Julian Assange

The president spoke powerfully about the importance of journalism. He needs to back those words up and end US efforts to prosecute the WikiLeaks founder. May 3, 2023 President Biden opened his speech at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents Dinner with an urgent appeal for the release of imprisoned journalists—and…

KEY POINTSAn Australian activist says he was arrested for protesting outside Dublin Castle during US President Joe Biden's visit.Ciaron O'Reilly held a key-shaped placard demanding freedom for Julian Assange.Mr Assange, co-founder of WikiLeaks, is fighting extradition to the US.An Australian anti-war activist and former bodyguard to Julian Assange claims he…

How many representatives have the courage to defend the freedom of the press? Rashida Tlaib wants to find out. April 14, 2023 There is a growing consensus in journalistic circles that the efforts by the US Department of Justice to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act for…

Key PointsStephen Smith is Australia's new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.He will soon visit Julian Assange in London's Belmarsh prison.The Wikileaks founder is still fighting extradition to the United States.Australia's new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Stephen Smith, has revealed he will soon visit Julian Assange in prison.…

He’s the notorious WikiLeaks founder, imprisoned since 2019 in Belmarsh and Britain’s most divisive inmate. She’s the mother of their two small children and the lawyer campaigning for his release. As Stella Assange knows, the Read More

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More often than not, an internationally known freedom fighter will have a personality and temperament as heroic as the actions that made him famous. Just look at Nelson Mandela, Alexei Navalny, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, or — as controversial a figure as he remains — Edward Snowden, who for 10 years has…

Campaigners fighting for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be freed have staged a "night carnival" in London. Around 2,000 people from the Don't Extradite Assange campaign assembled at Lincoln's Inn Fields, close to Holborn, before marching past Parliament Square at around 6pm on Saturday. Assange has been detained at HMP…

C ampaigners have staged a “night carnival” in London to call for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Around 2,000 supporters from the Don’t Extradite Assange Campaign met at Lincoln’s Inn Fields near Holborn before marching past Parliament Square at 6pm. The procession was led by an enormous gold-painted…

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange take part in a 'Night Carnival for Assange' march in London - Copyright AFP Bertrand GUAY Several hundred supporters of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Saturday launched a carnival-themed march through central London calling for his release as he risks extradition to the…