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Australian PM Anthony Albanese urges end to Julian Assange proceeding
•Assange, an Australian citizen, has been held in a London prison since 2019 pending a US extradition request to face trial for divulging US military secrets in 2010 about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Blurring the lines between journalist and spy: A curious case of Julian Assange
Shafiaparveen •The decade-long and single-minded persecution of Julian Assange by the Western powers is a resounding warning to all people in pursuit of truth
UK approves Julian Assange’s US extradition: A look back at Wikileaks founder's 'crimes’, his long legal battle
Fp Explainers •To his supporters, the 50-year-old is a secrecy-busting journalist who exposed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan. But US prosecutors claim Assange put lives at risk when he helped intelligence agent Chelsea Manning steal diplomatic cables and military files which Wikileaks later publish
UK government approves extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
•The extradition order follows a British court ruling in April that Assange could be sent to the US over WikiLeaks' publication of a huge trove of classified documents more than a decade ago
UK court formally issues order to extradite Julian Assange to United States
•The US has asked British authorities to extradite Assange so he can stand trial on 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse
London court to issue warrant on Julian Assange's extradition to US on 20 April
•The WikiLeaks founder is wanted by the US on espionage charges after organisation published thousands of classified documents. If put on trial and convicted in the US, Assange may be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison
Supporters mark 1,000 days since Julian Assange was imprisoned, call for Wikileaks founder's release
Trendingdesk •Wikileaks came into prominence after it published a series of leaks related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The information was given to Assange by former US army analyst Chelsea Manning
Julian Assange espionage case: US to appeal UK judge's decision refusing activist's extradition
•In January, a lower court judge refused an American request to extradite Assange on spying charges over WikiLeaks’ publication of secret military documents a decade ago.
Obsessed with Assange, Mike Pompeo wanted WikiLeaks founder kidnapped, assassinated or poisoned, claims report
Fp Staff •The Yahoo News investigation is based on conversations with more than 30 former US officials
‘When Mayawati needs sandals, private jet flies to Mumbai’
Vembu •Portrait of a 'paranoid,megalomaniacal dictator': ministers forced to do sit-ups; private jets that fly to Mumbai to buy her new sandals; and a leader who lives in fear of being poisoned to death.