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WikiLeaks founder Assange freed in US plea deal

WikiLeaks founder Assange freed in US plea deal

  • Since 2010 Assange has become a hero to free speech campaigners and a villain to those who thought he had endangered US security and intelligence sources
  • Australian-born Assange spent more than five years in a British high-security jail and seven holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London as he fought accusations of sex crimes in Sweden & battled extradition to the US, where he faced 18 criminal charges
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‘Julian Assange is free’, has left Britain: WikiLeaks

‘Julian Assange is free’, has left Britain: WikiLeaks

By AFP ·
London court rules WikiLeaks founder Assange can appeal against US extradition

London court rules WikiLeaks founder Assange can appeal against US extradition

By AP ·
WikiLeaks founder Assange faces his last legal roll of the dice in Britain to avoid US extradition

WikiLeaks founder Assange faces his last legal roll of the dice in Britain to avoid US extradition

By AP ·
40 years in prison for ex-CIA coder who leaked hacking tools to WikiLeaks

40 years in prison for ex-CIA coder who leaked hacking tools to WikiLeaks

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s case has ‘dragged on for too long’, Australia’s Wong says

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s case has ‘dragged on for too long’, Australia’s Wong says

By Reuters ·
Pope Francis shakes hands with Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, at the Vatican, June 30, 2023. (REUTERS

Pope meets with wife and family of Julian Assange, who says pontiff ‘concerned’ by his suffering

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Julian Assange’s supporters say campaign for release on ‘cusp of success’

Julian Assange’s supporters say campaign for release on ‘cusp of success’

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Australian leader refuses to publicly intervene on WikiLeak’s Julian Assange

Australian leader refuses to publicly intervene on WikiLeak’s Julian Assange

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US set to appeal UK refusal to extradite WikiLeaks’ Assange

US set to appeal UK refusal to extradite WikiLeaks’ Assange

By AP ·
Assange looks ‘very unwell’ ahead of US appeal hearings: Fiancee

Assange looks ‘very unwell’ ahead of US appeal hearings: Fiancee

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English lawyer and partner of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Stella Morris wearing a facemask reading: "Free Assange." (AFP)

Assange’s fiancée urges Biden to free WikiLeaks founder to show US has changed

By Reuters ·
British judge to decide if WikiLeaks’ Assange will be freed on bail

British judge to decide if WikiLeaks’ Assange will be freed on bail

By Reuters ·

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