Farewell to fashion designer Wikileaks founder Assange wants to attend Westwood's funeral Julian Assange was friends with Vivienne Westwood. photo © Victoria Jones/PA Wire/dpa UK-imprisoned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is hoping for parole to attend the funeral of his good friend Vivienne Westwood. UK-imprisoned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is hoping for parole to attend the funeral of his good friend Vivienne Westwood. The British fashion designer died on Thursday at the age of 81. Assange's wife Stella told the Sydney...
Status: 11/28/2022 5:04 p.m Five international media houses, including Der Spiegel, have publicly appealed to the US government to stop prosecuting WikiLeaks founder Assange. The editors see the freedom of the press endangered. The German news magazine "Spiegel" and four other international media companies have called on the US government to refrain from prosecuting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. "The indictment of Assange sets a dangerous precedent and an attack on press freedom," it says in an open letterwhich was signed...
human rights Media houses call for Assange not to be prosecuted Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been threatened with extradition to the United States for years. photo © Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/dpa The Wikileaks founder has been threatened with extradition to the United States for years. The British government recently cleared the last hurdle. Large media houses fear a "dangerous precedent". Several internationally renowned media houses have appealed to the US government to stop prosecuting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The open...
Status: 05.11.2022 00:57 Wiki-Leaks founder Julian Assange remains in British custody - and only his poor condition keeps him from extradition to the United States. How to proceed: Completely unclear. Half-brother Shipton is tough on the authorities. By Imke Köhler, ARD Studio London Julian Assange recently had Covid-19, he got over it well. Basically, however, his state of health does not seem to be in good order. His half-brother Gabriel Shipton paints a bleak picture: "We see his physical decline....
An evening in support of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is taking place in the Red Sun. PEN Berlin organizes it for its honorary member, writers such as Friedrich Ani and other cultural workers make appearances.Just this weekend, a human chain wound around Parliament in London to demonstrate against the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States. Now the authors' association PEN is organizing an evening of solidarity with the Wikileaks founder in Munich. Assange is an honorary member of...
Health Wikileaks founder Assange tested positive for Corona Thousands of demonstrators in London over the weekend demanded the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. photo © Alberto Pezzali/AP/dpa Julian Assange, who is in a London prison, has Corona. His wife is very worried about his health. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been imprisoned for more than three years, contracted the corona virus in London prison. "He tested positive for Covid on Saturday, the same day thousands took to the...
Supporters of Julian Assange do not relax their mobilization. A thousand people formed a human chain around the British parliament in London on Saturday, to demand the release of the founder of WikiLeaks."Free Assange, no US extradition" ("Free Assange, no extradition to the United States"), "Journalism is not a crime" ("Journalism is not a crime"), could we read on signs held up by demonstrators. The human chain stretched, under a big blue sky, along Westminster Bridge, along the front of...
protest against extradition Assange supporters form human chain in London Demonstration in London: A participant in the costume of the Statue of Liberty demands freedom for Julian Assange. photo © Alberto Pezzali/AP/dpa Wikileaks founder Julian Assange faces extradition to the United States, where he faces a lengthy prison sentence. Against this, his supporters are demonstrating in London. They form a human chain around the British Parliament. Hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the British Parliament in London against the...
Interviewed by Moritz BaumsteigerAt least since Wikileaks exposed war crimes by American soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2010, the founder of the platform has been the focus of US judiciary and secret services. To avoid extradition to the US, Julian Assange fled to the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012, where he found asylum - and stayed for seven years. During this time he met Stella Moris (born 1983), a lawyer who worked for his defense. Unnoticed by the...
Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Saturday that a possible extradition of Julian Assange to the United States raised concerns for press freedom and could have "chilling effects" for investigative journalism. She said she met the WikiLeaks founder's wife and lawyers on Thursday.Julian Assange, who has been detained since 2019 in the high-security Belmarsh prison near London, has appealed the British government's decision to extradite him to the United States.Prosecuted for the disclosure of...
