Placid island setting for Assange's last battle left bemused by fuss
It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually tourists.
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This is a collection page for Julian Assange. Check this page for latest news updates about Julian Assange Wikileaks founder and his current legal proceedings. Assange was arrested inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London April 2019, where he had been holed up for seven years.
'Saved my life': Assange needs time after long-awaited return
Supporters expressed their delight he was home but warned his prosecution and eventual guilty plea for publishing a trove of classified documents set a "dangerous precedent".
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Assange's wife says he needs time to recover
The WikiLeaks founder's team has hit out at his prosecution and thanked Australian officials, confirming Assange told Albanese he "saved his life".
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From Wikileaks to plea deal: Julian Assange's legal saga timeline
After years behind bars, the Australian Wikileaks founder has walked out of court a free man.
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Why after a 12-year-long chase, the US is letting Assange walk
Since 2010, the Wikileaks founder has never not been under threat of one court proceeding or another.
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Julian Assange pleads guilty in US court
The Wikileaks founder will serve no additional time in jail under a plea agreement with the US.
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Julian Assange touches down in Thailand after plea deal
The Wikileaks founder has reached a plea deal with the US Justice Department.
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Julian Assange in pictures: From pre-Wikileaks to plea deal
Julian Assange has walked free from prison after a years-long case that saw him ultimately agree to a plea deal and plead guilty to a felony offence in the US in exchange for avoiding a jail sentence.
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Julian Assange walks free: What happens next
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has walked free from prison in the UK after more than five years behind bars as part of a plea deal reached with the US Justice Department.
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Assange can appeal against extradition to US, London court rules
The ruling sets the stage for an appeal process likely to further drag out a years-long legal saga.
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Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court
The Australian's legal saga has dragged on for well over a decade but it could come to an end in the UK as soon as today.
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'Considering it': Biden hints at decision on Assange prosecution
US President Joe Biden said he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long US push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
WikileaksJulian Assange wins delay on extradition to US
Two High Court judges said they would grant the Australian a new appeal unless US authorities give further assurances about what will happen to him.
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Julian Assange lawyers held talks with US officials over plea deal
The WikiLeaks founder may soon have to face the US justice system and charges under the Espionage Act after years of him fighting extradition.
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Assange faces weeks-long wait to learn his future
His lawyers are asking the High Court to grant him a new appeal — his last legal roll of the dice in the long-running legal saga that has kept him in a British high-security prison for the past five years.
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Assange too sick to appear in last-ditch bid to avoid extradition
His lawyers today begin their final UK legal challenge in a decade-long battle to keep him away from the US.
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US ambassador flags potential Julian Assange plea deal
The United States' Australian envoy has indicated there could be a "resolution" to the ongoing detention of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange,
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Julian Assange loses latest bid to stop extradition to the US on spying charges
A British judge has rejected the latest attempt by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to fight extradition to the United States to face spying charges.
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Julian Assange appeals to UK court against extradition to US
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed against the British's government decision to order his extradition to the US.
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Assange to appeal after US extradition order approved by UK
Australian WikiLeaks founder's wife vows they will continue to fight the ruling as his father calls for the Australian Government to step in.
WorldBritish judge approves extradition of Julian Assange to US
A British judge has formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges.
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Breaking news and updates Australia: March 15, 2022
Cruise ship ban to end; Police treating Sydney boarding house fire which killed three as murder; Assange denied appeal over extradition.
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Julian Assange denied appeal over US extradition in UK
Britain's top court on Monday refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the US to face spying charges.
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Assange wins bid to appeal to Supreme Court against US extradition
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted permission to appeal to the United Kingdom's Supreme Court against his extradition to the United States.
WikileaksBritish court opens door for Julian Assange to be extradited to US
A British appellate court has opened the door for Julian Assange's extradition to the US, overturning a lower court ruling.
