Julian Assange

A judge will decide in January 2021 if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the US to face espionage and computer hacking charges. Judge Vanessa Baraitser said today that she would issue a decision on whether to extradite Assange, who for now will remain in custody in Belmarsh…

Former employees of security company UC Global claimed today that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was subject to surveillance at the Ecuadorian Embassy by the US. Two employees, who have been granted anonymity, claimed in witness statements read out in court that the company’s owner, David Morales, was passing information on…

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WikiLeaks founder would be held in a cell the size of a parking space for 22 or 23 hours a day without contact with other inmates before trial By Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly Published: 28 Sep 2020 18:16 Julian Assange would be held in conditions equivalent to solitary confinement if…

US government charges that Julian Assange conspired with former soldier Chelsea Manning to crack a password to give Manning anonymous access to government sensitive government documents have been called into question by a computer forensics expert. Patrick Eller, a former criminal investigator in the US Army, told the Old Bailey…

Nigel Blackwood, NHS consultant psychiatrist, told the Old Bailey court that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had ‘moderate depression’ and autistic traits, but said they did not prevent his extradition By Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly Published: 24 Sep 2020 19:47 Julian Assange’s medical conditions did not prevent him from being extradited…

Julian Assange is on the autistic spectrum and has a history of depression that would put him at risk of suicide if he is extradited to a US prison, psychiatrists tell the court By Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly Published: 23 Sep 2020 18:52 Julian Assange has been diagnosed with Asperger…

A lorry with a billboard of Julian Assange arrives at the Old Bailey court in London, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 as the Julian Assange extradition hearing to the US continues. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Michael Kopelman, emeritus professor of neuropsychiatry at Kings College London, said Assange has a history of depression…

The US government is wrong to charge WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with publishing unredacted classified documents because they had already appeared online, a London court has heard.Computer scientist Professor Christian Grothoff said the organisation was not the first to make public 251,000 diplomatic cables when they appeared on its website…

QAnon theory is gaining ground on UK social media The QAnon conspiracy theory is gathering momentum in UK, according to a study. The Guardian found that interactions on QAnon slogans shared by UK Facebook pages have increased fivefold. It says the theory, that Donald Trump is waging secret war against…