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Julian Assange · CopenhagenIcelandic Sigurdur Thordarson has led a dramatic life as a hacker for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, among others, has been banned numerous times and has been branded anti-social. Now he's the FBI's key witness against his old friends. And lives in a farmhouse in South Jutland. ¨See the Story
He's an FBI witness, hacker and con man, but now he just wants to live a normal life in South Jutland
Julian Assange · CopenhagenIcelandic Sigurdur Thordarson has led a dramatic life as a hacker for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, among others, has been banned numerous times and has been branded anti-social. Now he's the FBI's key witness against his old friends. And lives in a farmhouse in South Jutland. ¨See the Story
“I sat there in the dark, thinking about everything I had been involved in. And imagined being sentenced to 150 years in prison”
Julian Assange · SerbiaAfter more than five years in prison in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be closer to finding out in about a month whether the UK is really ready to extradite him to the US. In that case, he will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to stop the extradition.See the Story
Assange's May 20 deportation decision — how much are US guarantees worth, is there room for settlement
Julian Assange · United StatesThe extradition of Australian journalist Julián Assange, founder of Wikileaks, is much closer after the Biden Administration has informed the Foreign Office in writing that, if tried for treason in the United States, he will not be sentenced to the death penalty, will not suffer prejudice because of his nationality and will enjoy the privileges of the first amendment (the right to freedom of expression) as if he were an American citizen. Keep re…See the Story
Washington guarantees that it will not apply the death penalty to Assange if it succeeds in extraditing him
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Julian Assange · LondonUS Submits 'Assurances' To UK Govt Over Assange Extradition Via Consortium News The United States Embassy on Tuesday filed two assurances with the British Foreign Office saying it would not seek the death penalty against imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and would allow Assange “the ability to raise and seek to reply upon at trial … the rights and protections given under the First Amendment,” according to the U.S. diplomatic note. …See the Story
US Submits 'Assurances' To UK Govt Over Assange Extradition
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Julian Assange · LondonA few hours before the deadline set by British judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson expired on Tuesday, the U.S. government provided guarantees to the British High Court of Justice that Julian Assange will receive a fair trial if he is taken from the Belmarsh maximum security prison outside of London, and extradited to the United States. However, the WikiLeaks co-founder’s legal team and his wife, Stella Assange, argued that Washington’s ass…See the Story
US provides minimal assurances that Assange will not be sentenced to death if extradited
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Julian Assange · BrazilThe United States has provided guarantees requested by the London Supreme Court that could pave the way for the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, to be extradited from the United Kingdom. Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that, without some US guarantees, Assange, 52, would be allowed to file a new appeal against his extradition. The U.S. asks for extradition so that he faces 18 charges, all but one, under the Espionage Act, over WikiLeaks…See the Story
Assange's extradition is coming up shortly after the U.S. offered bail to the U.K. courts.
Julian Assange · SerbiaThe possibility of Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, being extradited to the United States is getting closer after American officials sent assurances to British authorities that he will not face the death penalty nor be persecuted for his nationality, nor will he be able to seek First Amendment protection, according to the New York Times.See the Story