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"I eventually chose freedom over an unrealisable justice," Assange said, in his first public comments since his release from prison.
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Assange, 53, returned to Australia in June after a deal was struck for his release which saw him plead guilty to violating U.S. espionage law, ending a 14-year British legal odyssey.
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In his teens, Julian Assange discovered a natural proficiency for computing and began to teach himself code. By 1987, when he was all of 16, Assange had become a skilled hacker and was using the name ‘Mendax’.
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The criminal case of international intrigue, which had played out for years, came to a surprise end in a most unusual setting with Assange, 52, entering his plea in a U.S. district court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Assange, wearing a dark suit with a loosened tie, arrived at court without taking questions. The plea agreement allows him to return to his native Australia without serving time in an American prison.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty this week to violating United States espionage law, in a deal that will end his imprisonment in Britain and allow him to return home to Australia, ending a long legal odyssey. Watch!
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Assange, 52, has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. national defense documents, according to filings in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission to appeal against his extradition to the United States after arguing at London's High Court on May 20 he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech at a trial. Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters had gathered outside the London court ahead of the key ruling. The 52-year-old is wanted in the US on 18 charges, nearly all under the Espionage Act.
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In a short ruling, two senior judges said the U.S. submissions were not sufficient and said they would allow the appeal to go ahead
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Supporters of Julian Assange assemble outside court as the Wikileaks Founder awaits a crucial decision in his extradition battle. After 13 years of legal battles, a British court may decide whether Assange should be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret documents. Stay tuned for updates on this landmark trial, as Assange's fate hangs in the balance.
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Australia argues there is a disconnect between the U.S. treatment of Assange and Manning. Then-U.S. President Barack Obama commuted Manning's 35-year sentence to seven years, which allowed her release in 2017.
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In a joint open letter, the Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and El País said the prosecution of Assange under the Espionage Act “sets a dangerous precedent” that threatened to undermine the First Amendment and the freedom of the press.
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The British government has ordered Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, to be extradited to the United States to face spying charges, Assange is likely to file an appeal.
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The decision now rests with interior minister Priti Patel, although Julian Assange may still appeal within 14 days of any decision to approve the extradition.
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Assange, 50, is fighting attempts to remove him from the UK to face trial in the United States over the publication of secret files relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The decision appears to exhaust Assange’s legal avenues in the U.K. to avoid a trial in the U.S. on a series of charges related to WikiLeaks’ publication of classified documents more than a decade ago.
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"Unlike nuclear weapons, whose development and conditions of use were debated heavily in the public realm, especially after their first use in World War II, the same has not happened yet for cyber weapons."
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The United States won an appeal in London's High Court to have Wikileaks founder Julian Assange extradited to face criminal charges, including breaking a spying law and conspiring to hack government computers.
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Julian Assange, 50, has been in London’ high-security Belmarsh Prison since he was arrested in April 2019 for skipping bail seven years earlier during a separate legal battle.
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Judge Vanessa Baraitser told Westminster Magistrates Court: "I am satisfied that there are substantial grounds for believing that if Mr Assange is released today he will fail to surrender to the court to face the appellant proceedings."
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Julian Assange was set to learn on January 3 whether a British judge has approved his extradition to the US to face charges including espionage over the release of secret US military documents.
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Lawyers acting on behalf of the US government said in their closing arguments after the four-week hearing in the fall that Assange's defence team had raised issues that were neither relevant nor admissible.
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Paul Rogers, a professor of peace studies at Britain's Bradford University, told London's Old Bailey court that the timing of the US prosecution was connected to Assange's political views and Trump's hostility towards him.
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The US authorities accuse Australian-born Assange, 49, of conspiring to hack government computers and of violating an espionage law in connection with the release of confidential cables by WikiLeaks in 2010-2011.
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The superseding indictment does not contain additional charges beyond the 18 counts the Justice Department unsealed last year. But prosecutors say it underscores Assange’s efforts to procure and release classified information, allegations that form the basis of criminal charges he already faces.
