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Julian Assange

Julian Paul Assange ( ; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian computer programmer, political/internet activist, publisher, and journalist.

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Britain's Supreme Court to rule whether to extradite WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden

Britain's Supreme Court is due to rule Wednesday whether to approve the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, a potential turning point in the Internet activist's controversial career.

Assange has spent the better part of two years fighting attempts to send him to Sweden, where he is accused of sex crimes stemming from a visit to the country in the summer of 2010.The 40-year-old Australian, best known for revealing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. documents, denies any wrongdoing.If he loses, Assange could conceivably appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, which in the past has delayed high-profile extraditions for years on end.But because Sweden is a fellow European country it's not clear whether an appeal would stop him from being sent there....

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  1. Interpol puts WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on most-wanted list over Swedish rape charges

    Interpol has placed the Australian-born founder of WikiLeaks on its most-wanted list after Sweden issued an arrest warrant against him as part of a drawn-out rape in...

  2. Julian Assange Back in Court to Fight Extradition

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived in court Tuesday for the latest installment in his fight against extradition to Sweden , where the Australian is accused of ...

  3. Despite Julian Assange's arrest, any extradition of WikiLeaks founder to US would face hurdles

    Some of the WikiLeaks critics who cheered founder Julian Assange's arrest may want to think again.The prospect of Assange being sent to Sweden in a sex-crimes inquir...

  4. Julian Assange Back in Court to Fight Extradition

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was back in court Tuesday, fighting extradition to Sweden on the grounds allegations of sexual misconduct laid against him there don...

  5. Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange file appeal against extradition to Sweden

    Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have filed an appeal against a ruling that he be extradited to Sweden to face sex-crimes allegations, court officials sa...

  6. WikiLeaks' Assange Wins Right to Appeal Extradition to Sweden

    A British court Monday gave WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to continue his legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations.The d...

  7. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appear in British court over Swedish sex-crime case

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was scheduled to appear in a London court Tuesday seeking to fight his extradition to Sweden in a sex-crimes investigation and tryin...

  8. UK judge grants bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he fights extradition to Sweden

    A British judge granted bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday, but he remained in custody pending a possible appeal.Swedish authorities were given two ...

  9. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange creating TV talk show

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has announced he is creating his own TV talk show where he will interview "key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries from ...

  10. Report: WikiLeaks' Assange to Talk to UK Police, Attorney Says

    LONDON -- Julian Assange's lawyer was arranging to deliver the WikiLeaks founder to British police for questioning in a sex-crimes investigation of the man who has a...

  11. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's interviews Hezbollah leader for Kremlin TV

    The opening episode of Julian Assange's new talk show featured an interview with militant leader Hassan Nasrallah, whose Syria-backed Hezbollah militia is considered...

  12. Interpol Seeks WikiLeaks Founder Assange as U.S. Cuts Access to Files

    WASHINGTON -- The government scrambled Tuesday to prevent future spills of U.S. secrets like the embarrassing WikiLeaks' disclosures, while officials pondered possib...

  1. Day of reckoning for Julian Assange : UK Supreme Court to rule next week on extradition case

    WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange is to find out next week whether his bid to block extradition to Sweden has been successful.Britain's Supreme Court said Wednesday the...

  2. WikiLeaks founder Assange loses appeal against extradition to Sweden

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday lost his legal fight at Britain's Supreme Court against extradition to Sweden.The London court announced its judgement ...

  3. Australia, Assange's home country, raises concerns with US, says there's no sign of indictment

    Australia has talked to the United States about the future of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Thursday that it can't protect ...

  4. UK court backs extradition of Julian Assange

    Wikileaks founder loses legal battle

  5. UK Supreme Court backs extradition of WikiLeaks chief, but question mark hangs over judgment

    Britain's Supreme Court has endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, bringing the secret-spilling Internet activist a big step closer to...

  6. WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden to answer sex crime allegations after judges rejected claims that moves t...

  7. UK court backs extradition of Wikileaks founder

    Britain's highest court rules Julian Assange should return to Sweden to face sexual assault charges

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