A top Swedish judge has suggested that Australian Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should not face extradition if he returns to Sweden. During a lecture, delivered recently in Adelaide, Justice Stefan Lindskog said the case was a ‘mess’ and questioned the legality of the United States requesting his extradition.
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Assange might be safe from extradition in Sweden
Posted on 06 April 2013.
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Australian foreign minister: Julian Assange safer in Stockholm than London
Posted on 06 March 2013.
Australia’s foreign minister has said that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is safer in the Swedish capital than London, despite his efforts to avoid extradition.
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Policing costs $4.5 million in Assange case
Posted on 22 February 2013.
The cost of keeping police outside Julian Assange’s makeshift home at the Ecuadorian embassy in London has nearly reached USD 4.5 million (EUR 3.37 million), reports said last week. The founder of the controversial whistleblowing website Wikileaks has been cornered in the diplomatic facility since 19 June 2012. The Australian native is facing extradition to [...]
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Wikileaks film begins shooting in Iceland
Posted on 30 January 2013.
Principal shooting has begun on a Hollywood movie based on the story of Julian Assange and his controversial whistle-blowing website Wikileaks. According to a Washington Post report issued last Wednesday, crews are on location in Reykjavik for early production with stars Benedict Cumberbatch (Assange) and Daniel Bruhl, who is playing one of Wikileaks original co-founders who [...]
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Assange ‘has lung infection’ due to confined space
Posted on 08 December 2012.
Ecuadorian officials have said that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is having significant health problems related to his exile. The Ecuadorian ambassador to the UK told the media that the 41-year-old former hacker has come down with a “chronic infection” due to living in the confined space of the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
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Assange asks for end to US Wikileaks ‘witch hunt’
Posted on 22 August 2012.
Wikileaks figurehead Julian Assange has urged Washington to end its Wikileaks ‘witch hunt’ after he was given amnesty by Ecuador last week.
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Assange loses Swedish extradition appeal
Posted on 07 June 2012.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to Sweden to face charges of rape and sexual assault after losing his Supreme Court appeal in the UK.
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Assange loses extradition appeal
Posted on 09 November 2011.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal against an extradition order to face rape and sexual assault charges in Sweden, prompting his lawyer to call on the Australian government to intervene.
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