Sweden to reopen rape case against WikiLeaks’ Assange

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors said Monday they are reopening a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will seek his extradition from Britain. The move sets up a legal battle with the United States, where the Australian computer hacker is separately wanted for allegedly hacking into a Pentagon computer. British authorities will have... Read More

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Julian Assange, Wikileaks

May 2, 2019

Assange refuses extradition to US; long legal fight expected

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Thursday that he wouldn’t agree to be extradited to the United States, where he is accused of conspiring to hack into a Pentagon computer. Assange, appearing by video link from a London prison, said he wouldn’t “surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism... Read More

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Julian Assange

May 1, 2019

WikiLeaks’ Assange gets 50 weeks in prison for jumping bail

LONDON (AP) — A British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Judge Deborah Taylor appeared unimpressed by Assange’s written apology and his lawyer’s argument that he sought refuge in the embassy because of... Read More

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Julian Assange

April 15, 2019

From embassy to prison: Assange settles in for legal battle

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has exchanged a small room at the Ecuadorian Embassy in central London for a cell at Belmarsh Prison, a grim institution in the southeast part of the city where he nevertheless has certain advantages he didn’t have when he was holed up, hiding from the law. WikiLeaks editor-in-chief... Read More

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Julian Assange

April 12, 2019

WikiLeaks’ Assange hauled from embassy, faces US charge

LONDON (AP) — British police on Thursday hauled a bearded and shouting Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy where he was holed up for nearly seven years, and the U.S. charged the WikiLeaks founder with conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to get their hands on government secrets. Police arrested Assange after the... Read More

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Julian Assange

April 11, 2019

The Latest: Assange pleads innocent to skipped bail charge

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London (all times local): 2:45 p.m. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has entered an innocent plea to a charge that he failed to surrender to custody under an order for his extradition to Sweden. Assange faced sexual assault allegations in Sweden when... Read More

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Julian Assange

November 27, 2018

Judge weighs request to unseal Assange charges

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An apparent criminal complaint against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is the subject of a federal court hearing in Virginia. Free-press advocates want a judge to unseal the complaint after prosecutors in an unrelated case inadvertently mentioned charges against Assange. A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning in Alexandria. Prosecutors oppose the... Read More

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Julian Assange

November 19, 2018

Lawyer for WikiLeaks’ Assange says he would fight charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not willingly travel to the United States to face charges filed under seal against him, one of his lawyers said, foreshadowing a possible fight over extradition for a central figure in the U.S. special counsel’s Russia-Trump investigation. Assange, who has taken cover in the Ecuadorian Embassy in... Read More

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Julian Assange

November 16, 2018

WikiLeaks chief could see charges, US court filing suggests

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department inadvertently named Julian Assange in a court filing in an unrelated case, suggesting prosecutors have prepared charges against the WikiLeaks founder under seal. Assange’s name appears twice in a recently-unsealed August court filing from a federal prosecutor in Virginia who was attempting to keep sealed a separate case involving... Read More

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Julian Assange

September 17, 2018

New leak shows Julian Assange sought Russian visa in 2010

LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange had just pulled off one of the biggest scoops in journalistic history, splaying the innards of American diplomacy across the web. But technology firms were cutting ties to his website, WikiLeaks, cable news pundits were calling for his head and a Swedish sex crime case was threatening to put him... Read More

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Julian Assange

February 14, 2018

UK judge upholds arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder

LONDON (AP) — A judge upheld a British arrest warrant for Julian Assange on Tuesday, saying the WikiLeaks founder should have the courage to come to court and face justice after more than five years inside Ecuador’s London embassy. Judge Emma Arbuthnot rejected arguments by Assange’s lawyers that it is no longer in the public... Read More

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Julian Assange

February 7, 2018

British judge upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange

LONDON (AP) — A British judge on Tuesday upheld a U.K. arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, leaving him still a wanted man in the country where he has spent more than five years inside the Ecuadorean Embassy. Judge Emma Arbuthnot rejected a call from Assange’s lawyers for the warrant to be revoked because... Read More

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Julian Assange, Wikileaks

February 5, 2018

British judge to rule on Assange bid to get warrant dropped

LONDON (AP) — A British judge is scheduled to rule Tuesday on Julian Assange’s bid to force Britain to drop a warrant for his arrest, a development that would remove a substantial legal hurdle to his leaving the Ecuadorean Embassy in London that has been his refuge for more than five years. The legal issues... Read More

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Julian Assange, Wikileaks

January 26, 2018

Assange lawyers go to court in bid to drop arrest warrant

LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for Julian Assange asked a British court on Friday to drop a U.K. arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder, a move that would free him to leave the Ecuadorean embassy after more than five years. A judge plans to rule on the application next month. Assange’s attorney said the warrant serves... Read More

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Julian Assange, Wikileaks

Sweden to reopen rape case against WikiLeaks’ Assange

Assange refuses extradition to US; long legal fight expected

WikiLeaks’ Assange gets 50 weeks in prison for jumping bail

From embassy to prison: Assange settles in for legal battle

WikiLeaks’ Assange hauled from embassy, faces US charge

The Latest: Assange pleads innocent to skipped bail charge

Judge weighs request to unseal Assange charges

Lawyer for WikiLeaks’ Assange says he would fight charges

WikiLeaks chief could see charges, US court filing suggests

New leak shows Julian Assange sought Russian visa in 2010

UK judge upholds arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder

British judge upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange

British judge to rule on Assange bid to get warrant dropped

Assange lawyers go to court in bid to drop arrest warrant

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