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Letters | Why Julian Assange suffered for so many years in the free world

Readers discuss Western treatment of a non-Chinese dissident like the WikiLeaks founder, cross-border travel permits for non-Chinese residents of Hong Kong, and how to turn the US election into a win-win for the city.

Readers discuss Western treatment of a non-Chinese dissident like the WikiLeaks founder, cross-border travel permits for non-Chinese residents of Hong Kong, and how to turn the US election into a win-win for the city

3 Jul 2024 - 11:30AM

Who are Julian Assange’s children – Daniel, Gabriel and Max?

8 Jul 2024 - 1:21PM

My Take | WikiLeaks’ Assange is free, but threats to journalism are bigger than ever

28 Jun 2024 - 10:30AMvideocam

Julian Assange ‘savouring freedom’ in Australia, wife says

Stella Assange said her husband is ‘rediscovering normal life’ after serving five years in a British prison.

27 Jun 2024 - 11:08AMvideocam

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after landing at an air base in Canberra, Australia, on June 26. Photo: AP

Passionate welcome for WikiLeaks’ Assange as he lands in Australia, a free man

Assange landed to an ecstatic welcome in Australia on Wednesday after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law in a deal that sets him free from a 14-year legal battle.

26 Jun 2024 - 9:28PMvideocam

Explainer | Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan?

Better known for its sandy beaches and Second World War wrecks, the tropical Pacific island of Saipan will soon host the final act of Julian Assange’s 14-year legal odyssey.

25 Jun 2024 - 5:02PM

Timeline of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s legal battles

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has reached a deal to plead guilty to one count of violating the US espionage law. Here is a timeline of his legal troubles.

25 Jun 2024 - 3:24PM

Julian Assange in 2017 at Ecuador’s embassy in London, where sought refuge. File photo: AFP

‘Julian Assange is free’: WikiLeaks founder leaves UK in deal with US

The WikiLeaks founder is due to plead guilty this week to violating US espionage law, in a deal that will end his imprisonment in Britain and allow him to return home to Australia.

25 Jun 2024 - 6:26PMvideocam

WikiLeaks’ Assange extradition appeal to be heard next month

US authorities want to put Assange on trial for divulging US military secrets about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

11 Jun 2024 - 7:53PM

WikiLeaks founder Assange can appeal extradition order to US, a UK court rules

Two High Court judges on Monday said Assange has grounds to challenge the UK government’s extradition order, The ruling sets the stage for an appeal process likely to further drag out a years-long legal saga.

20 May 2024 - 8:30PM

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission to have a full appeal over his extradition to the United States after arguing at London’s High Court on Monday he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech at a trial. Photo: EPA-EFE

Biden says considering Australia’s request to drop Assange prosecution

The WikiLeaks founder is battling extradition from Britain to the US, where he is wanted on criminal charges over the release of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables in 2010.

11 Apr 2024 - 8:59AMvideocam

Julian Assange supporters protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London in March. Photo: EPA-EFE

International leaders condemn Ecuador after police raid on Mexico embassy

Quito’s security forces stormed the Mexican embassy on Friday to capture fugitive former vice-president Jorge Glas, who took refuge inside to avoid arrest for alleged corruption.

8 Apr 2024 - 1:48PM

Explainer | What exactly is the Illuminati – and which celebrities are allegedly involved?

Conspiracy theorists have long pondered the possibility that celebrities are involved in a mysterious secret society known as the Illuminati – so what is it exactly?

7 Apr 2024 - 6:00PM

Russia calls UK courts ‘a farce’ over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange case

UK judges delayed decision on Assange’s last-ditch extradition appeal bid amid concerns he could face death penalty in US. Russia’s foreign ministry said UK’s judicial system was a ‘mockery’.

27 Mar 2024 - 10:48AM

A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds a placard outside The Royal Courts of Justice in London Tuesday. Photo: AFP

UK court delays decision on WikiLeaks founder’s last-ditch extradition appeal

If he eventually loses the appeal bid, the WikiLeaks’ founder will have exhausted all UK appeals and will be set to enter the extradition process.

