Julian Assange

A request to extradite Julian Assange to the US has been signed by the home secretary but must still be approved by a judge on Friday before the WikiLeaks founder can be sent to face trial in America. Sajid Javid said he had signed the extradition order but …

Posted June 11, 2019 23:00:07 A video purportedly showing a gaunt Julian Assange inside a maximum security British prison has been leaked. In the video, Julian Assange is seen speaking to other prisoners inside the prison It comes after Assange was moved…

The US Justice Department has delivered to officials in the United Kingdom a formal extradition request for Julian Assange, making further US charges against the WikiLeaks founder unlikely. A US official who spoke on background to discuss a sensitive matter …

The Department of Justice has made its formal request to the United Kingdom to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The U.S. made this official extradition request to the U.K. last Thursday, June 6, according to a U.S. official who spoke on backgroun…

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RTs video agency Ruptly has obtained footage showing WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange inside Belmarsh maximum security prison. The footage shows Assange, who has visibly lost weight, conversing with what could be his fellow inmates. The camera then shows…

Beyoncé, future Oscar winner for her standout performance of evading co-stars while recording The Lion King, stopped by the NBA finals with her husband last night. As it tends to do, footage quickly circulated of a conversation taking place between Jay-Z and …

Filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins aims to relay former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Mannings sense of principles and sacrifice in a new, sure-to-be-controversial documentary.  XY Chelsea, which premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in May and airs Fri…

Two cases a world-renowned one in London and a lesser-known one in San Francisco are ramping up legal pressure on the practices of journalists and the protections of journalism in public interest and national security matters. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange…

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