Julian Assange

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Julian Assange's extradition to U.S. a step closer after judge's order (The Washington Post)

A court in London on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges, sending an order to ...

Amid the legal back-and-forth, Assange and his long-term partner, Stella Moris, were married inside Belmarsh Prison last month. The court battles involving Assange and his potential extradition have been well documented. Assange’s defense attorneys maintained that the U.S. assurances could not be trusted. Assange would stand trial in federal court in Northern Virginia. Assange’s supporters say he was acting as an investigative journalist who uncovered a trove of damning material about American actions abroad. It follows the British Supreme Court’s refusal last month to grant Assange permission to appeal against a lower court’s ruling that he could be extradited to the United States.

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Julian Assange is one major step closer to extradition to the U.S. (NPR)

A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now go to ...

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UK court order moves Julian Assange closer to US extradition (Aljazeera.com)

Home Secretary Priti Patel will decide whether to approve UK court order to extradite WikiLeaks founder.

A British district court judge had initially rejected a US extradition request on the grounds that Assange was likely to kill himself if held under harsh US prison conditions. While the move brings Assange closer to facing the US charges, his legal options have not yet been exhausted. US prosecutors allege Assange unlawfully helped US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal classified diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting lives at risk.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange closer to being extradited to the ... (ABC News)

Key points: The US has asked British authorities to extradite Assange so he can stand trial on spying charges; A UK court has approved his extradition, and the ...

The US has asked British authorities to extradite Assange so he can stand trial on 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse. - The US has asked British authorities to extradite Assange so he can stand trial on spying charges A British judge has formally approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, to face spying charges.

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UK court approves extradition of Julian Assange to US (SBS)

Mr Assange was last month denied permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against moves to extradite him to the US, where he could face a lifetime in ...

Mr Assange was last month denied permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against moves to extradite him to the US, where he could face a lifetime in prison. Mr Assange was last month denied permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against moves to extradite him to the US, where he could face a lifetime in prison. Mr Assange was last month denied permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against moves to extradite him to the US, where he could face a lifetime in prison.

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Julian Assange extradition order issued by London court - CNN (CNN International)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has closer to being extradited to the United States, after a London court sent his handover to the British government for ...

He stated his full name and date of birth. If convicted, Assange faces up to 175 years in prison. But the High Court overturned that decision in December, saying Assange could be extradited on the basis of assurances given by the US government about his treatment there.

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Liberal MP calls for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's return to ... (Crikey)

A British court has approved Julian Assange's extradition to the US, prompting Australian MPs to call for his return to our shores.

Last year Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce used an opinion piece in the Nine newspapers to call for Assange’s return to Australia. With a few notable exceptions, support from the government has been tepid. Following a brief hearing yesterday, the Westminster Magistrates Court made an order approving Assange’s extradition, after his legal team was denied permission to appeal it by the UK Supreme Court last month.

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Julian Assange's father opens up in documentary Ithaka (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The film captures the efforts of John Shipton and Assange's wife Stella Moris to stop the WikiLeaks founder's extradition to the US.

Shipton remarks on this with a certain satisfaction, but the film leaves him in despair. After separating from the young Julian’s mother, Christine, when the boy was only three, Shipton did not see him again until he was in his 20s. Nonetheless, he fronted up every day for media interviews during the months leading up to Assange’s extradition hearings, explaining that he was there to speak up for his son because he could no longer speak for himself.

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Whish-Wilson & Wilkie Presser on Julian Assange (Tasmanian Times)

Transcript of media conference with Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens Senator for Tasmania, and Andrew Wilkie, independent MHR for Clark, Parliament Lawns, Hobart, ...

It’s just going to build in action and it’s going to build in strength. And he was the instigator of this political persecution of Julian Assange. And when the head of the CIA and the Prime Minister have got each other on speed dial that just shows you how close this relationship is. Unfortunately, Andrew and I don’t get to I don’t get to speak to Julian directly. And I would add, I think the reason the Australian government is acting or behaving, the way it is, is simply because the Australian government puts our bilateral relationship with the United States ahead of all else. But what we do have next week is Julian’s father, John Shipton and Julian’s brother Gabriel Shipton in Tasmania, in Hobart and Launceston. Andrew and I will both be at a screening, a premiere screening of a film about John’s campaign, you know, the obstacles he’s faced to have his son released to free Julian Assange. John’s just, he’s just a father who loves his son. Because now it is it is entirely in the domain of the British government and British politicians, whether or not to allow the extradition to go ahead. You know, it’s more than just a headline and a political controversy. You know, Mr Albanese, what will you do if you become the Prime Minister? You know, will you be a leader? So Mr Morrison needs to pick up the phone and make the case and stand up for an acclaimed Australian journalist, an Australian citizen who is being denied the most basic justice as he rots in Belmarsh high security prison. I’ve been to Belmarsh, it’s where they lock up the worst of the worst murderers, mass murderers, terrorists. So there’s now no excuse, no excuse whatsoever, for Scott Morrison, and Anthony Albanese to pick up the phone to the British government, and to make the case in the strongest possible terms for Julian Assange, to be released and to be allowed to return to Australia. But there is some good now in that it’s out of the courts, and politicians can stop it.

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Australian government will not intervene over Wikileaks founder ... (SBS)

A British court has sent Mr Assange's extradition order to Home Secretary Priti Patel, but he can try to challenge the decision by judicial review if signed.

"We trust the independence and integrity of the UK justice system. "As an Australian citizen, he is entitled to consular assistance. "We trust the independence and integrity of the UK justice system. "It, of course, has appeal processes built into it as well. "As an Australian citizen, he is entitled to consular assistance. "It, of course, has appeal processes built into it as well.

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