Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends | WATCH
World | Jun 26, 2024, 06:30 PM ISTAssange pled guilty at a hearing in the US Pacific island of Saipan to conspiring to disclose US national defence documents, but said the Constitution's First Amendment protected his activities. His admission of guilt was part of a deal that saw him return to Australia after over a decade.
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Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, freed after striking plea deal with US in espionage case
World | Jun 25, 2024, 07:07 AM ISTJulian Assange appeared in a US federal court in the Mariana Islands, where he pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining classified national defense information. The US Justice Department confirmed his plea in a court-filed letter. As a result, Assange was granted release from prison.
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to leave embassy 'soon'
World | Aug 18, 2014, 05:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced Monday that after spending two years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London he will "soon" leave the diplomatic safe harbor.He made the comments during a joint press conference
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Assange to run for Australian Senate
World | Jan 30, 2013, 05:24 PM ISTCanberra, Jan 30: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will run for a Senate seat in the 2013 Australian federal election, Assange's mother said Wednesday.“He will be awesome,” Xinhua quoted Christine Assange as telling the Australian Associated
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Assange loses final legal bid to block extradition to Sweden
World | Jun 14, 2012, 08:48 PM ISTLondon, Jun 14: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his final bid to block his extradition to Sweden to face sex offence charges after the British Supreme Court today dismissed his appeal to re-open the