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Julian Assange: News

01 Oct 2024
Europe

'Chose freedom over unrealizable justice': Assange on US espionage plea

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has finally spoken out about his guilty plea to US espionage charges.

01 Oct 2024
WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks founder to make first public statement post-prison release today

Julian Assange, the guy behind WikiLeaks, is all set for his first public appearance since getting out of prison. Today, he'll be speaking at the Council of Europe.

16 Jul 2024
WikiLeaks

This website now hosts WikiLeaks content following Assange's plea deal

Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), a non-profit whistleblower site, has announced its plan to host all content previously published by WikiLeaks.

27 Jun 2024
Bitcoin

Mystery Bitcoiner donates $500K to cover Assange's 'forced' charter flight

Julian Assange, co-founder of WikiLeaks, has been freed after a 14-year battle against extradition to the United States.

26 Jun 2024
United States of America

Why Julian Assange pleaded guilty in remote US court?

In an unexpected turn of events, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty to a felony count pertaining to publishing classified US military information.

25 Jun 2024
WikiLeaks

Breaking down Julian Assange's plea deal: US espionage charge explained

WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, was released from a London jail earlier today, after spending five years fighting extradition to the US.

25 Jun 2024
WikiLeaks

From leaks to legal battles: Recap of Assange's WikiLeaks saga

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of violating the US Espionage Act.

25 Jun 2024
United States of America

Who is Julian Assange and what secrets did he leak?

Julian Assange, the Australian founder of WikiLeaks, will plead guilty as part of a plea deal with the US Justice Department.

25 Jun 2024
Joe Biden

Julian Assange freed: WikiLeaks founder strikes plea deal with US

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been released from a UK prison after agreeing to plead guilty to revealing US military secrets.

11 Apr 2024
Joe Biden

Biden considering Australia's plea to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder

President Joe Biden is reportedly considering Australia's request to end the US pursuit of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (52).

21 Mar 2024
WikiLeaks

US mulls plea deal for Julian Assange in WikiLeaks case

The US government is considering a plea bargain for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, per the Wall Street Journal.

21 Feb 2024
Elon Musk

Musk nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for 'safeguarding free speech'

The name of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been proposed for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian MP Marius Nilsen.

17 Jun 2022
Afghanistan

UK government approves Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to US

The British government approved the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on Friday to stand trial for the publication of secret files related to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

07 Jan 2021
WikiLeaks

Assange loses bid for bail as he awaits extradition appeal

Julian Assange on Wednesday lost his bid to be released from prison in London on bail as a UK judge ruled that it was only fair to first allow the US authorities to appeal against an order blocking his extradition on espionage charges.

12 Apr 2020
WikiLeaks

Julian Assange had 2 kids with lawyer in Ecuadorian embassy

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange got engaged and fathered two children while living inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, his lawyer-fiancée has revealed.

13 Mar 2020
United States of America

WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning ordered free from prison; fined $256,000

Former United States Army soldier Chelsea Manning was released from prison on Thursday on the orders of a federal court in Virginia.

17 Sep 2019
Ecuador

Data of most Ecuadorean citizens leaked, including 6.7 million children

In a shocking development, a major security breach has been reported which has leaked personal data of almost the entire population of Ecuador online.

12 Jun 2019
London

Nirav Modi's fourth bail plea rejected by UK court

On Wednesday, the Royal Courts of Justice denied the bail application of fugitive businessman Nirav Modi. This was the fourth time that Modi, a prime accused in multi-crore PNB scam, approached a court seeking respite.

01 May 2019
United States of America

WikiLeaks founder sentenced to 50-weeks jail for skipping bail

In a major development, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been sentenced to 50 weeks in the UK prison for breaching bail conditions.

11 Apr 2019
Ecuador

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested after Ecuador withdrew asylum status

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested on Thursday by British police after Ecuador denied to provide him asylum indefinitely. Assange, who has grown a beard, was forcefully taken into a police vehicle.

06 Apr 2019
London

UN expert to visit Assange, assess violation of privacy claims

An independent rights expert will visit WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadoran embassy in London to assess whether privacy violation claims involving him merit investigation, the UN rights office said Thursday.

22 Dec 2018
Ecuador

UN to Britain: Let Julian Assange leave Ecuador embassy freely

On Friday, UN rights experts called on British authorities to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave the Ecuador embassy in London without fear of arrest or extradition.

21 Oct 2018
Supreme Court Of India

Julian Assange sues asylum host Ecuador over 'inhuman' conditions

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is taking legal action against Ecuador, the South American nation that continues to provide him with asylum, for allegedly violating his "fundamental rights and freedoms".

29 Mar 2018
WikiLeaks

Ecuador blocks Julian Assange's internet access after he 'breaks promise'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can no longer communicate with the outside world.

12 Jan 2018
WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange given Ecuador citizenship

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is now a citizen of Ecuador, which is also helping him reach a "dignified and just" solution with Britain.

17 Oct 2017
Russia News

Hillary Clinton: WikiLeaks is a subsidiary of the Russian intelligence

Hillary Clinton still seems bitter about her loss to Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential elections.