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WikiLeaks’ founder Assange vows to fight extradition from UK to United States
The wife of Julian Assange vowed to fight using every possible legal avenue after British Home Secretary Priti Patel on Friday (17 June) approved the WikiLeaks' founder's extradition to the United States to face criminal charges.
Don’t extradite Assange, European human rights chief urges UK
European human rights experts have joined the campaign urging the UK government not to extradite controversial WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to face trial in the United States, warning that it could have a ‘chilling effect’ on media freedom.
Assange gets chance to take extradition case to UK’s top court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday (24 January) was given the chance to challenge at Britain's highest court a decision allowing him to be extradited to the United States to face 18 criminal charges including breaking a spying law.
Senate committee concludes Russia used Manafort, WikiLeaks to boost Trump in 2016
Russia used Republican political operative Paul Manafort and the WikiLeaks website to try to help now-US President Donald Trump win the 2016 election, a Republican-led Senate committee said in its final review of the matter on Tuesday (18 August).
Trump offered to pardon Assange if he denied Russia helped leak Democrats’ emails: lawyer
US President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he said that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks’ publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016, a London court heard on Wednesday (19 February).
US issue extradition request as Assange is arrested after seven-year asylum
The US justice department has issued an extradition request for the indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, after he was arrested by British authorities on Thursday (11 April). The arrest followed a decision by the Ecuadorean embassy to revoke his seven-year asylum status.
Ecuador no longer to intervene with UK for WikiLeaks Assange – foreign minister
Ecuador does not plan to intervene with the British government on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in talks over his situation as an asylee in the South American country’s London embassy, Ecuador’s foreign minister said on Tuesday (23 October).
Germany’s Gabriel, in Moscow, warns of risk of new arms race
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel yesterday (9 March) warned about the danger of a new arms race spiral with Russia and called on all sides to work to end the violence in eastern Ukraine as a first step towards broader disarmament efforts.
German prosecutors studying CIA leaks over report of hacking base in Frankfurt
Germany's chief federal prosecutor's office said yesterday (8 March) it would review new documents from anti-secrecy group Wikileaks that suggest the CIA ran a hacking hub from the US consulate in Frankfurt, and launch a formal investigation if warranted.
Report: Lobbyists heavily influencing TiSA negotiations
Businesses are exerting massive pressure on the Trade in Services Agreement negotiations and the European Commission is all too willing to listen, according to a report by LobbyControl. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Welcome to the Leak-ocracy: Elections decided by Russian hackers and (Wiki)leaks
A new and disturbing factor emerged during this US presidential election, one that may change elections forever: democracies are now at the mercy of hacking and surveillance technologies, and those who control them. Steven Hill warns that Germany could be next.
WikiLeaks raising reward funds for insiders’ tips on TTIP
WikiLeaks on Tuesday (11 August) launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise a €100,000 reward for anyone leaking insider information on a proposed free-trade deal between the United States and European Union.