Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in British jail for skipping bail
By Michael Holden LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in jail by a London court on Wednesday...
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US prepares charges against Wikileaks’ Assange
American prosecutors have obtained a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose website published thousands of classified U.S. government documents, a U.S. federal court...
Stalemate over WikiLeaks Assange’s future ‘coming to a head’
The diplomatic impasse over Julian Assange’s six-year stay in Ecuador’s London embassy is coming to a head, a source close to the WikiLeaks founder said...
UK minister: “miserable little worm” Assange should turn himself in
Julian Assange was called a “miserable little worm” on Tuesday by a British foreign affairs minister who said the WikiLeaks founder should leave the Ecuadorean...
Assange loses bid to halt UK legal action against him
A British judge refused on Tuesday to halt legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for jumping bail and fleeing to the Ecuadorean embassy in...
Assange loses bid to have UK arrest warrant dropped
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lost one legal bid to have a UK arrest warrant against him quashed on Tuesday but immediately launched another, to have...
Ecuador gives Assange citizenship, seeks solution with Britain
Ecuador has given citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the country’s London embassy for over five years, and is...
Ecuador acknowledges limiting Julian Assange’s web access
Ecuador’s government acknowledged on Tuesday it had partly restricted internet access for Julian Assange, the founder of anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks who has lived in the...
WikiLeaks’ Assange signals release of documents before US election
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Tuesday the organisation would publish around one million documents related to the US election and three governments, but denied...
Swedish court upholds Assange warrant, clears way for questioning in October
A Swedish appeals court decided to uphold the arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Friday, prolonging the six year long legal stand off...
Swedish court upholds Assange arrest warrant
A Swedish lower court upheld on Wednesday the arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, saying the stay at Ecuador’s London embassy did not equal...
Swedish prosecutors press for Assange interview despite UN ruling (Updated)
Swedish prosecutors said on Thursday they would renew an application to interview Julian Assange over a rape allegation, adding that their case was not affected...
Assange demands his freedom (Update 2)
By Costas Pitas and Andy Bruce WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on Britain and Sweden on Friday to let him freely leave the Ecuadorian embassy...
Ecuador signs deal with Sweden for Assange questioning
Ecuador and Sweden have signed a pact that would allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be questioned at Ecuador’s embassy in London where he has...
London police call off guard at Assange’s Ecuador embassy bolt-hole
London’s cash-strapped police will no longer keep officers stationed outside the Ecuadorean embassy to catch WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up inside...
Swedish prosecutor drops three Assange cases, rape investigation continues
Swedish prosecutors said on Thursday they had dropped investigations into allegations of sexual assault made in 2010 against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange because they had...
France rejects asylum request by Wikileaks founder Assange
By Ingrid Melander and Dominique Vidalon France swiftly rejected on Friday a request for asylum by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The founder of the transparency...
Sweden’s Supreme Court upholds Assange detention order
Sweden’s Supreme Court said on Monday it rejected an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to revoke a detention order over allegations of sexual assault....
Assange lawyer welcomes request for London questioning
Julian Assange’s Swedish lawyer welcomed prosecutors’ request on Friday to interview the WikiLeaks founder in London over allegations of sexual assault, but said the process...
Swedish appeal court upholds Assange detention order – Update 1
By Daniel Dickson A Swedish appeals court rejected on Thursday an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to revoke a detention order over allegations of...
