Julian Assange

The German Journalists' Association (DJV) has appealed to Chancellor Angela Merkel to intercede with US President Joe Biden on behalf of imprisoned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. During her talks in Washington on Thursday, the conservative politician should work towards having the charges against Assange dropped, the DJV said. Should Assange,…

US government undertakings that Julian Assange could serve any prison sentence in Australia were “grossly misleading”, his fiance has said, and “a formula to keep Julian in prison effectively for the rest of his life”. The US government is attempting to extradite Assange from the UK and put him on…

1.01am BST 01:01 Evening summary That’s all from me today. Here’s a rundown of the day’s biggest stories: Joe Biden defended his decision to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan, arguing that continuing the operation would only result in further casualties. “I will not send another generation of Americans to…

Julian Assange will remain in a British prison for now after the US government won permission to appeal against a January court ruling that freed him from extradition to America. News of the appeal came as the US Department of Justice offered Assange a deal that would keep him out…

Lucian Milasan - stock.adobe.com US offers assurances that Assange could serve time in his home country of Australia if convicted By Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly Published: 07 Jul 2021 17:15 The High Court has given permission for the US government to appeal against a decision not to extradite Wikileaks founder…

President Donald Trump infamously labeled the press the “enemy of the people” and routinely suggested that negative stories about him were invented out of whole cloth by “nasty” reporters who were out to get him. But the extent of his administration’s assault on the press is only just coming into…

Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images)Ron Watkins, conspiracy-peddler extraordinaire, has found his next gig: leaking “disclosures” about extraterrestrials, Julian Assange-style. Yes, do yourself a favor and check out “AlienLeaks,” a new website Watkins just launched that he claims will be a destination for secret “never before seen” documents and disclosures involving…

As WikiLeaks was riding to global fame a decade ago by publishing archives of leaked American military and diplomatic files, its founder, Julian Assange, liked to call his organization an “intelligence agency of the people.” The slogan conjured an ideal of gathering and disseminating information solely to improve public understanding…

news, latest-news, Julian Assange A year since Julian Assange's father last saw his son in London's maximum-security Belmarsh prison, he is bringing his fight for the WikiLeaks founder's freedom to the Parliament House forecourt. John Shipton, 77, said his trip to the national capital and appearance at Parliament House on…

Not only did Trump refuse to pardon him, Biden is now continuing to try to extradite him. But what of press freedom? Julian Assange in better days, 2014. (Chancellory of Ecuador/Flickr) Defenders of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange experienced a double disappointment in the early weeks of 2021. Although President Donald…