Julian Assange
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Russians tried to help Wikileaks founder Julian Assange escape from London embassy hideout: Report
World | Sep 22, 2018, 04:40 PM ISTAssange is a key figure in the ongoing US criminal investigation into Russia's attempts to sway the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
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UK judge rejects Julian Assange's fresh bid to evade arrest
World | Feb 13, 2018, 11:44 PM ISTLawyers for Assange had asked for the warrant to be withdrawn since Sweden no longer wants him extradited, but the judge rejected their request last week.
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After 5 years of political asylum, Ecuador grants citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
World | Jan 12, 2018, 08:00 AM ISTEcuador gave Assange political asylum after he sought refuge in the embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden for investigation of sex-related claims.
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Ecuador grants citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
World | Jan 11, 2018, 10:38 PM ISTAssange, an Australian, became an Ecuadoran citizen on December 12.
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Julian Assange calls Sweden's dropping of probe 'important victory'
World | May 19, 2017, 11:13 PM ISTAssange, who appeared on the balcony of his Ecuadorean embassy hideout in London this evening, said he will not "forgive" those who "slandered" him.
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Swedish prosecutor drops rape probe against WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
World | May 19, 2017, 06:12 PM ISTIn a statement issued here, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said that Marianne Ny ‘has discontinue the investigation’ against the Australian computer programmer.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be questioned next week over rape allegation
World | Nov 08, 2016, 12:11 PM ISTJulian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, will be questioned in the London-based Ecuadorian embassy on November 14 over an allegation of rape dating back to 2010.
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Donald Trump would not be permitted to win US presidential election, claims Julian Assange
World | Nov 04, 2016, 07:11 PM ISTWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed that the US establishment and media are working together to stop US Republican nominee Donald Trump from becoming the next American president.
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Ecuador: We have 'temporarily restricted' Assange's internet
World | Oct 19, 2016, 05:23 PM ISTEcuador's government acknowledged on Tuesday that it cut off WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's internet access at its embassy in London after the whistleblowing site published a trove of damaging emails from Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
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WikiLeaks to publish more Hillary Clinton emails: Julian Assange
World | Jun 13, 2016, 12:40 PM ISTLondon: Founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange said his organisation is preparing to publish more emails Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton sent and received while she was the the secretary of state. Assange’s comments
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Google ‘directly engaged’ in Clinton campaign, says Wikileaks’ Julian Assange
Jun 09, 2016, 08:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Just as the US preps for the no holds barred fight between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House, Julian Assange has claimed that tech giant Google is
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Julian Assange detained arbitrarily, should be freed, rules UN panel
World | Feb 05, 2016, 08:57 PM ISTGeneva: A human rights panel of the United Nations has said that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been “arbitrarily detained” by U.K. and Sweden since December 2010 and he should be freed and compensated.The U.N.
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Sweden drops some sex cases against Julian Assange
World | Aug 14, 2015, 07:33 AM ISTHelsinki (AP): Swedish prosecutors on Thursday dropped cases of lesser sexual misconduct against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange but said they still want to question him on accusations of rape made after his visit to
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Julian Assange marks 3rd anniversary inside Ecuador embassy
World | Jun 19, 2015, 10:25 PM ISTLondon: Julian Assange is marking the third anniversary of his stay inside Ecuador's London embassy.The WikiLeaks founder entered the building on June 19, 2012, to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning about alleged sexual assaults.British
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Never said Modi incorruptible: WikiLeaks
National | Mar 18, 2014, 05:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: WikiLeaks has dismissed a claim that its founder Julian Assange called Narendra Modi “incorruptible” and accused a BJP leader from Maharashtra of pushing this “fake” endorsement in support of the party's Prime Ministerial
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Julian Assange names WikiLeaks Party candidates
World | Jul 25, 2013, 06:01 PM ISTCanberra, Jul 25: Secrets spiller Julian Assange has launched his WikiLeaks Party's Senate candidate team for Australian elections this year.Assange, a 41-year-old Australian citizen who last left his homeland in 2010, addressed the party launch
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Snowden missing, Julian Assange says, he is safe in seclusion
World | Jun 25, 2013, 12:09 PM ISTHavana, Cuba, Jun 25: Confusion over the whereabouts of the former National Security Agency (NSA) analyst Edward Snowden grew on Monday after a jetliner flew from Moscow to Cuba with an empty seat booked in
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Manning pleads guilty in WikiLeaks case, faces 20 years
World | Mar 01, 2013, 07:28 PM ISTFort Meade, Mar 01: The Army private arrested in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history pleaded guilty on Thursday to 10 charges that could send him to prison for 20 years, saying
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WikiLeaks film script leaked to WikiLeaks: Assange
World | Jan 26, 2013, 05:28 PM ISTLondon, Jan 26: If you're making a movie about WikiLeaks, this is the kind of thing you probably see coming. Julian Assange says he has obtained a leaked copy of the script for “The Fifth
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Assange supporters ordered to pay $150,000
World | Oct 08, 2012, 11:43 PM ISTLondon, October 8, 2012: A British judge on Monday ordered supporters of Julian Assange to pay thousands of pounds they promised for his bail because the WikiLeaks founder violated the conditions for his release. The