Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lands in Australia after US guilty plea

Assange pleaded guilty to one criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified national defence documents

A “whole range of people” had visited the United States as the deal was worked out, the Australian leader told reporters.

Australian PM says secretive talks led to Assange deal

The US Department of Justice had to make a “range of decisions” for the plea deal to proceed

Under the plea agreement, Assange will appear in the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange to plead guilty, ending years long US battle

WIKILEAKS co-founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to leaking US national security secrets and return to his native Australia, under a deal with the Justice Department that ends a nearly 15-year ba...

His lawyer Edward Fitzgerald had told the judges they should not accept the assurance given by US prosecutors that Australian-born Assange could seek to rely upon the rights and protections given under the First Amendment, as a US court would not be bound by this.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wins permission to appeal US extradition

He has been given leave to have a full appeal to hear his argument that he might be discriminated against on the basis the Australian-born Assange is a foreign national

Britain has given the go-ahead for his extradition, and a judge at London’s High Court ruled this week that Assange had no legal grounds to challenge the decision.

Julian Assange loses US extradition challenge, will renew appeal next week

WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has lost his latest attempt to fight extradition from Britain to the United States, where he is wanted on criminal charges, though he will renew his appeal next week.