Decision on whether Julian Assange will be extradited to the States won’t be made until after US election, judge says WikiLeaks founder fighting being sent to the US for allegedly leaking documents His defence claims move is politically motivated under President Donald Trump Assange, 49, faces an 18-count indictment alleging a plot to hack computers By … Read more
The US government is wrong to charge WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with publishing unredacted classified documents because they had already appeared online, a court has heard. Computer scientist Professor Christian Grothoff said the organisation was not the first to make public 251,000 diplomatic cables when they appeared on its website on September 2, 2011. Assange, … Read more
Donald Trump ‘offered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a win-win deal to avoid extradition to US if he revealed source of the hacking of Democratic party emails’, court hears Jennifer Robinson, one Assange’s lawyer’s, made statement at Old Bailey today She recalled a meeting with two Trump allies in Ecuadorian embassy in 2017 She claimed they … Read more
Donald Trump ‘initially wanted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange executed’, a US lawyer told the extradition hearing. US lawyer Eric Lewis said that at one point in 2010, Mr Trump had called for the death penalty, before changing his view and then later changing it again to be more negative towards Assange and WikiLeaks. A court … Read more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being persecuted by Donald Trump because of the President’s ‘considerable personal antipathy’ to Barack Obama, a professor of peace studies told his extradition hearing in London today. Professor Paul Rogers called Assange’s prosecution politically motivated, and said his political opinions put him in the ‘crosshairs’ of the Trump administration. Assange, 49, … Read more
Arriving at court with Julian Assange’s girlfriend today, London’s lawyer du jour prepares for battle in the WikiLeaks founder’s latest extradition hearing. Jennifer Robinson is the go-to barrister for the rich and famous, most recently walking hand in hand with actress Amber Heard in her showdown against her ex-husband Johnny Depp in his acrimonious libel … Read more
Julian Assange’s fiancee was today spotted outside court with friend-of-the-stars human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson before a judge refused to delay the activist’s extradition hearing. Stella Moris, 37, who is herself a lawyer, was seen walking under the wing of Ms Robinson as the pair arrived at the Old Bailey this morning to support Assange. … Read more
Dozens of Julian Assange supporters including his father and Vivienne Westwood gathered outside the Old Bailey in London today, where the WikiLeaks founder is set to continue his fight against extradition to the US. The 49-year-old, who has been in high-security Belmarsh Prison for 16 months, is wanted in the US over the publication of … Read more
Classical guitarist and lute player Julian Bream who won four Grammy Awards dies aged 87 Julian Bream ‘died peacefully at home’ Friday age 87, his management confirmed His classical recordings won him four Grammy Awards and a CBE honour Often credited with reclaiming the lute from historical obscurity in the 1960s By William Cole For … Read more
WHAT BOOK would comedian and presenter Julian Clary take to a desert island? Julian Clary is reading Babes In The Wood by Graham Bartlett and Peter James The comedian would take The Ultimate Insult by Maria Leach to a desert island Presenter said Mark Griffin’s All That Heaven Allows left him feeling cold By Daily Mail … Read more