He’s spent the last five years behind bars in London Wikileaks founder Julian Assange been freed from prison in the UK and is leaving the country after agreeing a US plea deal. Assange, 52, has been in Belmarsh Prison, London, for the last five years, during which time he has been fighting extradition to the […]

1 year ago

Assange will face espionage charges in the US, where he could be hit with a 175-year jail sentence. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the US where he will face espionage charges, the UK Home Office has confirmed. While Patel has given the green light, the WikiLeaks […]

4 years ago

17 new charges have been filed against the Wikileaks co-founder. In April of this year, Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. News emerged on Thursday night (23 May) that a number of new charges had been filed against the Australian. According to BBC, the latest charges accuse him of […]

7 years ago

Assange was arrested on Thursday morning. Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Assange has been in the embassy seven years to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case. This case has since been dropped. He was arrested for failing to surrender to the court. In a […]

7 years ago

Look, he wasn’t going home so they had to do something. After more than five years of being cooped up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted citizenship. Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said officials accepted Assange’s request for naturalisation on 12 December, while adding that they will continue […]

8 years ago

The Wikileaks founder also sent a celebratory tweet. Sweden’s director of public prosecutions has dropped the rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. A brief statement ahead of a press conference by the prosecutor later on Friday said: “Director of Public Prosecution, Ms Marianne Ny, has today decided to discontinue the investigation regarding suspected rape […]

9 years ago