Like territories such as Guam or Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands are part of the US without the full status of a state. The roughly 51,000 residents are US …
Assange is born in Townsville, Australia, to parents involved in theatre. As a teenager, he gains a reputation as a computer programmer. In 1995, he is fined for computer hacking …
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty this week to violating US espionage law, in a deal that will end his imprisonment in Britain and allow him to …
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal against a UK court ruling that approved his extradition to the United States to face trial for breaking national security laws will begin on July …
His supporters cheered and applauded outside court as news of the ruling reached them from inside the Royal Courts of Justice. The Australian computer expert has spent the last five …
The global condemnation of Ecuador’s government for its decision to break into the Mexican embassy snowballed on Sunday with more presidents and other leaders expressing disapproval, shock and dismay. The …
But following two days of evidence last month, the judges in London said Assange had “a real prospect of success” on three of his nine grounds of appeal. A supporter …
Stella Assange likened his case to that of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition activist who died in prison on Friday while serving a three-decade sentence. “Julian is a political prisoner …
China is criticised in the West for suppressing democratic rights in Hong Kong, restricting the freedoms of speech and public protest, and arresting and imprisoning “dissident” political activists. Yet Hong …