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 Britain's interior minister for a decision, though the WikiLeaks founder still has legal avenues of appeal.The order, which brings and end to the

The continued imprisonment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a “criminal act”, his wife has said.Stella Assange was speaking on the third anniversary of her husband being dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London.He has since been held in Belmarsh prison in the capital while the US seeks

The three-year anniversary of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's arrest is spurring a renewed push for Australia to step up diplomatic efforts to secure his release.The 50-year-old Australian was dragged from London's Ecuador Embassy on April 11 in 2019 to face extradition to the United Stat

HEWN in to human rights legislation borne of fascism’s decline in the mid-20th century is a pool of glorious protections of civil liberties and press freedoms. It is deep, but it is not entirely immune from attack. Political opportunists undermine it in regular waves, repressing dissidence in their

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is being made an example of by the US government to deter investigative journalists from exposing state abuses, the current UN Special Rapporteur on torture says.Nearly 12 years ago Wikileaks published the Afghan War Diary, one of the biggest leaks in US military his

Stella Moris - mother of Julian Assange’s two youngest children and his wife, as of Wednesday - always knew it wasn’t going to be an ordinary wedding.Pictures of the South African-born lawyer turned freedom-of-information campaigner smiling outside HMP Belmarsh in a bespoke silver Vivienne Westwood

One of the most hackneyed weapons in any colonial apologist’s arsenal is the myth former colonies should be grateful to have inherited the British common law system.“Inherited”, of course, being a euphemism for violently forced upon.The common law is designed to protect individuals from the state. I

The British judicial system has erected still another barrier to Julian Assange’s freedom.On March 14, the U.K. Supreme Court refused to hear Assange’s appeal of the U.K. High Court’s ruling ordering his extradition to the United States. If extradited to the U.S. for trial, Assange will face 17 char

Julian Assange has moved a step closer to a US trial on espionage charges after the UK’s highest court refused to hear his appeal against extradition.The WikiLeaks founder was attempting to appeal against a judgment by the high court in December that ruled he could be extradited after assurances fro

The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will get married in Belmarsh prison on 23 March, with just four guests allowed to attend.Vivienne Westwood is designing a wedding dress for the 50-year-old’s fiancee, the lawyer Stella Moris, and a kilt for Assange, whose parents have links to Scotland. The desig