Julian Assange

Julian Assange's Jailing "Undermines" UK On Press Freedom: Wikileaks

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 1, 2021

The continued imprisonment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has damaged Britain's record on press freedom, the website's editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said on Friday.

US Continues To Seek Extradition Of Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange

World News | ANI | Saturday February 13, 2021

The US Justice Department is continuing efforts to seek the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, spokesperson Nicole Navas told Sputnik.

Nirav Modi's Lawyers Cite Julian Assange Example To Block Extradition

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 7, 2021

Nirav Modi's lawyer raised a British court's judgment blocking the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US on mental health grounds, as the embattled diamond merchant appeared via video link before a court in London on Thursday for a two-day hearing of final submissions in his fight against being extradited to India.

UK Court Denies Bail To Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange

World News | Reuters | Wednesday January 6, 2021

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will have to remain in custody in Britain, pending a US appeal of the decision to block his extradition to face charges for leaking secret documents, a judge in London ruled Wednesday.

UK Court To Hear Bail Plea For WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday January 6, 2021

Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will on Wednesday argue he should be released from a British prison on bail, pending Washington's appeal against a decision not to extradite him to the United States.

UK Judge Rejects Julian Assange's Extradition To US

World News | Reuters | Tuesday January 5, 2021

A British judge ruled on Monday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges including breaking a spying law, saying his mental health problems meant he would be at risk of suicide.

Mexico Offers Julian Assange Political Asylum After UK Blocks Extradition

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday January 4, 2021

Mexico on Monday offered political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, after a British judge blocked his extradition to the United States to face espionage charges.

Julian Assange Can't Be Extradited To US, Says British Court

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday January 4, 2021

A British judge on Monday blocked WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the United States to face espionage charges, finding he was at serious risk of suicide.

Julian Assange Faces UK Court Ruling On Extradition To US

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday January 4, 2021

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a UK court ruling on Monday over whether he should be extradited to the United States on espionage charges for publishing hundreds of thousands of secret documents online.

Julian Assange Says He "Hears Voices" In Prison: Psychiatrist

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 22, 2020

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange complained of hearing imaginary voices and music while detained in a high-security British prison, a psychiatrist who has interviewed him told his extradition hearing on Tuesday.

Trump Ally Offered To Arrange Pardon For Julian Assange: Lawyer

World News | Reuters | Friday September 18, 2020

A lawyer for Julian Assange told a London court on Friday that she was present when an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump offered to arrange a pardon for the WikiLeaks founder in return for information that would "benefit President Trump politically".

Wikileaks Acted In Public Interest, "Pentagon Papers" Leaker Tells Julian Assange Hearing

World News | Reuters | Thursday September 17, 2020

The man who leaked the "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War defended Julian Assange at his London extradition hearing on Wednesday, saying WikiLeaks had acted in the public interest and warning Assange would not get a fair trial in the United States.

Trump Targeting WikiLeaks' Julian Assange As Political Enemy: UK Court Told

World News | Reuters | Thursday September 10, 2020

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted by the United States because he is a "political enemy" of President Donald Trump, his London extradition hearing was told on Wednesday.

Julian Assange In UK Court To Fight US Extradition Bid

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday September 7, 2020

Supporters of Julian Assange on Monday protested outside a London courtroom, calling for the WikiLeaks founder not to be extradited to the United States for leaking secrets about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Assange Will Never Have Fair Trial Chance In UK, US: Ex-Ecuadorian Consul

World News | ANI | Friday August 14, 2020

Former Ecuadorian Consul in London Fidel Narvaez told Sputnik ahead of Friday's administrative hearing in Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's extradition case that the whistleblower will never get a fair trial either in the UK or in the United States.