WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives in Saipan ahead of an expected guilty plea in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives in Saipan ahead of an expected guilty plea in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has arrived at a federal courthouse in Saipan ahead of an expected guilty plea in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will set him free to return home to Australia. The plane carrying the eccentric computer expert and internet publisher touched down more than two hours before the scheduled … Read more

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty to the U.S. Justice Department

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty to the U.S. Justice Department

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds a document at a location given as London, Britain, in this still image from video released on X on June 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: via Reuters WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will allow him … Read more

Explained | What’s Julian Assange’s extradition appeal about, and what happens next?

Explained | What’s Julian Assange’s extradition appeal about, and what happens next?

The story so far: On February 20, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange initiated what is purportedly his final legal effort to avoid extradition to the United States, with a London court taking up his case to assess whether to grant him an appeal to challenge the extradition order signed by the British government in June 2022. Mr. … Read more

International media organisations ask U.S. to end prosecution of Julian Assange

International media organisations ask U.S. to end prosecution of Julian Assange

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange create a human chain outside Houses of Parliament during a protest, in London, Britain on October 8, 2022. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Asserting that “publishing is not a crime”, five international media organisations, who published the first tranche of documents of Wikileaks in 2010, have asked the United … Read more