Julian Assange

High Tide: From Easing Import Bans to Calling WikiLeaks ‘The Enemy’

High Tide: From Easing Import Bans to Calling WikiLeaks ‘The Enemy’

By Mike Luckovich 04/10/2012 15:28

Julian Assange accuses the US administration of trying to erect a 'national regime of secrecy' and calls on the government to cease its investigation of WikiLeaks. Assange was speaking to a gathering of diplomats at the UN general assembly through a satellite videolink from the Ecuadorean embassy in London

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Free Bradley Manning, Nobel nominee

Free Bradley Manning, Nobel nominee

By Carlos Latuff 29/09/2012 16:38

“Nobel Peace Prize nominee PFC Bradley Manning, a 24-year-old Army intelligence analyst, is accused of releasing the Collateral Murder video, that shows the killing of unarmed civilians and two Reuters journalists, by a US Apache helicopter crew in Iraq.

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US preparing case against Assange

US preparing case against Assange

By Alfredo Martirena 06/09/2012 14:38

US prosecutors are secretly preparing a case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a cache of sensitive diplomatic cables, his lawyer Baltazar Garzon said on Wednesday.

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Julian Assange's Legal Battle Is Back to Square One

Julian Assange's Legal Battle Is Back to Square One

By Paresh Nath 29/08/2012 10:27

Britain re-affirmed its legal obligation to extraditeJulian Assange to Sweden, a duty it will carry out the minute he steps foot outside the embassy. Britain and Ecuador are back to square one with regards to his extradition status

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Ken Loach On Assange: A Very Interesting Thoughtful Lad

Ken Loach On Assange: A Very Interesting Thoughtful Lad

By Taylor Jones 24/08/2012 21:46

“Who is Julian Assange?” is a recent title in Guardian newpaper reflecting many ideas about Julian Assange by the peoples who know him best.One of them is Ken Loach,a veteran British film-maker who describe their meeting:

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South America backs Ecuador's asylum offer to Assange

South America backs Ecuador's asylum offer to Assange

By Rainer Hachfeld 21/08/2012 06:12

The Union of South American Nations (Unasur) has voiced its support to Ecuador in granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and strongly condemned Britain for "threatening" to storm the country's embassy in London

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Ecuadoreans Rally Behind President Over Assange Asylum

Ecuadoreans Rally Behind President Over Assange Asylum

By Bryant Arnold 20/08/2012 21:31

Ecuador is outraged at Britain for threatening to enter its embassy in London where the Australian anti-secrecy campaigner -- faced with extradition to Sweden for questioning over rape and sexual assault accusations -- has taken refuge.

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Assange urges US to end Wikileaks 'witch hunt'

Assange urges US to end Wikileaks 'witch hunt'

By Dave Brown 20/08/2012 08:14

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange portrayed himself Sunday as a victim of an American "witch hunt" over his secret-spilling website in a defiant address from the balcony of an embassy where he has holed up to avoid extradition to face sex assault allegations.

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Assange Becomes A Modern Anti-American Icon:”Assan-che"

Assange Becomes A Modern Anti-American Icon:”Assan-che"

By Abbas Goodarzi 18/08/2012 19:24

Julian Assange becomes a modern anti-american icon or a new digital version of popular revolutionary icon Ernesto Cheguevara nicknamed “El Che”.Last week Assange supporters in London compared two figures and called the Australian maverick,”Assan-che”.

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Julian Assange Siege

Julian Assange Siege

By Paul Zanetti 16/08/2012 12:12

If UK police storm Ecuadorian embassy, British diplomats worldwide will be left with no protection

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Assange asylum decision coming Thursday, Ecuador says

Assange asylum decision coming Thursday, Ecuador says

By - 16/08/2012 11:16

Britain told Ecuador that giving Julian Assange asylum would not change anything and that it was too early to say whether it would revoke the diplomatic status of Quito's embassy to allow the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder.

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UK court backs Assange extradition to Sweden

UK court backs Assange extradition to Sweden

By Christiane Pfohlmann 01/06/2012 08:46

Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to Sweden, Assange had earlier expressed fears that extradition to Stockholm would lead to extradition to the US on espionage or conspiracy charges.

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