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Assange Extradition Hearing Is Slated for 2020

It's expected to last 5 days, beginning Feb. 25

(Newser) - Anyone placing bets on whether Julian Assange will be extradited to the US won't see a windfall or have to pay up until 2020. On Friday it was decided in Westminster Magistrates' Court that a full extradition hearing would take place beginning Feb. 25, 2020. The BBC reports it...

WikiLeaks: US Is Seizing Assange's Possessions

Group says prosecutors are violating international law

(Newser) - WikiLeaks says American prosecutors are going to be "helping themselves" to the possessions Julian Assange left behind when he was kicked out of Ecuador's London embassy. The group says Ecuador will allow the Americans, who are seeking to extradite Assange, to confiscate items including legal documents and electronic...

More Legal Trouble for Julian Assange

Sweden reopens rape investigation

(Newser) - Sweden has reopened the Julian Assange rape investigation, raising the possibility of a legal tug-of-war between Stockholm and Washington over the WikiLeaks founder. Eva-Marie Persson, Sweden's deputy director of public prosecutions, said Monday that she had decided to reopen the investigation because "there is still probable cause to...

US Isn&#39;t Only Country Hoping to Get Its Hands on Assange
Old Case May Return
to Haunt Assange
Apr 12, 2019 12:18 PM CDT

Old Case May Return to Haunt Assange

Sexual assault charges in Sweden could be revived against WikiLeaks founder

(Newser) - There may be more than one country looking to extradite Julian Assange now that he's in police custody . The US is already vying to get the WikiLeaks founder on its soil on hacking charges , but Sweden may also soon be in the mix if an investigation into a rape...

Friend: Assange Fears Being Attacked in US Prison
Friend: Assange Thought
Trump Aides Were 'Clowns'
THE RUNDOWN
Apr 12, 2019 6:22 AM CDT

Friend: Assange Thought Trump Aides Were 'Clowns'

Extradition fight could last years

(Newser) - Julian Assange has traded Ecuador's London embassy for a British jail cell , and friend Sean Langan says the WikiLeaks co-founder is very worried about where he might end up next. Langan, a documentary filmmaker, tells ABC that on one of his many visits to the embassy, Assange expressed fears...

'Error' Reveals Secret Assange Charges

Court filing asks for arrest warrant to be hushed up until he is arrested

(Newser) - Julian Assange has often claimed that the US has secretly filed charges against him—and an apparent error in a court filing for an unrelated case suggests he is right. The document, filed by federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia as part of an unrelated sex-crime case, asks...

Assange: On Second Thought, Extradition a No-Go

Assange's lawyer says WikiLeaks founder wanted full clemency for Chelsea Manning

(Newser) - On second thought, Julian Assange won't be traveling to the US after all. Back in September, the WikiLeaks founder had said he would agree to extradition to the US if Chelsea Manning was pardoned, the Hill reports. Well, on Tuesday President Obama commuted the majority of Manning's 35-year...

Sweden to Assange: We Won't Ax Arrest Warrant

WikiLeaks founder's request to dismiss order is denied

(Newser) - A Swedish appeals court upheld the arrest warrant for Julian Assange today, dismissing a challenge by the WikiLeaks founder wanted by Swedish prosecutors in an investigation of alleged sex crimes. Confirming a ruling by a lower court, the Svea appeals court said there is no reason to lift the detention...

Ecuador: Assange Has Chronic Lung Condition

He's been holed up inside embassy since June

(Newser) - Ecuador's ambassador to Britain says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suffering from a chronic lung condition that "could get worse at any time," reports the Guardian . She didn't offer more specifics, but said her government is picking up the treatment costs. Assange has been seeking refuge...

Ecuador to UK: Can We Send Assange to the Hospital?

He risks extradition if he leaves embassy

(Newser) - Ecuador's London embassy is asking England for safe passage for Julian Assange should he need to go to the hospital. Assange's health has apparently declined since he sought asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London in June, but he risks arrest if he leaves the building, reports Reuters...

Michael Moore, Bigwigs Are Out $317K on Assange Bail

They're down $317K so far, could lose another $222K

(Newser) - The bigwigs who put up bail for Julian Assange— including Michael Moore —have already lost $317,000 of that money, and could lose another $222,000 if the WikiLeaks founder does not surrender to UK police. The first $317,000 was lost after Assange fled to Ecuador's London...

Assange Who? US Unlikely to Prosecute

There's no current case against WikiLeaks founder

(Newser) - Julian Assange thinks Washington is after him, but that might just be delusions of grandeur at work. Not only has the US not issued any charges against or made any attempt to extradite the WikiLeaks founder, officials aren't even sure it's a good idea to do so. If...

Assange to US: End the Witch Hunt

WikiLeaks founder makes first public appearance in months

(Newser) - Julian Assange popped his head out of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London today, making his first public appearance in two months and calling on President Obama and the United States to "do the right thing" and "renounce its witch hunt against WikiLeaks." Speaking from the balcony of...

Assange Granted Asylum
 Assange Granted Asylum 
Aug 16, 2012 7:59 AM CDT

Assange Granted Asylum

Ecuador says US would not give WikiLeaks founder fair trial

(Newser) - Ecuador officially granted asylum to Julian Assange today, reasoning that his human rights might be violated if he were turned over to UK authorities. "We can state that there is a risk that he will be persecuted politically," Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said, according to the Guardian . He...

UK Threatens to Raid Embassy for Assange

Threat to revoke diplomatic immunity infuriates Ecuador

(Newser) - Ecuador has been enraged by what it sees as a British threat to storm its embassy in London and seize Julian Assange, who has been holed up there since mid-June. British authorities have warned Ecuador that it has the option of revoking the embassy's diplomatic immunity to fulfill its...

Ecuador Denies It OKed Asylum for Assange

Officials say it's a go, but President Rafael Correa disavows report

(Newser) - Julian Assange's weeks in the Ecuadorian embassy in London may have worked out for him. Ecuador President Rafael Correa has decided to grant the WikiLeaks founder asylum, at least according to officials who spoke with the Guardian yesterday. They say he was offered asylum months ago, and that Ecuador...

Assange's Mom in Ecuador to Fight for Son

Christine Assange warns of death penalty or 'torture' in US

(Newser) - Julian Assange has a new representative in Ecuador: his own mother. Christine Assange is in Quito to seek asylum for her son, who is currently in the country's London embassy , and she's set to meet with officials today, CNN reports. Extradition to the US could mean the death...

Police Order Assange to Surrender

They say it's the first step toward extradition

(Newser) - Julian Assange has been ordered to turn himself in to a London police station tomorrow, in what police say is the "first step" toward extraditing him to Sweden. If he doesn't show up by 11:30am, he'll be in breach of his bail conditions, "and he...

Assange Just Doesn't Want to End Up in US

He fears he would face death penalty in America

(Newser) - As he continues to fight to gain asylum in Ecuador, Julian Assange says he's not trying to dodge questions over sexual assault allegations in Sweden. It's the US he's worried about: If Sweden sends him here, he believes he could face the death penalty, Reuters reports. It'...

Assange in Last Bid to Dodge Extradition

WikiLeaks founder faces Britain's supreme court

(Newser) - Julian Assange took his extradition battle to Britain's Supreme Court today, arguing that sending him to Sweden would violate a fundamental principle of natural law. The two-day hearing is Assange's last chance to persuade British judges to quash efforts to send him to Scandinavia, where he is wanted...

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