Julian Assange Pleads Guilty To Publishing Military Secrets in Deal to Secure Freedom
The WikiLeaks founder was declared a free man, concluding a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security.
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Will Plead Guilty, Be Freed From Prison in Deal with US
The guilty plea brings an abrupt conclusion to a criminal case of international intrigue and to the U.S. government’s years-long pursuit of the publisher.
WikiLeaks Founder Assange Wins Right to Appeal Against an Extradition Order to the US
Assange claims that by releasing the trove of confidential documents he was essentially a publisher and protected under the free press protections guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Biden Says He Will Consider Request To Drop Prosecution of WikiLeaks Founder
Julian Assange’s supporters say he is a journalist protected by the First Amendment who exposed U.S. military wrongdoing that was in the public interest.
UK Court Says Assange Can’t Be Extradited on Espionage Charges Until US Rules Out Death Penalty
The judges ruled the U.S. must guarantee that Assange, who is Australian, “is afforded the same First Amendment protections as a United States citizen, and that the death penalty is not imposed.”
WikiLeaks’ Assange Waits To Find Out Whether He Can Challenge Extradition to US
Attorneys for the U.S. said he put innocent lives at risk and went beyond journalism in his bid to publish classified U.S. government documents.
WikiLeaks Founder Faces His Last Legal Roll of the Dice in Britain To Avoid US Extradition
Assange has been fighting extradition for more than a decade related to espionage charges over his website’s publication of classified U.S. documents almost 15 years ago.
Democrats Urge Attorney General Garland to Drop Charges Against Assange
Seven progressive Democratic members of Congress sent a letter April 11 urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to drop the charges against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, marking the day four years ago that he started his confinement on 17 Espionage Act charges in London's high-security Belmarsh Prison.