WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday appealed to Britain’s Supreme Court against a lower court ruling earlier in December that effectively allowed him to be extradited to the United States. U.S. authorities have charged 50-year-old Australian-born Assange with 18 counts of leaking WikiLeaks secret US military files and diplomatic telegrams, which they say endangered lives. […]
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Russia denounces ‘shameful’ annulment of Julian Assange’s extradition denial in US
Russian diplomats today denounced a British court decision to overturn a second-degree refusal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, whom Washington wants to try for a massive leak. “This shameful decision in a political case against a journalist and a public figure once again reveals the vision of the cannibalistic world […]
US wins appeal against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Washington has won an appeal to the London Supreme Court seeking annulment of a previous ruling not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. “The court allows the appeal,” said Judge Timothy Holroyd. The judge said he was satisfied with assurances from the United States about Assange’s detention, including his commitment not […]
Julian Assange case: British authorities allow him to marry his partner Stella Morris
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remains incarcerated in the Belmars High Security Prison, has finally received permission from the authorities to marry his partner Stella Morris, according to British media. Last week, Mr. Assange and Ms. Morris filed a lawsuit against Justice Minister Dominique Raab and the prison director for obstructing their marriage. According to […]
Prosecutors say Trump ally Roger Stone deserves prison sentence
Roger Stone, a former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, leaves the Prettyman United States Courthouse after a hearing February 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson | Getty Images A top federal prosecutor said in a new legal filing Tuesday that Republican operative Roger Stone deserves to be sentenced to “far less” time in […]
Trump ally Roger Stone should go to prison for up to 9 years, prosecutors say
President Donald Trump early Tuesday blasted federal prosecutors for seeking a prison term of between seven and nine years for his longtime ally Roger Stone, a Republican political operative convicted of lying to Congress in the Russian election meddling probe. Prosecutors on Monday had called for that long prison term by citing the seriousness of […]
