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UPDATED: The report in The Wall Street Journal makes public what Consortium News had learned off the record, namely that the U.S. is engaging Julian Assange’s lawyers about a deal that could set the imprisoned publisher free.  Lawyers for Julian Assange and officials of the U.S. Justice Department are engaged in talks for a possible plea deal that could…

Today, amidst chilling temperatures, passionate supporters of journalist Julian Assange gathered outside the UK Consulate in New York City. Organized by various groups including NYC Free Assange, Assange Defense, and CODEPINK, the rally aimed to draw attention to Assange’s high-stakes legal battle unfolding across the Atlantic. Photos by David Andersson The rally, scheduled for noon…

The WikiLeaks publisher’s legal trial has been a travesty and charade marked by undisguised institutional hostility. Now we are in the last-chance-saloon at the Royal Courts of Justice. Reporting on Julian Assange’s extradition hearings has become a vocation that has now stretched over five years.  From the very first hearing — when Justice Michael Snow called Assange “a…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Over 35 law professors told the Department of Justice in a letter today that the Espionage Act charges against Julian Assange “pose an existential threat to the First Amendment.” An appellate hearing on the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition from Britain to the United States is scheduled to be held at the High Court in London…

January 9, 2024 — Rep. Paul Gosar introduced House Resolution 934 on December 13, 2023, which calls for an end to the prosecution of Julian Assange and affirms the First Amendment rights for journalists. The resolution needs cosponsors to be introduced to the House floor for a vote — so we need to urge our representatives to support H.R. 934 right away!…

December 19, 2023 — The UK High Court has confirmed that a public hearing will take place on 20-21 February 2024. The two-day hearing may be the final chance for Julian Assange to prevent his extradition to the United States. If extradited, Assange faces a sentence of 175 years for exposing war crimes committed by the United…

Maga Republican and fierce Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene and leftwing Democratic firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have found common ground in freeing Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The pair are among 16 members of the US Congress who have written directly to president Joe Biden urging the United States to drop its extradition attempts against Assange and halt…

Prime minister pushed back on idea of US president personally stepping in, but Gabriel Shipton calls prosecution ‘entirely political’ Julian Assange’s brother has urged the Australian government to “up the ante” after the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, confirmed he raised the WikiLeaks founder’s case with Joe Biden last week. Assange’s brother, Gabriel Shipton, told Guardian Australia:…

Lula had previously denounced the lack of concerted efforts to free Julian Assange  By Landon Mion Fox News Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said at the United Nations in New York City on Tuesday that it is “essential” to preserve the freedom of the press and that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should not be prosecuted for informing…

Daniel Hurst in Canberra More than 60 Australian federal politicians have explicitly called on the US to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange, warning of “a sharp and sustained outcry in Australia” if the WikiLeaks founder is extradited. With a small cross-party delegation due to fly to Washington next week, the Guardian can reveal the lobbying trip has won…