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Justice department confirms Joe Biden intends to have WikiLeak’s co-founder stand trial in USThe US government has appealed a UK judge’s ruling against the extradition of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, according to a justice department official.The appeal made clear that Joe Biden intends to have Assange stand trial on espionage- and hacking-related charges over WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of US military...

Analysis: ruling appears to extend the scope of British Official Secrets Act on classified information Julian Assange to seek release from prison after extradition rulingJulian Assange may have won the first round of his extradition battle against the US but lawyers and the National Union of Journalists have warned his victory had little to do with the protection of journalism and free speech.A study...

Legal team for WikiLeaks co-founder expected to refer to Covid risk at Belmarsh prisonJulian Assange extradition ruling: what happens now?Julian Assange will make a fresh appeal to be released from prison this week after a British judge ruled that he cannot be extradited to the US to face charges of espionage and hacking government computers.While district judge Vanessa Baraitser rejected arguments that Assange would...

Judge says it would be ‘oppressive’ to extradite WikiLeaks founder to US, citing concerns for his mental healthJulian Assange cannot be extradited to the US to face charges of espionage and of hacking government computers, a British judge has decided.Lawyer for US authorities are to appeal against the ruling, which was delivered at the central criminal court by the district judge, Vanessa Baraitser. Continue...

Stella Moris speaks out on eve of ruling on whether WikiLeaks founder can be sent for trial in USJulian Assange’s partner has said a decision to extradite the WikiLeaks co-founder to the US would be “politically and legally disastrous for the UK”, on the eve of the judge’s ruling.Assange, 49, faces an 18-count indictment, alleging a plot to hack computers and a conspiracy to...

Extradition hearing told spying operation at Ecuador embassy included plot to take baby’s nappyPlans to poison or kidnap Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy were discussed between sources in US intelligence and a private security firm that spied extensively on the WikiLeaks co-founder, a court has been told.Details of the alleged spying operation against Assange and anyone who visited him at the embassy were...

WikiLeaks founder was asked to reveal source of leak damaging to Hillary Clinton, hearing toldTwo political figures claiming to represent Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a “win-win” deal to avoid extradition to the US and indictment, a London court has heard.Under the proposed deal, outlined by Assange’s barrister Jennifer Robinson, the WikiLeaks founder would be offered a pardon if he disclosed who leaked Democratic...

Pentagon Papers whistleblower tells extradition hearing WikiLeaks founder won’t get a fair trial in the USThe man who leaked the Pentagon Papers about the Vietnam war has defended Julian Assange at his London extradition hearing on Wednesday, saying WikiLeaks had acted in the public interest and warned that its founder would not get a fair trial in the United States.Australian-born Assange, 49, is fighting...

WikiLeaks founder in court to face US accusations of stealing military secretsThe WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has appeared at the Old Bailey at the start of an extradition hearing on an 18-count US indictment that accuses him of recruiting hackers to steal military secrets.Wearing a dark suit, tie and white shirt, Assange, 49, sat behind a glass security screen at the back of the...

‘Shameful’ Collateral Murder footage shows Apache helicopter mowing down 11 civilians – including two Reuters journalists – in BaghdadUS prosecutors have failed to include one of WikiLeaks’ most shocking video revelations in the indictment against Julian Assange, a move that has brought accusations the US doesn’t want its “war crimes” exposed in public.Assange, an Australian citizen, is remanded and in ill health in London’s...

Former Reuters journalist Dean Yates was in charge of the bureau in Baghdad when his Iraqi colleagues Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh were killed. A WikiLeaks video called Collateral Murder later revealed details of their deathFor all the countless words from the United States military about its killing of the Iraqi Reuters journalists Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh, their colleague Dean Yates has two...

WikiLeaks founder ‘too ill’ to attend extradition hearing in London via videolink A coalition of Australian MPs, human rights advocates and journalists have called on their country’s government to intervene in the case of Julian Assange, who was said to be too ill to attend the latest court hearing of his extradition case.The imprisoned WikiLeaks founder was unable to attend via video link because...

District Judge Vanessa Baraitser refused Assange’s release from Belmarsh Prison in London believing he still poses a flight riskLatest Australian coronavirus updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s application for bail to avoid contracting the novel coronavirus has been denied by a British judge.Assange was denied bail after arguing that his release from a UK prison would mitigate his “high risk” of catching...

Ex-army analyst, held for refusing to testify to grand jury over WikiLeaks, attempted suicide this week, legal team saidA federal judge has ordered that Chelsea Manning be released from jail in Virginia. Related: Chelsea Manning hospitalized after suicide attempt, legal team say Continue reading...

Legal team say treaty prevents extradition of WikiLeaks founder for political offencesJulian Assange’s legal team has rejected a suggestion by lawyers for US authorities that his actions were not “political offences”, arguing that the WikiLeaks founder had published classified documents to highlight human rights abuses.On the fourth day of Assange’s extradition hearing in London, before proceedings were adjourned until May, his barrister, Edward Fitzgerald...

WikiLeaks founder likened to Alfred Dreyfus as QC argues extradition is prohibitedJulian Assange has been likened to the Iraq war whistleblower Katharine Gun and the 19th-century French army officer Alfred Dreyfus at a hearing where the WikiLeaks founder’s lawyers argued his extradition to the US was prohibited.A central plank of efforts to prevent him from being sent for trial in the US was laid...

WikiLeaks founder’s lawyers complain of interference after first day of extradition hearingJulian Assange was handcuffed 11 times, stripped naked twice and had his case files confiscated after the first day of his extradition hearing, according to his lawyers, who complained of interference in his ability to take part.Their appeal to the judge overseeing the trial at Woolwich crown court in south-east London was also...

US ‘hypocritical’ to seek Wikileaks founder’s extradition but not send Anne Sacoolas back to UK for trial over son’s deathThe family of Harry Dunn has called for Julian Assange not to be extradited as long as the United States refuses to send the suspect in the teenager’s death back to Britain. The family has have accused the US government of “demonstrating an extraordinary amount...