Julian Assange

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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,…

If the UK sends him back to America, nobody should feel safe calling authority to account or scrutinizing those who hide behind the veil of power. December 7, 2020 Julian Assange’s extradition trial in London this fall revealed the lengths to which the US government was willing to go to…

The father of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange retains hope that the incoming Biden administration will look more favourably on his son's plight than the previous US government.Assange is being held in Belmarsh Prison in London, pending a court decision on a warrant for his extradited to the US to face…

By Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK Brian McKenna, Business Applications Editor Listen to this podcast In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Bill Goodwin, investigations editor, joins Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna to discuss the case of Julian Assange, whose recent…

Prosecutors investigated Trump associate Roger Stone, Julian Assange and WikiLeaks over the hacking of Democrats' servers and possible campaign finance violations but decided against charging them, newly unredacted Mueller report information shows.Why it matters: The Department of Justice released an updated version of the report with fewer redactions Monday evening…

A Spanish court investigating allegations that a security company illegally spied on visitors to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London will hear evidence from lawyers and a computer security specialist. Andy Müller-Maguhn, a computer security expert and former spokesman for hacking organisation the Chaos Computer Club,…

A British judge will deliver a decision Jan. 4 on whether to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face charges, including espionage.District Judge Vanessa Baraitser made the announcement at London's Old Bailey Court after nearly four weeks of hearings.The U.S. has requested extradition of Australian-born Assange…

Why is the Australian press showing so little interest in the case of Julian Assange? Court artist sketch of Julian Assange (Image: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire) A former employee of a Spanish security firm has told Julian Assange’s extradition hearing of a plan to abduct and even poison the Australian as part…

LONDON — A British judge said on Thursday she would give her decision early next year on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States to face 18 charges including espionage.U.S. authorities accuse Australian-born Assange, 49, of conspiring to hack government computers and of violating a…