Julian Assange

Supporters say Assange's prosecution is a politically motivated assault on journalism and free speech

The 50-year-old Australian is being held in jail while US authorities seek his extradition to face trial on 18 counts

The decision deals a serious blow to Assange's effort to fight his deportation in the courts

Stella Moris says it happened in late October

Assange is accused of releasing vast troves of 'confidential US military records and diplomatic cables'

Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Assange will have to remain in custody in Britain

The United States accuses Australian-born Assange, 49, of 18 offenses relating to the release by WikiLeaks

Says former hacker would be a 'very high' suicide risk if he were extradited to the United States

WikiLeaks published thousands of emails hacked from Clinton’s campaign, weeks before the 2016 election

Assange’s lawyers discuss the management of his hearing next week to decide whether he should be extradited to the US

The 48 year-old Australian citizen has repeatedly denied the allegation against him, made in 2010

The 47-year-old Australian is currently serving a 50-week prison sentence for violating bail conditions in 2012

A final decision on whether WikiLeaks founder can be extradited will rest with the courts

Wikileaks, Reporters Without Borders and other media rights groups denounce charges as attack on press freedom

US indictment accuses him of helping crack a password stored on Department of Defence computers in 2010

Assange made headlines after WikiLeaks published classified US military video showing 2007 attack in Baghdad

Supporters of Assange said Ecuador had betrayed him at the behest of Washington

Says shocked to see his son's condition after his arrest in London last week

US officials have unsealed an indictment against Assange for computer hacking

Garzon, who has previously described the case against Assange as arbitrary and baseless

Ecuador withdraws asylum for repeatedly violating international conventions, says President Moreno

British police, acting on behalf of Washington, arrested the WikiLeaks founder at Ecuador's embassy in London

Police said they arrested Assange after being 'invited into the Ecuadorean embassy'

Rights body deems de facto arrest of WikiLeaks founder unlawful

Prosecutors reveal existence of sealed indictment in a court filing of an unrelated case

'Ecuador has no responsibility to take any further steps,' Valencia said

Ecuador government issued no immediate statement in response

The Wikileaks founder has been holed up at the embassy since 2012

Foreign Minister Ecuador confirms Assange's confinement, incommunicado state

Assange questioned decision by Britain to retaliate against poisoning by expelling Russian diplomats deemed spies

British police still seek to arrest the Wikileaks founder based on bail terms violation

Swedish case has since been dropped but British authorities Assange remains in breach of his bail conditions

WikiLeaks founder seems to be overstaying his welcome

Assange was granted asylum in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over rape allegations

British police said they would still arrest him if he tried to leave the embassy even after rape charges bring dropped

Tweets link to Julian Assange's interview with PTI chairman Imran Khan in 2013

My legal staff have contacted the UK authorities and we hope to engage in a dialogue, says Wikileaks' founder

Accusation against Assange dates from August 2010 when the alleged victim filed a complaint

WikiLeaks, founded by Assange in 2006, specializes in large-scale breaches of classified data

Assange's case returned to the spotlight after WikiLeaks was accused of meddling in the US election last year

Lasso alleged fraud and said he would contest the result

Says he has more information about the Central Intelligence Agency's hacking operation

The 45-year-old founder of the secret-spilling website has been at the Ecuadoran embassy in London since 2012

Washington has maintained the threat of prosecuting Assange over the 2010 leak, though no charges have been filed

Assange has been living in Ecuadoran embassy in London since June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden

President-elect's backpedaling comes ahead of a Senate hearing today

op US spy chiefs will testify in Congress on Thursday

Wikileaks founder was questioned for two days at the Ecuadorian embassy in London in November

Assange, 45, has been at the Ecuadoran embassy in London since 2012

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