Tag: Wikileaks
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London court to hear Assange’s extradition case Monday
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder Almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret U.S. documents, a London court will begin hearings on Monday to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States. A hero to admirers who say he has exposed abuses of power, Assange is cast by ... -
10 years after, Sweden drops Assange rape investigation
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange A Swedish prosecutor dropped a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, ending the near decade-old case that had sent the anti-secrecy campaigner into hiding in London’s Ecuadorian embassy to avoid extradition. Although the prosecutor’s decision can be appealed, it probably closes the case, which was launched in 2010. The ... -
Assange showing symptoms of psychological torture, should not be extradited to US – U.N rights expert
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has suffered “psychological torture” from a defamation campaign against him by the media, judges and senior political figures, a United Nations human rights investigator said on Friday. Nils Melzer, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture who visited Assange in a high-security London prison on May 9, voiced concern at fresh U.S. ... -
50 weeks imprisonment imposed on Assange “disproportionate sentence” – U.N. rights experts
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange United Nations human rights experts voiced concern on Friday at what they called the “disproportionate sentence” of 50 weeks in prison imposed on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for skipping bail in Britain. Assange is being held in the high-security Belmarsh prison “as if he were convicted for a serious criminal offence”, ... -
Assange to spend 50 weeks in British jail for skipping bail
Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison by a British court on Wednesday for skipping bail when he holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy for seven years until police dragged him out last month. Assange sought refuge in the embassy in June 2012 to avoid an extradition ... -
UN envoy for privacy rights meets Assange in prison
Wikileaks Founder, Julian Assange The UN rapporteur for privacy rights met WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday at a London prison where he awaits a hearing on a U.S. extradition request and sentencing for breach of bail. Assange’s supporters said Joe Cannataci, the UN human rights commissioner’s envoy for privacy, met him at Belmarsh prison, ... -
Ecuador’s President Says Assange Repeatedly Violated His Asylum Conditions…Tried to Use Its Embassy to Spy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange repeatedly violated his asylum conditions and tried to use the Ecuadorian embassy in London as a center for spying, Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno told Britain’s Guardian newspaper. London police dragged Assange out of the embassy on Thursday after his seven-year asylum was revoked, paving the way for ... -
Julian Assange Arrested By British Police at Ecuadorean Embassy After Extradition Request
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police on Thursday after they were invited into the Ecuadorean embassy where he has been holed up since 2012. “Julian Assange, 47, has today, Thursday 11 April, been arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) at the Embassy of Ecuador,” police said. Police said they ...
