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Julian Assange Wins Reprieve in Case Against Extradition to US
The UK's High Court gave reprieve to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by ruling that the US must give assurances that he will not face the death penalty if extradited.
According to the ruling on Tuesday, US authorities have three...
Europe
UN Urges UK to Halt Extradition of Julian Assange to the US
The UN special rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, urged the UK on Tuesday to halt the possible extradition of Julian Assange to the US.
Edwards urged authorities to heed his appeal as he highlighted Assange's fragile mental state and...
Europe
WikiLeaks’ Founder Julian Assange Faces Extradition to the US
On Friday, the British Home Secretary approved a London court's extradition order on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States.
Twelve years ago, WikiLeaks published 250,000 leaked US diplomatic cables packed with classified information. Assange was charged with...
Politics
Is Press Freedom in Danger after Assange Ruling?
The United Kingdom's High Court ruled on Friday that the United States had the right to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Now many commentators are asking whether Assange's extradition threatens journalists' freedom to publish information.
The U.S. won the right...
Europe
UK Top Court Opens Door for Julian Assange’s Trial in the U.S.
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange maybe eventually tried in the US on espionage charges after the UK High Court on Friday granted the US government’s appeal.
In January, a district court denied the US extradition request, citing the vulnerable mental state...
Politics
The CIA “Plotted to Kidnap and Assassinate” Julian Assange
A report published on Friday by Yahoo News reveals how the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of Donald Trump's presidency plotted to kidnap and potentially assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The report details the ways in which the CIA conceived of...
Crime
Assange Extradition to US Denied by British Judge
Julian Assange will not be extradited to the United States, according to a new ruling by a British judge on Monday.
Diplomacy
U.S. Classified Cable Says FYROM Wanted 'North Macedonia' Name Since 2008
A previously classified State Department cable released by Wikileaks says that the government in Skopje was prepared to accept the term "North" or "Northern Macedonia" as far back as 2008.
The cable was written by the then US Ambassador to...
Economy
Wikileaks: CIA was Monitoring French Political Parties and their Stance on Greek Crisis
The interest of the CIA for the attitude of French political parties towards the Greek debt crisis before the 2012 elections in France has been revealed on the WikiLeaks website.
According to WikiLeaks, the CIA was watching all major French...
Greece
Government Denies WikiLeaks Report That Clinton Advised Tsipras to Sign Bailout Deal in 2015
WikiLeaks email correspondence revealed that the White House asked Bill Clinton's former Chief of Staff, John Podesta, to inquire as to whether the former United States president would be willing to intervene following the Greek referendum in July 2015...