Tag: Julian Assange

• Thursday, February 24th 2011 - 16:44 UTC

  British court agrees to extradite Wikileaks founder Assange to Sweden

  

  A British court has agreed to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes, dismissing claims such a move would breach his human rights.

• Friday, December 17th 2010 - 22:38 UTC

  WikiLeaks claims worst attacks are from in Dubai, US, UK and Switzerland

  

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said his organisation had come under attack not so much from governments but from banks as he vowed to release damaging leaks about them.

• Friday, December 17th 2010 - 06:56 UTC

  WikiLeaks Assange free on bail and tagged moves to ten bedroom mansion

  

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted bail Thursday by the High Court in London and will move from a prison cell in Wandsworth to a country retreat in Norfolk when he is released from custody.

• Friday, December 10th 2010 - 06:15 UTC

  Russia’s Putin says Assange arrest shows the West has problems with democracy

  

  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange shows the West has its own problems with democracy.

• Friday, December 10th 2010 - 05:54 UTC

  Lula da Silva supports Assange and asks what about freedom of expression?

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva defended Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks.org website that published more than 250,000 of U.S. diplomatic cables sent to or from embassies around the world and asked where are those rabid defenders of freedom of expression.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2010 - 07:25 UTC

  Assange remanded in custody; Wikileaks promises to continue publishing material

  

  The founder of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been refused bail by a court in London but vowed to fight extradition to Sweden. Mr Assange denies sexually assaulting two women in Sweden. He was remanded in custody pending a hearing next week.