Julian Assange

US officials were left 'extremely disappointed' today after a British judge decided Julian Assange cannot be extradited there to face spying charges due to the risk of him taking his own life in an American jail. The sensational ruling at the Old Bailey in London this morning raises the prospect…

| Published: Monday, January 4, 2021, 17:00 London, Jan 04: A British court ruled on Monday that WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face charges of breaking a spying law and conspiring to hack government computers. File photo of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange…

A Julian Assange supporter holds a placard with a message of support for him outside the Old Bailey in London, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Photo: Frank Augstein (AP)A judge in the UK ruled on Monday that Wikileaks cofounder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the U.S. to face computer…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States to face espionage charges because of the risk of suicide, a British judge has ruled. District judge Vanessa Baraitser rejected Mr Assange’s claim that he was the victim of a political prosecution that endangered press freedom but she accepted…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US, a judge at the Old Bailey has said. Judge Vanessa Baraitser said she had refused his extradition because of fears that he could take his own life. The US government said it would appeal against the decision. Assange's supporters were…

J ohn Shipton does not mince his words. The father of Julian Assange says he believes the US wants to extradite his son and “break him” in revenge for having helped expose what he says were war crimes. If he is sent to the US and convicted of computer hacking…

Leaving out Assange, Trump pardons Blackwater guards jailed for massacring Iraqi civilians William Barr; Julian Assange; Donald Trump (Getty/Salon) This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely. President Donald Trump late Tuesday unveiled…

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The rights of Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange have been “severely violated” for more than a decade, according to the UN’s top envoy on torture, and the British government should release him from detention immediately.Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, said Mr Assange had been convicted of no crime,…