He’s spent the last five years behind bars in London Wikileaks founder Julian Assange been freed from prison in the UK and is leaving the country after agreeing a US plea deal. Assange, 52, has been in Belmarsh Prison, London, for the last five years, during which time he has been fighting extradition to the […]

1 year ago

The UK government confirmed the plans on Friday Priti Patel has approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the US where he will face espionage charges, the Home Office has confirmed. While Patel has given a green light, the WikiLeaks co-founder’s legal team is hoping to launch a cross-appeal that would restart the clock on […]

4 years ago

The decision is now down to Priti Patel to approve A UK court has issued an order to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges. The decision, handed down at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, will now be down to Home Secretary Priti Patel to approve, although Assange’s lawyers […]

4 years ago

Assange is wanted over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011 Julian Assange on Friday moved closer to being extradited from the UK to America after the US government won the latest stage in its extradition bid. In January, a UK court ruled that the Wikileaks co-founder could not be extradited […]

4 years ago

The Wikileaks founder has been sentenced at Southwark crown court for breaching bail

7 years ago

The Wikileaks founder was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy last week Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Sunday “on a warrant issued by Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 29 June 2012, for failing to surrender to the court”. The Australian had spent seven years at the embassy fighting extradition to Sweden, […]

7 years ago