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Julian Assange given permission to marry partner in prison
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted permission to marry his partner, Stella Moris, in prison, British authorities say
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Assange can serve prison time in Australia, US says
The US has asked a British court to overturn a decision to stop Julian Assange's extradition, promising he would be able to serve any sentence in Australia.
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US granted more grounds to appeal on Assange extradition
Britain's High Court granted US authorities permission to expand their grounds for appealing an earlier UK court decision to block the extradition of Julian Assange.
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UK court allows US to appeal denial of Assange's extradition
Britain's High Court has granted the US government permission to appeal a decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be sent to the United States to face espionage charges.
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Tragedy saves Julian Assange from being extradited to US
Stella Moris, the partner of Julian Assange and mother of two of his children, wept in a London courtroom as the WikiLeaks founder was delivered a dramatic victory overnight.
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Judge rules Julian Assange will not be extradited to US
A judge has ruled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not be extradited from the UK to the US to face espionage charges over the publication of secret American military documents.
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How Assange's 10-year saga may be over in an instant
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out Monday whether the Australian can be extradited from the UK to the US to face espionage charges over the publication of secret American military documents.
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Breaking news and updates Australia: October 2, 2020
Trump tests positive for COVID-19, Trans-Tasman bubble finalised; Victoria's bungled hotel quarantine system revamped; NSW hits a week with no locally-transmitted cases; NRL to investigate explosive allegations against South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sam Burgess
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Assange US extradition verdict set for January 2021
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will likely have to spend another three months in a British prison cell before finding out whether he can be sent to the US to face espionage charges.
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Assange bugged while at Ecuadorian Embassy, UK court told
The WikiLeaks founder's conversations in the latter part of his 7-year stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London were systematically bugged, even in the toilet.
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Inside the US supermax prison Julian Assange is facing
Known informally as the "Alcatraz of the Rockies", the prison houses just over 350 prisoners who spend 23 hours per day in single cells made completely of poured concrete.
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Julian Assange could face one of America's most notorious prisons
Assange, who is fighting an extradition request from the US, would likely be sent to the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, if convicted.
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Ai Weiwei protests possible extradition of Julian Assange
The dissident Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei staged a silent protest outside London's Old Bailey court.
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US lawyer says Assange faces decades in prison if convicted
An American lawyer has told an extradition hearing in Britain for Julian Assange that the WikiLeaks founder faces decades in prison if he is convicted on spying charges in the United States.
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Julian Assange told to stop interrupting witnesses at UK hearing
A British judge has warned the WikiLeaks founder his extradition hearing will proceed without him if he continues to speak from the dock.
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UK designer leads protest supporting Julian Assange
Dressed in a canary yellow outfit, Vivienne Westwood led protesters who chanted 'Free Julian Assange' outside London's Central Criminal Court.
UKIndictment 'surprised' Assange's lawyers
A superseding US indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is yet to be served to his lawyers or the UK court hearing his extradition appeal.
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Assange extradition case delayed until September
The second part of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's US extradition hearing has been moved to September and will take place in a different British court.
United KingdomJulian Assange in bid to postpone court hearing
Julian Assange will apply to postpone his US extradition hearing amid concerns over access to his lawyers in London's Belmarsh prison.
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Julian Assange fathered two children while living in embassy
The partner of Julian Assange has revealed she conceived two of his children while he was living inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, in a statement pleading for him to be released from a UK prison.
WikileaksAssange's extradition hearing to go ahead in May despite coronavirus concerns
In a bizarre hearing, a British judge has refused an application for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition hearing to be adjourned until September due to the coronavirus pandemic.
nationalNo jail release for Julian Assange amid coronavirus
Julian Assange won't be realised temporarily or have his US extradition hearing expedited under UK government plans to stave off coronavirus in prisons.
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Julian Assange denied UK bail over coronavirus concerns
Julian Assange has been denied bail after arguing that his release from a UK prison while on remand would mitigate the risk of him getting coronavirus.
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