26 Mar 2024 - 7:34PMvideocam

A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds a sign. Two UK judges on Tuesday delayed a decision on whether to grant Assange a last-ditch appeal against extradition to the United States, giving Washington three weeks to provide “assurances” in the case. Photo: Reuters

UK court to rule on whether WikiLeaks’ Assange can challenge extradition to US

Julian Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of classified US documents 15 years ago.

26 Mar 2024 - 2:58AM

WikiLeaks’ Assange too ill to attend last-ditch hearing against US extradition

His lawyers argue that he faces a ‘flagrant denial of justice’ in the US and could be given a ‘disproportionate’ decades-long sentence for publishing secret military and diplomatic files.

21 Feb 2024 - 3:38AM

‘Just doing his job’: Australia PM makes firmest call yet for Assange’s freedom

Analysts say there will be ‘considerable community concern’ if an ally of Australia incarcerates a local journalist for doing his job.

15 Feb 2024 - 9:53PMvideocam

A giant hoarding in Melbourne calling for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen on September 5, 2023. Photo: AFP

40 years in prison for ex-CIA coder who leaked hacking tools to WikiLeaks

Joshua Schulte was found guilty of espionage and other charges in a massive data breach that the US intelligence called a ‘digital Pearl Harbour’.

2 Feb 2024 - 7:36AMvideocam

Opinion | Rights vs security: whether Hong Kong or US, all must find their own balance

Complex domestic factors are at play, as seen in the US extradition demand for Assange and Hong Kong’s protest crackdown. The proper forum for human rights protection should be the jurisdictions’ judiciary.

14 Nov 2023 - 9:30AM

Opinion | Can Australia persuade the US to drop its bid to extradite Julian Assange?

The Albanese-Biden official friendship has not yet stretched to the WikiLeaks founder’s cause, despite the two nations’ leaders often meeting since Albanese became PM last year.

11 Sep 2023 - 5:00AMvideocam

Supporters of Julian Assange demonstrate in Sydney, Australia, in May. Photo: Reuters

‘Mandatory rhetoric’: Australia’s calls to free Assange fall on deaf US ears

Australian lawmakers have been piling on the pressure for Washington to end its persecution of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder. Even the PM says it’s ‘gone on for too long’ – though he’s stopped short of actually doing anything.

8 Aug 2023 - 9:32AM

A mural of imprisoned Australian journalist Julian Assange is seen painted on the side of a building in Sydney last month. Photo: EPA-EFE

‘Dragged on for too long’, Australia’s Wong says of Assange WikiLeaks case

Assange, an Australian citizen being held in Britain, is battling extradition to the US, where he is wanted on charges of releasing confidential US records in 2010.

30 Jul 2023 - 1:09AM

Opinion | As key US ally, Australia has the right to ask Biden to free Julian Assange

From the Quad to Aukus, Australia has supported America’s China-containment policy and made itself a surrogate target. This gives it leverage – if it wants to use it.

24 May 2023 - 5:56PMvideocam

Opinion | US attempt to intimidate Hong Kong judges simply intolerable

The attack by US congressional advisers threatens to undermine judicial independence and amounts to an attempt to pervert the course of justice.

21 May 2023 - 6:15AMvideocam

Judges attend the ceremonial opening of the legal year, at City Hall in Central, Hong Kong, on January 16. Photo: Sam Tsang

Australia presses US to drop extradition case, free WikiLeaks founder Assange

Assange is battling extradition from the UK to the US where he is wanted on criminal charges over the release of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables.

9 May 2023 - 11:07PMvideocam

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. File photo: AP

‘Enough is enough’: Australian PM says no point in US pursuing Assange

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was ‘frustrated’ Washington is still seeking the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition despite being aware of what Canberra’s position is.

5 May 2023 - 2:23PMvideocam

Editorial | US intelligence fiasco a wake-up call for all

Hypocrisy of outrage over China’s alleged spy balloon exposed by leaks that show Washington has been snooping on friends.

15 Apr 2023 - 5:12AM

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WikiLeaks

The anti-secrecy international organisation was founded in 2006 by Australian Julian Assange. The non-profit group calls itself a media organisation and also acts as an online "drop box" for anonymous sources to leak information and documents to journalists. In 2010, WikiLeaks became more prominent after releasing the "Collateral Murder" video, which showed US Army helicopter firing on a group of mostly unarmed men, two of whom were journalists.