Wikileaks

How Ecuador, Russia Planned To Help Julian Assange Escape From UK

World News | Reuters | Saturday September 22, 2018

Ecuador in 2017 gave Wikileaks founder Julian Assange a diplomatic post in Russia but rescinded it after Britain refused to give him diplomatic immunity, according to an Ecuadorean government document seen by Reuters.

Julian Assange Considering Offer To Appear Before US Senate Committee

World News | Reuters | Thursday August 9, 2018

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in Ecuador's London embassy for six years, is considering an offer to appear before a U.S. Senate committee to discuss alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, his lawyer said on Thursday.

How The Russians Hacked Democrats And Passed Emails To Wikileaks

World News | Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post | Saturday July 14, 2018

On a late July day in 2016, Donald Trump, the GOP nominee for president, stood at a lectern in Florida, next to an American flag, and urged a U.S. adversary to become involved in the election campaign and find tens of thousands of emails wiped from the server of his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.

Not Up To US To Decide On Julian Assange Asylum, Ecuador Says

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday June 30, 2018

It's not up to Washington to decide the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Ecuador's top diplomat said Friday, following the visit of US Vice President Mike Pence.

Ex-CIA Employee Charged With Leaking Classified Data, Child Porn Offences

World News | Reuters | Tuesday June 19, 2018

U.S. federal prosecutors on Monday charged a former CIA employee with leaking classified national defence information to an unnamed organisation that publicly disseminates such data, as well as with child pornography offences.

Ecuador To Withdraw 'Additional Security' At London Embassy

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday May 18, 2018

Ecuador announced Thursday it would withdraw additional security measures at its London embassy after an investigation found it plunged $5 million into a spy operation to protect WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Ecuador Spied On Julian Assange At London Embassy

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 16, 2018

Ecuador spied on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at its London embassy where he has been living since 2012, initially to support him but things changed after he hacked the mission's computers, the Guardian reported Wednesday.

Citing WikiLeaks, BJP Says Rahul Gandhi Defamed Hindus, Demands Apology

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 17, 2018

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi should apologise for "defaming Hindus globally", the BJP said a day after five persons, including Swami Aseemanand, a saffron-robed monk, were acquitted in an 11-year-old terror case.

Ecuador Cuts Off Julian Assange's Outside Communication. Here's Why

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday March 28, 2018

Ecuador on Wednesday said it has stopped Julian Assange's ability to communicate to the outside world from its London embassy, where the WikiLeaks founder has been holed up since 2012.

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Loses Bid To Have UK Arrest Warrant Dropped

World News | Reuters | Tuesday February 13, 2018

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost a legal bid on Tuesday to persuade the British authorities to drop any further action against him for breaching his bail conditions when he walked into the Ecuadorean embassy in London in 2012.

Could WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Be On The Brink Of Freedom?

World News | Reuters | Tuesday February 13, 2018

A London court will rule on Tuesday whether it would be in the interests of justice to pursue action against WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange for failing to surrender to bail back in 2012.

Judge To Rule On Julian Assange's Bid To Escape Legal Action In Britain

World News | Reuters | Tuesday February 13, 2018

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will hear on Tuesday whether his legal bid to halt action against him for breaching bail has been successful, in a ruling that could pave the way for him to leave the Ecuadorean embassy in London.

Julian Assange Loses Bid To Drop UK Arrest Warrant, Faces Extradition

World News | Reuters | Tuesday February 6, 2018

A British court on Tuesday rejected a legal attempt by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to have a warrant for his arrest quashed.

Ecuador President Lenin Moreno Calls Julian Assange A "Problem"

World News | Reuters | Monday January 22, 2018

The president of Ecuador Lenin Moreno on Sunday described WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as an "inherited problem" that has created "more than a nuisance" for his government.

German Hacker Offers Rare Look Inside Secretive World Of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks

World News | Ellen Nakashima, Souad Mekhennet, Greg Jaffe, The Washington Post | Thursday January 18, 2018

For most of the past six years, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Assange has been confined to the Ecuadoran Embassy in London, fearful that if he leaves he will be extradited to the United States for prosecution under the Espionage Act