Extradition Hearing Monday for Julian Assange
Supporters of Julian Assange gathered Monday outside a high-security London courthouse, where a judge opened a hearing into a U.S. extradition case against the WikiLeaks founder.
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Trump Offered to Pardon Assange if He Cleared Russia on Hack, Lawyers Say
President Donald Trump offered WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange a pardon, a London court heard Wednesday, with one condition: Deny that it was Russian hackers who provided the leaked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.
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WikiLeaks’ Assange in London Court Fighting US Extradition
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made a brief court appearance Monday in his bid to prevent extradition to the United States to face serious espionage charges.
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Doctors: Assange at Risk of Dying in Prison
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who’s being held in a maximum-security prison in London while fighting extradition to the United States, is in such poor physical and mental health that he could die in prison, a group of doctors is warning.
Read moreSweden Drops Rape Investigation Against Julian Assange
Swedish prosecutors on Tuesday said they are dropping a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who could face extradition to the United States for his involvement in exposing alleged war crimes committed by the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Read moreJulian Assange Loses Bid to Delay Hearing
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a U.K. court Monday to fight extradition to the United States on espionage charges, and he lost a bid to delay proceedings so that his legal team would have more time to prepare his case.
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Swedish Prosecutors Interview New Witnesses in Assange Case
Swedish prosecutors have interviewed two new witnesses in probing a 2010 rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the Prosecution Authority said Monday.
Read moreAssange Drops Appeal of 50-Week Sentence for Jumping Bail
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has dropped an appeal of his 50-week prison term for jumping bail in Britain.
Read moreUS Extradition Case Against Assange Set for Next Year
A British court has set a date early next year for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face a U.S. extradition attempt over his role in revealing classified government and military information.
Read moreUK Home Secretary Favors Assange Extradition on US Warrant
British Home Secretary Sajid Javid says he has signed an extradition order that would send imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States if British courts favor the move.
Read moreSwedish Court Rules Not to Extradite Assange for Rape Probe
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to Sweden for a revived rape investigation, but should still be questioned in the case while he is imprisoned in Britain, a Swedish court ruled Monday,
Read moreAssange a No-Show at Court; WikiLeaks Says He’s Ill
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange missed a court session Thursday, apparently due to health problems. He had been expected to appear from prison via video link at a brief extradition hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
Read moreAssange Faces 17 New Charges Over Leak of Classified Info
A federal grand jury returned 17 additional charges Thursday against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for his alleged complicity in former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning’s leak of classified U.S. military documents, the Justice Department announced.
Read moreSweden Requests Detention Order for Julian Assange
Swedish authorities on Monday issued a request for a detention order against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is jailed in Britain, a Swedish prosecutor said.
Read moreSweden to Reopen Rape Case Against Julian Assange
Swedish prosecutors said Monday they are reopening a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a month after he was removed from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. They said they will seek his extradition after he has served his 50-week prison term in Britain for jumping bail.
Read moreAssange Refuses Extradition to US; Long Legal Fight Expected
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Thursday that he wouldn’t agree to be extradited to the United States, where he is accused of conspiring to hack into a Pentagon computer.
Read moreJulian Assange Gets 50 Weeks in Prison for Jumping Bail
A British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorean Embassy.
Read moreRedactions Hint at Unseen Depths in Assange Probe
Not a word of substance was withheld from the U.S. indictment last week of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Federal prosecutors released a 26-page affidavit from an FBI agent almost in its entirety shortly thereafter.
Read moreFeds Say Assange Chat Logs Document Hacking Conspiracy
As a battle over the expected extradition of Julian Assange heats up in the United Kingdom, a newly unsealed U.S. court filing details how the WikiLeaks founder tried to cover his tracks.
Read moreSweden Tells UK It Too Has Claims on Assange
British lawmakers are heaping pressure on the government to make sure that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces Swedish justice if prosecutors there reopen a rape investigation against him.
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