed urgent concern on Friday, for the Wikileaks co-founder’s well-being, accusing “a group of democratic States” of “ganging up” on the prisoner to “isolate, demonize and abuse” him and warned against extraditing the controversial publisher to the United States.
WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief slams Ecuador for making Assange's life in Embassy 'miserable'
May 04, 2019, at 03:56 pm
MOSCOW, May 4 (Sputnik/UNI) WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson slammed Ecuador, in his interview for German Der Spiegel newspaper, for doing everything to make the life of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who had been residing in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London from 2012 and until his recent arrest, "miserable."
WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief slams Assange's sentence as 'vindictive in nature'
May 02, 2019, at 09:55 am
Moscow, May 1 (Sputnik/UNI) WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson slammed on Wednesday the 50-weeks prison sentence given to Julian Assange as "outrageous" and "vindictive."
Julian Assange to be sentenced in UK court at 9:30 GMT on Wednesday over bail breach - WikiLeaks
May 01, 2019, at 09:47 am
Moscow, Apr 30 (Sputnik/UNI) Julian Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks whistleblowing website, will be sentenced at 9:30 GMT on Wednesday at Southwark Crown Court over breaching bail conditions, WikiLeaks said.
WikiLeaks denies 'insurance' file dump after Assange’s arrest
Apr 14, 2019, at 06:53 pm
Moscow, Apr 14 (Sputnik/UNI) The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has denied speculation that it released "insurance" files as a way of putting pressure on those holding its founder, Julian Assange.
UN experts warn Assange arrest exposes him to risk of serious human rights violations
Apr 12, 2019, at 08:48 am
New York, Apr 12 (IBNS): Independent UN rights experts on Thursday said the arrest of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange by police in the United Kingdom, after the Ecuadorian Government decided to stop granting him asylum in their London embassy, exposed him to “the risk of serious human rights violations”, if extradited to the United States.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London
Apr 11, 2019, at 03:46 pm
London, Apr 11 (IBNS): Police arrested Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuador Embassy here today, Metropolitan Police said.
Wikileaks says Assange under extensive surveillance inside Ecuadorian Embassy in London
Apr 10, 2019, at 04:52 pm
Moscow, Apr 10 (Sputnik/UNI) Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks whistleblowing website, is being spied on inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been residing for the last several years, the website's Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said on Wednesday.
Assange faces cruel, degrading treatment if turned over to US: UN Torture Expert
Apr 06, 2019, at 07:00 am
Washington, Apr 5 (Sputnik/UNI) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces the prospect of cruel and degrading treatment if he is expelled from Ecuador's embassy in the United Kingdom and deported to the United States, UN special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer warned in a press release on Friday.
Julian Assange calls Pamela Anderson ' attractive personality'
Feb 16, 2017, at 02:57 pm
Los Angeles, Feb 16 (IBNS): Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said actress Pamela Anderson has an attractive personality.