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Wikileaks

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Julian Assange plea deal: what does it mean for the WikiLeaks founder, and what happens now?

WikiLeaks/X Holly Cullen, The University of Western Australia After years of appeals and litigation, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has entered into a plea deal with the US government, according to court documents. He was facing one count of computer misuse and multiple counts of espionage stemming from his work with WikiLeaks, publishing sensitive US government documents provided by Chelsea Manning. The US government had repeatedly claimed that Assange’s actions risked […]

todayJune 25, 2024 24

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With pressure mounting on the Biden administration, its pursuit of Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable

      By Emma Shortis, RMIT University     Today, in a surprise development likely weeks in the planning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was able to leave the United Kingdom for the first time in more than a decade after reaching a plea deal with the US government. In the past several months, momentum has been building towards this moment. There was increasing bipartisan support in both the Australian […]

todayJune 25, 2024 17

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Five things to know about the Northern Mariana Islands

        WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is headed to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands to plead guilty in a deal with US authorities that will leave him a free man. Here are five things to know about the US territory in the Western Pacific: Surrounded by the vast Pacific Ocean, the Northern Mariana Islands is a tiny, remote outpost of the world's largest economy. Its closest large […]

todayJune 25, 2024 26

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Assange will be ‘a free man’ after US court appearance: wife

      WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be a "free man" after a US judge signs off on his landmark plea deal expected to take place in remote US territory on Wednesday, his wife Stella said. Stella Assange said the end of his years-long legal drama that saw him board a plane from London to Bangkok on Monday had been a "whirlwind of emotions". "I'm just elated. Frankly, it's […]

todayJune 25, 2024 18

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Wikileaks founder granted right to appeal extradition ruling

A London court has ruled that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may be able to appeal his extradition to the United States. Two judges have ordered the U.S. to provide assurances that Assange has a right to freedom of expression and won't be subject to the death penalty before a final verdict is taken. Julia Chapman reports from London.

todayMarch 26, 2024 40

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Will Assange case have chilling effect on journalists, whistleblowers ‘risking 175 years in prison?’

Lawyers for the American government argued on Wednesday before a London court why they think Julian Assange should face espionage charges in the United States, in response to a last-ditch bid by his defense to stop the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder. Assange’s lawyers are asking the High Court to grant him a new appeal — his last legal roll of the dice in the long-running legal saga that has kept […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024 15

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