Monday, 04 January 2021_The founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face trial for espionage charges, according to a UK judge.
Monday, 07 September 2020_After months of delay prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, a court hearing will resume in London on Monday where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will put up a legal battle against Washington's bid seeking his extradition to the United States.
TEHRAN, Jul 31 - A Swedish prosecutor wants to speak with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the United Kingdom, the investigation of rape allegations against him is ongoing, Swedish Ambassador to Russia Peter Ericson said.
TEHRAN, Jun 21 - A court in Ecuador freed a Swedish programmer close to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday after more than two months in jail on suspicion of hacking.
TEHRAN, Jun 14 - The full extradition hearing to decide whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be sent to the United States to face accusations including spying charges will take place in February next year, a London court ruled on Friday.
TEHRAN, May 30 - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is too ill to appear via a video link from a British prison in a hearing on an extradition request from the United States, his lawyer said on Thursday.
TEHRAN, May 24 - A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says the "unprecedented charges" against his client threaten all journalists looking to inform the public about actions taken by the American government.
TEHRAN, May 20 - The Swedish prosecutor heading an investigation into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange filed a request with a local court on Monday for him to be detained in absentia.
TEHRAN, May 13 -Swedish prosecutors have decided to reopen an investigation into a 2010 rape allegation against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is serving a prison term in Britain for skipping bail, as the US seeks his extradition.
TEHRAN, May 02 - founder Julian Assange has told a British court that he would not surrender to a request for extradition to the United States where he would face trial for one of the largest compromises of classified information in US history.
TEHRAN, Apr 20 - A senior diplomat who used to work in the Ecuadorian embassy in London until last summer has denied claims by the country’s government that Julian Assange was evicted from the mission because of his disrespectful behavior, saying the press freedom activist suffered from a government plot to force him out.
TEHRAN, Apr 16 - US federal prosecutors have accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of disseminating secret documents with the intent of doing harm to the United States.
TEHRAN, Apr 16 -The United States has agreed not to seek the death penalty against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in covert negotiations with the UK and Ecuador to get him evicted from the South American country’s embassy in London, US media reported.
TEHRAN, Apr 16 -Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno sold off WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to the United States after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided billions of dollars of loan to the Latin American country, according to former Republican congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul.
TEHRAN, Apr 15 - Three European politicians have held a protest outside a British jail where press freedom activist Julian Assange is being held pending a trial on his extradition to the United States.
TEHRAN, Apr 15 - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange repeatedly violated his asylum conditions and tried to use the Ecuadorian embassy in London as a centre for spying, Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno told Britain’s Guardian newspaper.
TEHRAN, Apr 14 -The former secretary of state and 2016 presidential candidate has a bone to pick with the WikiLeaks founder, who was arrested yesterday on a US extradition warrant. Back in 2016, the whistleblowers leaked damaging internal communications from her presidential campaign that ultimately ended in defeat.
TEHRAN, Apr 12 - Key figures in Britain's opposition Labour Party said Friday the government should oppose the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on charges of conspiring to break into a Pentagon computer.
TEHRAN, Apr 11 -The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assan by the UK government shows that there was no respect for the freedom of press in Western countries like Britain and the United States, a political analyst from New York says.