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UK judge rules Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US Julian Assange

UK judge rules Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US

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February 19, 2021
Biden administration signals it will continue to pursue extradition of Julian Assange from U.K. Julian Assange

Biden administration signals it will continue to pursue extradition of Julian Assange from U.K.

The Biden administration has indicated that it will continue to press for the extradition of Julian Assange from the United Kingdom and prosecute the WikiLeaks founder in the United States, according to the New York Times. Driving the news: The Justice Department filed a brief on Thursday asking a British…
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February 13, 2021
US government appeals UK ruling against Julian Assange’s extradition Julian Assange

US government appeals UK ruling against Julian Assange’s extradition

The US government has appealed a UK judge’s ruling against the extradition of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, according to a justice department official. The appeal made clear that Joe Biden intends to have Assange stand trial on espionage- and hacking-related charges over WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of…
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February 12, 2021
Biden administration plans to continue to seek extradition of WikiLeaks' Assange Julian Assange

Biden administration plans to continue to seek extradition of WikiLeaks' Assange

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration plans to continue to seek to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States to face hacking conspiracy charges, the U.S. Justice Department said. Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi on Tuesday said the U.S. government will continue to…
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February 9, 2021
Human rights groups call for US to drop Assange case Julian Assange

Human rights groups call for US to drop Assange case

Human rights groups have urged the new US administration to drop its case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.  It comes ahead of a Friday deadline for Washington to appeal against a court ruling that barred his extradition from Britain.  Twenty-four organisations including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA and Reporters Without Borders…
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February 9, 2021
Julian Assange supporters urge Joe Biden to drop prosecution saying Trump was ‘opposed to free press’ Julian Assange

Julian Assange supporters urge Joe Biden to drop prosecution saying Trump was ‘opposed to free press’

Media freedom groups and supporters of Julian Assange have asked the Biden administration to drop the US’s pursuit of the WikiLeaks' founder, saying Donald Trump was opposed to the idea of a “free press”. In their first appeal to the US government since Joe Biden became president less than three…
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February 9, 2021