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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sees legal defence in politics: report

Associated Press | Monday February 18, 2013

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange regards his bid to become an Australian senator as a defence against potential criminal prosecution in the United States and Britain, a news website reported on Monday.

Ex-supporter Jemima Khan says Julian Assange has alienated allies

Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 7, 2013

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange risks turning from a popular hero into an L. Ron Hubbard figure, tolerating only "blinkered, cultish devotion", said one of his former backers Jemima Khan.

Julian Assange to run for Australian senate: WikiLeaks

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday January 30, 2013

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will run for a seat in the Australian Senate during this year's elections, his organisation announced on Wednesday, with his mother saying he would be "awesome" in the role.

Julian Assange hits out at WikiLeaks movie

Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 24, 2013

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hit out on Wednesday at a Hollywood film about his secret-spilling website, calling the movie "a massive propaganda attack".

WikiLeaks to release files on 'every country' in 2013: Julian Assange

Agence France-Presse | Friday December 21, 2012

WikiLeaks will release one million documents next year affecting every country in the world, founder Julian Assange said in a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lung infection: Ecuadorean ambassador

Associated Press | Thursday November 29, 2012

Ecuador's ambassador to Britain says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has developed a chronic lung infection and requires constant medical attention at his refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

Julian Assange says victorious Barack Obama 'wolf in sheep's clothing'

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday November 7, 2012

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday described re-elected US President Barack Obama as a "wolf in sheep's clothing" and said he expected his government to continue attacking the anti-secrecy website.

Ecuador seeks safe passage for Julian Assange from embassy to hospital

Reuters | Wednesday October 24, 2012

Ecuador is worried about the health of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and has asked Britain to guarantee him safe passage from its London embassy to a hospital if he needs medical treatment, a senior Ecuadorean diplomat said in Moscow.

WikiLeaks founder Assange's bail guarantors ordered to pay out

Reuters | Monday October 8, 2012

Nine people who put up bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, including two members of the British aristocracy and a Nobel Prize winner, were ordered to pay 93,000 pounds on Monday after Assange took refuge in Ecuador's embassy.

Julian Assange's lawyers look to sue Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard

Agence France-Presse | Monday October 8, 2012

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in an interview published on Monday that he has hired a legal team to establish whether he has a case to sue Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard for defamation.

Britain spending 11,000 pounds a day to keep Assange holed up

Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 2, 2012

It costs a whopping 11,000 pounds a day for Britain to ensure that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy here, does not flee the country.

Julian Assange reveals life inside 'space station' embassy

Agence France-Presse | Monday October 1, 2012

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is certain he will one day go to Ecuador, he said in an interview published on Sunday, describing his life in the Ecuadoran embassy in London as "like being in a space station".

Ecuador says ready to shelter Assange for years

Agence France-Presse | Thursday September 27, 2012

Ecuador said on Wednesday that it is prepared to shelter Julian Assange inside its London embassy for years if necessary as it negotiates the WikiLeaks founder's fate with Britain and Sweden.

WikiLeaks' Assange mocks Obama via video at UN event

Reuters | Thursday September 27, 2012

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaking via a choppy video feed from his virtual house arrest in London, lashed out at US President Barack Obama on Wednesday for supporting freedom of speech in the Middle East while simultaneously "persecuting" hi...

Protecting WikiLeaks colleagues is top goal: Julian Assange

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 18, 2012

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, still holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London, said his number one goal is to protect colleagues at the controversial website from "any possible attack" by the United States.