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The anti-secrecy international organisation was founded in 2006 by Australian Julian Assange. The non-profit group calls itself a media organisation and also acts as an online "drop box" for anonymous sources to leak information and documents to journalists. In 2010, WikiLeaks became more prominent after releasing the "Collateral Murder" video, which showed US Army helicopter firing on a group of mostly unarmed men, two of whom were journalists.

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The persecution of the WikiLeaks founder is a blatant display of America’s domestic judicial abuse, extraterritorial overreach and the vassalage of Great Britain and Australia.

The prisoner of conscience is being persecuted by two self-styled leaders of Western democracies, while his own country, Australia, silently ignores his abuse and torture

Julian Assange faces extradition from Britain to the United States on the charge of conspiracy to access a computer, and his lawyers fear President Donald Trump will politicise the case

  • Washington has indicted the Australian multiple times over the publication of secret military and diplomatic files on the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
  • His lawyers argue that he faces a ‘flagrant denial of justice’ in the US and could be given a ‘disproportionate’ decades-long sentence

Joshua Schulte was found guilty of espionage and other charges in a massive data breach that the US intelligence called a ‘digital Pearl Harbour’.

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Australian lawmakers have been piling on the pressure for Washington to end its persecution of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder. Even the PM says it’s ‘gone on for too long’ – though he’s stopped short of actually doing anything.

Assange, an Australian citizen being held in Britain, is battling extradition to the US, where he is wanted on charges of releasing confidential US records in 2010.

Assange is battling extradition from the UK to the US where he is wanted on criminal charges over the release of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was ‘frustrated’ Washington is still seeking the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition despite being aware of what Canberra’s position is.

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Jack Teixeira, who was arrested by the FBI in Massachusetts on Thursday, made his initial appearance before a judge for what is believed to be the most serious security breach since WikiLeaks in 2010.

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Pentagon officials say the breadth of topics addressed in the documents – which appeared online on Friday and touch on China, the Middle East, Africa and the war in Ukraine – suggest they were leaked by an American rather than an ally.

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The jailed WikiLeaks founder risks extradition from the UK to the US to face trial for divulging US military secrets about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The WikiLeaks founder is currently appealing against a decision to extradite him to the US where he is wanted for allegedly violating the US Espionage Act by publishing classified files in 2010.

Assange, an Australian who has been held in London since 2019, has filed an appeal against his extradition to the US. He is wanted to face trial in the US on espionage charges.

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Assange is wanted by US authorities on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to WikiLeaks’ release of vast troves of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables which Washington said had put lives in danger.

Anthony Albanese on Monday rejected calls for him to publicly demand the United States drop its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange.

Home Secretary Priti Patel’s interior ministry said Assange had 14 days to appeal the decision, which comes after a UK court issued a formal order clearing his removal. Assange is wanted by the US on 18 counts.

The UK government ‘is condemning war crimes in Ukraine, but it is going to show whether it is prepared to extradite a journalist for having exposed war crimes,’ said Stella Assange.

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Julian Assange has maintained his relationship with Stella Moris despite being detained in a London prison, and now the couple have made it official – but just who is the WikiLeaks founder’s new wife?

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