Julian Assange
Europe
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.
Crime
Varoufakis Testifies He Was Under Surveillance For Supporting Assange
Greece's former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis claimed on Tuesday he was under surveillance by private company UC Global, which was spying on Julian Assange during his stay in the Embassy of Ecuador in London.
Varoufakis, who testified through a teleconference...
Greece
Why Varoufakis’ DIEM25 Will Fail to Produce Change in Europe
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has launched a new political movement, DIEM25, a pan-European movement for democracy with the aim of democratizing Europe.
The launching of DIEM25 took place yesterday at Berlin’s Volksbühne theatre and featured speeches from Barcelona’s...
Greece
Varoufakis Helps WikiLeaks Raise 100,000 Euros
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has found another cause to devote himself. He has become a WikiLeaks supporter, helping the international, non-profit, journalistic organization to crowd-source 100,000 euros.
The organization plans to use this amount in order to uncover the...