Julian Assange

Assange in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, 2017.Photo: Jack Taylor (AP)Defense lawyers for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder facing possible extradition to the U.S. from the UK on 18 charges related to his leaks of U.S. military and security secrets, plan to argue they have evidence new acting Director of…

The WikiLeaks founder's extradition hearing began in London on Monday.February 24, 2020, 5:23 PM8 min readLONDON -- The family of a British teenager killed in a crash involving the wife of an American diplomat has called for the United Kingdom to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to…

(Adds details) LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States as he would not get a fair trial and would be a suicide risk, his lawyer told a British court hearing on Monday. Assange's lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald, said extradition would expose Assange to…

Image copyright Julia Quenzler Image caption Mr Assange addressed the court during proceedings, saying he couldn't concentrate because of the noise coming from his supporters outside Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange revealed the names of sources who subsequently "disappeared" after he put them at risk, a court has heard.A lawyer for…

LONDON (Reuters) - Julian Assange appeared before a British court on Monday to fight an extradition request from the United States which wants to put the 48-year-old on trial for hacking government computers and violating an espionage law. For the main story: Below are the main developments and quotes from…

Jackson made her remark during an impassioned rebuke of the arguments Stone's legal team offered during his trial. She said that Stone and his lawyers minimized the significance of his effort to frustrate congressional investigators as they sought to understand Russia's interference in the 2016 election, a grave national security…

Julian Assang   It will be on humanitarian, health grounds WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is jailed in Britain fighting extradition to the U.S. for espionage and computer hacking, may seek asylum in France, his lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti said on Friday.Mr. Dupond-Moretti said that Mr. Assange’s legal team would be…

PARIS (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is jailed in Britain fighting extradition to the United States for espionage and computer hacking, may seek asylum in France, his lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti said on Friday. Dupond-Moretti told Europe 1 radio that Assange’s legal team would be in contact with French…

LONDON (Reuters) - Almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret U.S. documents, a London court will begin hearings on Monday to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States. A hero to admirers who say he has exposed abuses of power, Assange…

WASHINGTON — So much for the White House insisting Julian Assange’s story about discussing a presidential pardon with a Republican congressman was “a total lie.” The congressman in question just backed it up. Hours after President Trump’s White House issued a blanket denial on Wednesday, former California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher…