WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stated that he was freed after years of incarceration because he chose "freedom over unrealizable justice," referring to his plea deal with US authorities.
The judge ruled that the 62 months Assange spent in a UK cell counts as his sentence. "You will walk out of this courtroom a free man," Judge Manglona said.
Saipan: A plane carrying Julian Assange has landed in Saipan ahead of the WikiLeaks founder’s expected guilty plea in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will set him free to return home to Australia. Assange will appear Wednesday in the U.S. federal court in the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. […]
In a media statement on Friday, Irene Khan, UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression, warned of serious implications for freedom of expression due to the potential extradition and impending prosecution of Julian Assange in the US
LONDON: The British government has ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. He is likely to appeal. Home Secretary Priti Patel signed the extradition order on Friday, her department said. It follows a British court ruling in April that Assange could be sent to the U.S. […]
District Judge Vanessa Baraitser made the ruling at the Old Bailey court in central London in the long-running case, which has become a cause celebre for media freedom.
