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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange heads to Australia after U.S. guilty plea
His release ends a 14-year legal saga in which Assange spent more than five years in a British high-security jail and seven years in asylum at the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
Wed Jun 26 2024
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UK gives go-ahead to U.S. extradition of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange
Assange is wanted by U.S. authorities on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to WikiLeaks' release of vast troves of confidential U.S. military records.
Fri Jun 17 2022
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Actress Pamela Anderson plays down Assange romance rumours
Pamela Anderson was coy about a rumoured romance with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, saying his being holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London made dating "a little bit difficult".
Sun Apr 02 2017
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Assange tells UK, Sweden to let him go after UN finding
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged Britain and Sweden to let him walk free from Ecuador's embassy in London after a UN panel found that the anti-secrecy campaigner was "arbitrarily detained".
Fri Feb 05 2016
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WikiLeaks founder Assange 'arbitrarily detained', UN panel rules
A UN panel examining the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Friday he had been arbitrarily detained by both Sweden and Britain and called on both countries to compensate him.
Fri Feb 05 2016
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Holed up in Ecuador's embassy, WikiLeaks' Assange to win support from UN panel
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London was detained arbitrarily in contravention of international law, a UN panel will rule on Friday.
Fri Feb 05 2016
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Sweden requests permission from Ecuador to quiz Assange
The Swedish state prosecutor's office said Wednesday it had formally asked Ecuador for permission to interrogate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape allegation.
Thu Jan 14 2016
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WikiLeaks' Assange loses appeal against Swedish arrest warrant
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday lost an appeal against a Swedish warrant for his arrest to be questioned over alleged sex crimes.
Thu Nov 20 2014
Australia dismisses Assange fears as 'fantasy'
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr has dismissed as "fantasy" claims by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that Sweden's case against him is a conspiracy to have him extradited to the United States.
Tue Feb 26 2013
WikiLeaks' Assange has lung trouble
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up at Ecuador's London embassy for five months, has a lung condition that could get worse.
Thu Nov 29 2012