(This story contains strong language in paragraph 5) By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – Musician and singer-songwriter Roger Waters says he hopes a now free Julian Assange might one day be able to resume his work at WikiLeaks if he wants to, and that he is prepared to help fund the whistleblower media organisation. The […]
Stella Assange has thanked politicians who campaigned for her husband, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, to be freed during her visit to Australia’s Parliament House, where political leaders differed over how welcome the convicted felon was in his homeland. “Julian is overjoyed and so grateful to the Australian people, to the members of Parliament and to […]
The Julian Assange case ends “with me here in Saipan”, a judge said at a US court hearing that saw the WikiLeaks founder walk free after pleading guilty to one charge. In an audio recording of the hearing released by the court in the US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, Mr […]
STORY: :: Wikileaks founder Assange, released from jail, lands in Australia and hugs his loved ones :: Canberra, Australia :: June 26, 2024 Assange disembarked from a private jet at Canberra airport early evening local time, waving to waiting media before passionately kissing his wife, Stella, and lifting her off the ground. He embraced his […]
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has arrived in his native Australia to be reunited with his family and start a new life as a free man. He flew into the country’s capital Canberra on Wednesday in the final act of an extraordinary few days following his dramatic release from a London prison. He was met by […]
Better known for its sandy beaches and for playing host to one of the most infamous chapters in Irish football history, the tropical Pacific island of Saipan will soon host the final act of Julian Assange’s 14-year legal odyssey. Assange is en route to a courtroom on the island where he is expected to plead […]
Julian Assange has “paid his dues” over his WikiLeaks disclosures, according to the former US director of national intelligence. Mr Assange left the UK on Monday after his release from prison following a plea deal brokered with US authorities. Court papers filed by the US Justice Department show Mr Assange is scheduled to appear in […]
Julian Assange, founder of whistleblower media group WikiLeaks, is due to strike a plea bargain this week that would free him from jail and allow him to return home to Australia after a 14-year-long legal saga. What is WikiLeaks? On its website, WikiLeaks says it is a multinational media organisation that specialises in analysing and […]
Julian Assange was granted bail by the High Court in London and released from Belmarsh Prison on Monday following negotiations with US authorities over a plea deal, WikiLeaks has said. In a statement posted on X, the official WikiLeaks account said Assange left the maximum security prison on Monday morning “after having spent 1901 days […]
June 24 (UPI) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be freed from prison in Britain when he pleads guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department, according to court papers filed late Monday. On Wednesday, Assange is scheduled to appear in the federal court in the Mariana Islands, which is […]
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to plead guilty as part of a plea deal with the US Justice Department that which could see him walk free and bring an end to a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents. Assange was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, new court documents show. […]
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Watch live outside the High Court in London on Monday, 20 May, after Julian Assange won a bid to bring an appeal against his US extradition on Monday, 20 May. The WikiLeaks founder, […]