Julian Assange

The Australian national, founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, is looking at up to 175 years in prison under the Espionage Act if he is sent over to the US. He is currently in a UK jail as doctors and supporters are sounding alarm over his health - dama…

Julian Assange got a doctors notedoctors, plural, from over 60 doctors, yes, s-i-x-t-y. In an assessment culled from harrowing eyewitness accounts from his October court hearing, as well as testimony from various doctors and visitors over the years. They writ…

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at court in London, May 1, 2019, to be sentenced for bail violation. He was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison. Getty London — More than 60 doctors have written to British authorities asserting that WikiLeaks founder Ju…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is in Belmarsh Prison on the outskirts of London in advance of an extradition hearing set for February. (AP Photo/File) More than 60 doctors have written to British authorities asserting that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could die in prison without urgent medical care, according to an open letter signed by more than 60 doctors. The medics, from the UK, Australia, Europe and Sri Lanka express serious concerns about 48-year-old Assange's fitnes…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could die in prison without urgent medical care, according to a letter signed by more than 60 doctors questioning his fitness to stand trial as he faces extradition to the US. The medics - from the UK, Australia, Europe and S…

Newspapers and other media in the United States, Britain and Australia have recently declared a passion for freedom of speech, especially their right to publish freely.  They are worried by the Assange effect.   It is as if the struggle of truth-tellers like…

The documentary filmmaker is only one of many high-profile advocates for the WikiLeaks co-founder who was arrested earlier this year after he was dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy, including actress and model Pamela Anderson, designer Vivienne Westwood an…