WikiLeaks

Letters | Why Julian Assange suffered for so many years in the free world

3 Jul 2024 - 11:30AM

Celebrity children

Who are Julian Assange’s children – Daniel, Gabriel and Max?

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is finally free to be a normal dad after he pleaded guilty to violating US espionage law, returning home to Australia last week – here’s what we know about his family

8 Jul 2024 - 1:21PM

Julian Assange is finally free to reunite with his wife Stella and two young children, Gabriel and Max. Photos: AP, @MoreBirths/X

Espionage

My Take | WikiLeaks’ Assange is free, but threats to journalism are bigger than ever

Julian Assange’s case shows the danger of journalists being ensnared in legal entanglements when they do not play the power game.

28 Jun 2024 - 10:30AMvideocam

Julian Assange ‘savouring freedom’ in Australia, wife says

Stella Assange said her husband is ‘rediscovering normal life’ after serving five years in a British prison.

27 Jun 2024 - 11:08AMvideocam

Passionate welcome for WikiLeaks’ Assange as he lands in Australia, a free man

Assange landed to an ecstatic welcome in Australia on Wednesday after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law in a deal that sets him free from a 14-year legal battle.

26 Jun 2024 - 9:28PMvideocam

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Espionage

Explainer | Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan?

Better known for its sandy beaches and Second World War wrecks, the tropical Pacific island of Saipan will soon host the final act of Julian Assange’s 14-year legal odyssey.

25 Jun 2024 - 5:02PM

Espionage

Timeline of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s legal battles

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has reached a deal to plead guilty to one count of violating the US espionage law. Here is a timeline of his legal troubles.

25 Jun 2024 - 3:24PM

‘Julian Assange is free’: WikiLeaks founder leaves UK in deal with US

The WikiLeaks founder 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 return home to Australia.

25 Jun 2024 - 6:26PMvideocam

Julian Assange boarding a private jet on Monday. Photo: @wikileaks via X

WikiLeaks’ Assange extradition appeal to be heard next month

US authorities want to put Assange on trial for divulging US military secrets about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

11 Jun 2024 - 7:53PM

A protester stands outside the High Court in London A British court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against an order that he be extradited to the US on espionage charges. Photo: AP

WikiLeaks founder Assange can appeal extradition order to US, a UK court rules

Two High Court judges on Monday said Assange has grounds to challenge the UK government’s extradition order, The ruling sets the stage for an appeal process likely to further drag out a years-long legal saga.

20 May 2024 - 8:30PM

Americas and the Caribbean

Biden says considering Australia’s request to drop Assange prosecution

The WikiLeaks founder is battling extradition from Britain to the US, where he is wanted on criminal charges over the release of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables in 2010.

11 Apr 2024 - 8:59AMvideocam

International leaders condemn Ecuador after police raid on Mexico embassy

Quito’s security forces stormed the Mexican embassy on Friday to capture fugitive former vice-president Jorge Glas, who took refuge inside to avoid arrest for alleged corruption.

8 Apr 2024 - 1:48PM

Ecuadorian police special forces enter the Mexican embassy in Quito on Friday. Photo: AFP

Fame and celebrity

Explainer | What exactly is the Illuminati – and which celebrities are allegedly involved?

Conspiracy theorists have long pondered the possibility that celebrities are involved in a mysterious secret society known as the Illuminati – so what is it exactly?

7 Apr 2024 - 6:00PM

Beyoncé has been accused by conspiracy theorists of being in the Illuminati. Photos: Unsplash; @illuminatiminds/Instagram

Russia calls UK courts ‘a farce’ over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange case

UK judges delayed decision on Assange’s last-ditch extradition appeal bid amid concerns he could face death penalty in US. Russia’s foreign ministry said UK’s judicial system was a ‘mockery’.

27 Mar 2024 - 10:48AM

UK court delays decision on WikiLeaks founder’s last-ditch extradition appeal

If he eventually loses the appeal bid, the WikiLeaks’ founder will have exhausted all UK appeals and will be set to enter the extradition process.

26 Mar 2024 - 7:34PMvideocam

UK court to rule on whether WikiLeaks’ Assange can challenge extradition to US

Julian Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of classified US documents 15 years ago.

26 Mar 2024 - 2:58AM

A protester holds a placard outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on February 21. A London court will rule on Tuesday whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the US on espionage charges. Photo: AP

WikiLeaks’ Assange too ill to attend last-ditch hearing against US extradition

His lawyers argue that he faces a ‘flagrant denial of justice’ in the US and could be given a ‘disproportionate’ decades-long sentence for publishing secret military and diplomatic files.

21 Feb 2024 - 3:38AM

‘Just doing his job’: Australia PM makes firmest call yet for Assange’s freedom

Analysts say there will be ‘considerable community concern’ if an ally of Australia incarcerates a local journalist for doing his job.

15 Feb 2024 - 9:53PMvideocam

40 years in prison for ex-CIA coder who leaked hacking tools to WikiLeaks

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

2 Feb 2024 - 7:36AMvideocam

Joshua Schulte (centre) is flanked by his lawyers during jury deliberations in New York in March 2020. Courtroom sketch: Elizabeth Williams via AP

Hong Kong courts

Opinion | Rights vs security: whether Hong Kong or US, all must find their own balance

Complex domestic factors are at play, as seen in the US extradition demand for Assange and Hong Kong’s protest crackdown. The proper forum for human rights protection should be the jurisdictions’ judiciary.

14 Nov 2023 - 9:30AM

Thousands of protesters march through the streets of Hong Kong in a peaceful demonstration on June 16, 2019. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | Can Australia persuade the US to drop its bid to extradite Julian Assange?

The Albanese-Biden official friendship has not yet stretched to the WikiLeaks founder’s cause, despite the two nations’ leaders often meeting since Albanese became PM last year.

11 Sep 2023 - 5:00AMvideocam

‘Mandatory rhetoric’: Australia’s calls to free Assange fall on deaf US ears

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.

8 Aug 2023 - 9:32AM

‘Dragged on for too long’, Australia’s Wong says of Assange WikiLeaks case

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.

30 Jul 2023 - 1:09AM

Opinion | As key US ally, Australia has the right to ask Biden to free Julian Assange

From the Quad to Aukus, Australia has supported America’s China-containment policy and made itself a surrogate target. This gives it leverage – if it wants to use it.

24 May 2023 - 5:56PMvideocam

Signs are displayed at a protest to mark the fourth anniversary of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s detention in London’s Belmarsh prison, in Brussels, Belgium, on April 11. Photo: EPA-EFE

Hong Kong courts

Opinion | US attempt to intimidate Hong Kong judges simply intolerable

The attack by US congressional advisers threatens to undermine judicial independence and amounts to an attempt to pervert the course of justice.

21 May 2023 - 6:15AMvideocam