Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to court in London on Monday for a hearing to decide whether he should be extradited to the United States for leaking secrets about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Supporters protested as the 49-year-old Australian was brought to the Old Bailey, brandishing placards reading “Don’t…

Bob Carr whistles a new tune on Julian Assange (if only he'd done anything about it?) while Qantas seems to be reaping the pandemic rewards. Plus other tips from the Crikey bunker. (Images: AAP) That was then, this is now Ah, the luxury of being a former politician, when you…

Julian Assange continues to suffer under farcical charges and a predatory system, and the media chooses to looks the other way. (Image: AP/Francisco Seco)The treatment being handed out to Julian Assange would be called a farce if there were anything the least bit funny about it. The WikiLeaks founder has…

(LONDON) — A British judge on Monday rejected a request by lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to delay his extradition hearing until next year to give his lawyers more time to respond to U.S. allegations that he conspired with hackers to obtain classified information. The adjournment request came on…

A British judge has rejected a request by lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to delay his extradition hearing until next year to give his lawyers more time to respond to US allegations that he conspired with hackers to obtain classified information.The adjournment request on Monday came on the first…

No one really expected the Senate Intelligence Committee’s final report to drop on night Two of the Democratic National Convention, but that’s 2020 for you.Former Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell joined the second special edition of The New Abnormal to discuss the big questions after said Russian electoral interference…

A decision by the US government to lodge new charges against Julian Assange was slammed as “astonishing and potentially abusive” by the WikiLeaks founder’s lawyer today. Assange, 48, is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May…

It’s a secret love story tinged by fear. Unknown to the world, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had a fiancee and fathered two young boys while living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after being granted asylum.Constantly watched by security guards, the couple’s love blossomed in secret.Now Assange’s fiancee Stella Moris,…

The Spanish National Court, Audiencia Nacional, this week heard testimony from four former employees of a company that provided security services to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London when it offered sanctuary to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The court in Madrid is investigating whether Undercover Global SL and its owner, David Morales Guillén,…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s National Court heard testimony Monday in an investigation into whether a Spanish company was hired to spy on Julian Assange during the seven years the WikiLeaks founder spent in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.The court is investigating whether David Morales, a Spaniard, and his Undercover Global…