Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will request leave from the high-security Belmarsh Prison to attend Dame Vivienne Westwood’s funeral, his wife says. Eko Hot Blog reports that Dame Vivienne was a vocal supporter and friend of Mr Assange for more than a decade, famously protesting against his incarceration suspended in a bird cage. EDITOR’S PICKS US: … Read more
A UK judge said he was satisfied with a package of assurances given by the US about the conditions of the detention of Assange… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States government has won an appeal at Britain’s High Court over the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Friday’s ruling, which overturns an earlier … Read more
Mexico has offered political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after a British judge blocked his extradition to the United States to face espionage charges. “I’m going to ask the foreign minister to carry out the relevant procedures to request that the UK government releases Mr. Assange and that Mexico offers him political asylum,” President … Read more
A British judge on Monday rejected WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States to face espionage charges, finding he was at serious risk of suicide. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said the 49-year-old Australian publisher’s actions in leaking secret documents went “well beyond” that of a journalist, and he would have been “well aware” … Read more
Donald Trump, Pardon A United Nations human rights expert, Nils Melzer, has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to pardon Julian Assange, Founder of Whistleblower site, Wikileaks. Assenge, an Australian National, had been in a maximum security prison in London since his arrest in April, 2019, for allegedly leaking classified U.S. military information. Melzer made the … Read more
More than 60 doctors wrote an open letter published Monday saying they feared Julian Assange’s health was so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British jail. The 48-year-old Australian is still fighting a US bid to extradite him from Britain on charges filed under the Espionage Act that could see him … Read more