Wikileaks

COVID-9 Lockdown Delays US Extradition Case Against Julian Assange

World News | Reuters | Monday April 27, 2020

Hearings in the U.S. 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 on Monday.

Julian Assange Fathered 2 Children With Lawyer While In UK's Ecuador Embassy: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday April 12, 2020

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with one of his lawyers while holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for much of the past decade, a report on Sunday said.

US Judge Orders WikiLeaks Source Chelsea Manning Released From Prison

World News | Reuters | Friday March 13, 2020

A US federal judge on Thursday ordered that former US Army soldier and WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning should be immediately released from prison, where she was being held for refusing to testify in an ongoing US investigation of WikiLeaks.

UK Court Told Julian Assange Tried To Warn White House Of Risk To Lives

World News | Reuters | Wednesday February 26, 2020

Julian Assange tried to contact Hillary Clinton and the White House when he realised that unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables given to WikiLeaks were about to be dumped on the internet, his lawyer told his London extradition hearing on Tuesday.

Julian Assange Stripped Naked And Handcuffed, Lawyer Tells Court

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 25, 2020

Julian Assange was stripped naked twice and handcuffed 11 times coming and going from court, the WikiLeaks founder's lawyer told his US extradition hearing in London on Tuesday.

Donald Trump Offered Pardon Deal To Julian Assange: Lawyer

World News | Reuters | Friday February 21, 2020

US President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he said that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks' publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016, a London court heard on Wednesday.

Trump "Offered Pardon" To Julian Assange If He Denied Russia Leak, Court Hears

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 20, 2020

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.

Julian Assange's Health Improving In Prison, Says Spokesperson

World News | Reuters | Tuesday February 18, 2020

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is no longer being held in solitary confinement and his health is improving, his colleague and spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson told reporters on Tuesday.

Julian Assange Testifies In Embassy Spying Case

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday December 21, 2019

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday testified in his legal case against a Spanish private security firm that he claims spied on him while he was holed up in the Ecuadoran embassy in London.

"Julian Assange Could Die In Jail": 60 Doctors Write To UK Home Secretary

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday November 25, 2019

More than 60 doctors wrote an open letter published Monday saying they feared Julian Assange's health was so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British jail.

Rape Probe Against WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Dropped: Swedish Prosecutor

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday November 20, 2019

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

Donald Trump Was In The Know About WikiLeaks, Says 2016 Campaign Official

World News | Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post | Wednesday November 13, 2019

The deputy manager of US President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign pulled back the curtain Tuesday on the campaign's keen interest in the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks and suggested that Trump himself had more knowledge of the matter than the president has previously claimed.

Trump Campaign Wanted Updates On WikiLeaks On Hilary Clinton: Ex-Official

World News | Reuters | Wednesday November 13, 2019

US President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was keen to keep abreast of the release of emails potentially damaging to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, reaching all the way to Trump, the Republican's former deputy campaign chairman testified in court on Tuesday.

Trump Aide Behind Theory That Ukraine Hacked Democrat Mails: Mueller Notes

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday November 3, 2019

Documents released by the US Department of Justice on Saturday indicated that a top advisor to then-candidate Donald Trump said as early as the summer of 2016 that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind a hack of Democratic party emails.

UK's Treatment of Julian Assange Putting His Life "At Risk": UN Expert

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday November 2, 2019

The treatment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is facing the threat of extradition from Britain to the US on espionage charges, is putting his life "at risk", an independent UN rights expert said Friday.