United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said at the weekend that the possible extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US raises concerns about the free press and may have a “crippling” impact on investigative journalism. Ms Bachelet explained that she met on Thursday with Mr Assange’s wife and lawyers. Julian […]
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One last legal chance for Assange
In September, the High Court in London makes a final decision on the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the US. His relatives are worried about his health. Julian Assange has been held at Belmars maximum security prison in London since 2019. The Victorian building is one of the toughest prisons in Great Britain. […]
Assange case: WikiLeaks founder’s family calls on Germany to intervene in US
The father and brother of Julian Assange on Monday called on the German government to intervene with US President Joe Biden and ask him to drop the criminal charges against the founder of the WikiLeaks website. “The German government should express its concerns to President Biden in this matter and demand that the persecution be […]
France: Melanson promises French citizenship for Julian Assange if he becomes prime minister
The leader of the left-wing opposition in France, Jean-Luc Melanson, announced today that he will grant French citizenship to Julian Assange if he is appointed prime minister. The British government today signed a warrant for the release of the journalist and founder of the Wikileaks website to the United States, where he is being prosecuted […]
Britain: ‘Green Light’ by Assange
“A dark day for freedom of the press and British democracy,” the Wikileaks platform said today. The defense has 14 days to appeal. 14 days… so many are the ones that separate Julian Assange with his last hope not to be extradited to the United States of America. After years of failed legal challenges and […]
Protest in London against Assange
Around 200 to 300 people protested in London on Tuesday, demanding that the British government refuse to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is facing US prosecution for leaking hundreds of thousands of secret and secret military documents. Correspondent of the French Agency. After a long court battle, the British justice officially gave the green […]
Australia will not challenge British justice decision to extradite Assange to US
Australia will not challenge the extradition to the United States of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and expresses confidence in British justice, a minister said today. A London court has formally ordered the extradition of Assange, an Australian national, to the United States to stand trial for leaking a series of confidential diplomatic and military documents […]
A British court has ordered Assange extradited to the United States
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been formally extradited to the United States, where he is being prosecuted for espionage, following years of bribery. The court has formally issued the extradition order and it is now up to Home Secretary Pretty Patel to approve it, although his lawyers can always appeal the British court ruling. The […]
One step before the release of Julian Assange
The appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has been rejected and the case is now in the hands of the Minister of the Interior. Is Assange released in the US? Monday’s decision of the British Supreme Court not to consider the case of his extradition was sealed with the conclusion that it […]
Julian Assange case: French National Assembly says no to asylum
The French National Assembly on Friday rejected a cross-party draft resolution calling on the government of President Emanuel Macron to grant refugee status in France to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remains imprisoned in London and is in danger in the United States. The text examined yesterday was of course of only symbolic value, as […]