Top UN anti-torture expert demands UK ‘immediately’ releases WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Belmarsh prison ahead of his extradition hearing Top UN anti-torture expert urged Britain to release Julian Assange from prison Assange was first arrested in the UK in 2010 and is now being held in Belmarsh He is wanted in US for conspiring … Read more
The US government is wrong to charge WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with publishing unredacted classified documents because they had already appeared online, a court has heard. Computer scientist Professor Christian Grothoff said the organisation was not the first to make public 251,000 diplomatic cables when they appeared on its website on September 2, 2011. Assange, … Read more
First daughter Ivanka Trump told her father’s 2016 presidential campaign to draft a stream of Donald Trump tweets linking to hacked Democratic emails dumped by WikiLeaks in the final weeks of the campaign, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s final Russia report reveals. She made the directive in an October email sent to top Trump campaign staff, … Read more
Julian Assange faces new DOJ indictment that states he ‘tried to recruit hackers at conferences in Europe and Asia who could provide Wikileaks with classified information’ The U.S. Department of Justice filed a new indictment on Wednesday It states he ‘sought to recruit hackers at confernces in Europe and Asia who could provide the Wikileaks … Read more
Julian Assange misses latest extradition hearing to the US to face spying charges because he is suffering from ‘breathing problems’ in Belmarsh prison Julian Assange has been held at Belmarsh Prison in London since April 2019 WikiLeaks founder is wanted in the US on charges under the Espionage Act Westminster Magistrates Court was told he … Read more