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Julian Assange's defense team in Europe holds news conference Paris, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020.

Wikileaks founder Assange to seek asylum in France

Julian Assange's lawyers say they plan to ask President Emmanuel Macron to grant their client asylum in France.

20/02/2020

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator supporting Julian Assange wears a mask and chains outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020.

Assange says Trump offered US pardon if he cleared Russia

In the latest twist, a lawyer for Julian Assange says the Trump administration offered to pardon the WikiLeaks founder if he agreed to say Russia wasn't involved in leaking Democratic National Committee emails.

19/02/2020

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves Southwark Crown Court after being sentenced in London, Britain, May 1, 2019.

United Kingdom

Sweden will not proceed with Julian Assange rape investigation

One of the lawyers for Assange, who is in a UK jail, told Euronews his client had been "weakened by detention conditions which are absolutely extraordinary".

19/11/2019

A demonstrator holds a banner during a protest outside a London court, Britain, October 21, 2019.

United Kingdom

Julian Assange appears in London court for extradition hearing

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a London court on Monday for a hearing on whether he should be extradited to the United States to face spying charges.

21/10/2019

United Kingdom

Julian Assange's US extradition hearing set for February 2020

The full hearing on whether to extradite WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US will be held next February.

14/06/2019

Supporters of Julian Assange say his health has deteriorated in prison

United Kingdom

Assange is 'not very well' says lawyer after court no-show

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange missed a scheduled court appearance on Thursday because he is unwell, his lawyer said.

30/05/2019

USA

Manning says she won't testify on WikiLeaks despite risk of jail

"No matter what happens today ... whether i'm placed in confinement or not, I'm not going to comply with this grand jury," Manning said.

16/05/2019

USA

Manning ordered to appear before new U.S. grand jury as she is freed from jail

10/05/2019

United Kingdom

Julian Assange refuses to surrender to US extradition at court hearing

The extradition hearing comes a day after the WikiLeaks co-founder was sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for breaching bail conditions in the UK.

02/05/2019

Julian Assange spent almost seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy

United Kingdom

Julian Assange 50-week jail term for bail breach ‘an outrage’

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions.

01/05/2019

Julian Assange after getting arrested in London

Good Morning Europe

Whistleblowers given more protection, but Assange divides opinion

Whistleblowers across the European Union have won greater protection under landmark legislation aimed at encouraging reports of wrongdoing. The new law, approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday, create "safe channels" and aims to shield whistleblowers from retaliation.

17/04/2019

Julian Assange taken away to Belmarsh prison in London

Good Morning Europe

Julian Assange is in a war of words with the Ecuadorian government

Julian Assange is embroiled in a war of words with the Ecuadorian government. The country's President Lenin Moreno has defended his decision to remove Mr Assange's asylum status claiming he 'violated his asylum conditions repeatedly'.

15/04/2019

United Kingdom

Assange could still face sexual assault charges in Sweden

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is now in custody in the UK, is facing a possible renewal of an allegation of rape in Sweden. Prosecutors said they were looking again at the case after a request by the lawyer of the alleged victim.

13/04/2019

Julian Assange: How could seven years in Ecuadorian embassy have affected his health?

United Kingdom

How could seven years in Ecuadorian embassy affect Assange's health?

Brock Chisholm, a consultant clinical psychologist who examined Assange multiple times over the last year, told Euronews the thing that had the most profound effect on the Wikileaks founder was the threat of what might happen if he left the embassy.

12/04/2019

Assange 's supporters in front the Ecuador embassy of London.

USA

US intelligence versus Julian Assange - a brief history

The founder of Wikileaks was found guilty of skipping bail by Westminster Magistrates Court on Thursday afternoon - after having been dragged out of London's Ecuadorian embassy earlier on. However, the US Department of Justice made the extradition request that prompted his arrest.

12/04/2019

The EU Commission say they protect whistleblowers - but what about Assange?

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The EC say they protect whistleblowers - but what about Assange?

A new whistleblower directive was approved by EU negotiators on Tuesday in Strasbourg. But at a press conference, when asked whether Julian Assange was a whistleblower, the reply was "no comment".

12/04/2019

Ecuadorian authorities arrest 'close associate' of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

USA

'Close associate' of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange arrested in Ecuador

Ecuadorian Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo said a "close associate" of Assange had been arrested "for investigative purposes"

12/04/2019

US President Donald Trump in Washington, April 10, 2019.

USA

After Assange arrest, Trump says he knows 'nothing' about WikiLeaks

Following the arrest of the WikiLeaks founder, Trump distanced himself from a group whose work attacking Hillary Clinton he frequently cited during his first campaign.

11/04/2019

Raw Politics

Brexit extension, Assange arrest and anti-prostitution petition

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11/04/2019

United Kingdom

A timeline of Assange's nearly 7 years in the Ecuadorian Embassy

Assange's complicated, almost decade long case came to a turning point today, when he was arrested in London as the U.S. seeks his extradition

11/04/2019

Julian Assange is dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy

United Kingdom

Police drag Julian Assange out of embassy after US extradition request

Assange is wanted in the US over an investigation into WikiLeaks' leaking of classified documents concerning the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The US Department of Justice said the charge related specifically to conspiracy to commit computer intrusion with US whistleblower Chelsea Manning.

11/04/2019