Julian Assange

Campaigners have projected the footage of an American airstrike on Iraqi civilians, originally exposed by WikiLeaks, onto the parliament building in London, to protest against the proposed extradition to the US of Julian Assange. Clips from the infamous 2007 footage were projected onto Westminster Palace, where both houses of parliament…

US President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he said that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks’ publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016 Assange appeared by videolink from prison as lawyers discussed the management of his hearing next week to decide whether he should…

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Photo: Leon Neal, Getty Images Lawyers for beleaguered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claim that Donald Trump offered him a pardon if he’d claim the 2016 hacks of Democratic Party email systems had nothing to do with Russia, the Guardian reported on Wednesday. Assange is currently detained in the UK after…

Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images)Lawyers for beleaguered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claim that Donald Trump offered him a pardon if he’d claim the 2016 hacks of Democratic Party email systems had nothing to do with Russia, the Guardian reported on Wednesday.Assange is currently detained in the UK after he evaded…

Continued persecution of the WikiLeaks co-founder is a “crazy situation,” Australian lawmaker George Christiansen told RT, adding that Julian Assange did not commit any crime aside from running afoul of US elites. Christiansen, a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, questioned the integrity of the legal process against…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he's driven out of a London court on May 1, 2019, after being sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012. Daniel Leal-Olivas/Getty Images US President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange…

President Trump offered up a presidential pardon to Julian Assange if the jailed radical activist would deny that Russia hacked emails from Democrats before the 2016 election, Assange’s lawyer claimed in British court. Assange, the founder of the notorious ultra-transparency outfit WikiLeaks, is now in London court battling extradition to…

Donald Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange if he said that Russia was not involved in a leak of Democratic party emails ahead of the 2016 US election, a court has heard. The explosive claim – which could have profound consequences for Mr Trump’s re-election effort if proven true –…

Chelsea Manning’s attorney has filed a new motion requesting her release from jail, where she has been for nearly a year for continuously refusing to testify before a grand jury against WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. Manning’s incarceration has “exceeded its lawful scope” by moving from being a coercive tactic to…