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WikiLeaks Chief Being Extradited?

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

LONDON -- WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange is to find out next week whether his bid to block extradition to Sweden has been successful. Britain's Supre...

Court Rules Assange Can Continue Extradition Fight

AP | By DAVID STRINGER | Posted 02.04.2012

LONDON -- A British court Monday gave WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to continue his legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex...

Assange Loses Appeal Against Extradition To Sweden

AP | CASSANDRA VINOGRAD | Posted 01.02.2012

LONDON — Time seems to be running out for Julian Assange, whose long battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over suspected rape and molestation c...

Decision On Extradition Of Wikileaks Founder Due Next Week

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 12.27.2011

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will learn next week of the verdict in his fight against his extradition to Sweden to answer allegatio...

Julian Assange Seeks Confidentiality Protections In Extradition Trial Over Sex Crimes

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — The man famous for leaking thousands of secret U.S. military and diplomatic documents just spent two days in court fighting extradition...

WikiLeaks Founder's Lawyer Warns Of 'Flagrant Denial Of Justice'

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — The lawyer for Julian Assange argued Monday that the embattled WikiLeaks founder will face a secret trial that violates international s...

Julian Assange Extradition Hearing To Begin Monday

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his entourage of lawyers, supporters, protesters and journalists are headed back to a London court...

The Noose Tightens Around WikiLeaks' Assange

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER and MALIN RISING | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — The law is closing in on Julian Assange. Swedish authorities won a court ruling Thursday in their bid to arrest the WikiLeaks founder f...

WikiLeaks Founder Back In Court To Fight Extradition

AP | JILL LAWLESS and RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vowed Tuesday to step up his site's release of secret documents while he fights extradition to Sweden,...

Jessica Valenti: Even progressive heroes can rape

Christian Avard | Posted 05.25.2011

Christian Avard

Ever since sexual assault allegations surfaced against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Wikileaks supporters, many who consider themselves "progressi...

Women Struggling Against Rape in India Find the Assange Case Hard to Digest

Kavita Krishnan | Posted 05.25.2011

Kavita Krishnan

From the perspective of many women in India who find the most brutal of rapists going free, the idea of a man being hunted down by Interpol on charges which are as complex and ambiguous as those in the Julian Assange case is disturbing.

What Is It About WikiLeaks and Lady Parts?

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Disgrasian

It seems everywhere you turn these days, you hear another story about WikiLeaks -- or Assange, really -- and lady parts.

WikiLeaks Founder Faces Bail Appeal

Posted 05.25.2011

The WikiLeaks founder is back in court, facing an appeal of a British judge's decision to allow him bail. He has been in a British prison since being ...

Sweden's Serial Negligence in Prosecuting Rape Further Highlights the Politics Behind Julian Assange's Arrest

Naomi Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011

Naomi Wolf

According to numerous reliable reports, the same Swedish authorities going after Julian Assange do a worse job prosecuting reported rapes than do police and the judiciary in any other comparable country.

Julian Assange Bail Granted

Posted 05.25.2011

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in court today, and has been granted bail by a British judge. He has been in a British prison for a week afte...

WikiLeaks Founder Back In Court

AP/The Huffington Post | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE: Julian Assange has been granted bail by a British judge. LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared Tuesday in a London c...

Julian Assange Versus The World

Reuters | Mark Hosenball | Posted 05.25.2011

With his ghostly complexion, floppy white hair (when it is not dyed or cropped to disguise his identity) and droning bass monotone, Assange not only b...

J'Accuse: Sweden, Britain, and Interpol Insult Rape Victims Worldwide

Naomi Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011

Naomi Wolf

How do I know that Interpol, Britain and Sweden's treatment of Julian Assange is a form of theater? Because I know what happens in rape accusations against men that don't involve the embarrassing of powerful governments.

Julian Assange: Man of the Year

Alex Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Moore

Without a doubt, Julian Assange has been one of the most exciting, reviled and infamous characters to surface in 2010. As the founder of WikiLeaks, h...

Julian Assange Captured by World's Dating Police

Naomi Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011

Naomi Wolf

Dear Interpol: As a longtime feminist activist, I have been overjoyed to discover your new commitment to engaging in global manhunts to arrest and prosecute men who behave like narcissistic jerks to women they are dating.

Julian Assange ARRESTED

AP | CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested and jailed without bail Tuesday in a sex-crimes investigation, but his organization scarc...

WikiLeaks Server Goes Down, Julian Assange Facing 'Hundreds Of Death Threats'

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.25.2011

GENEVA — WikiLeaks' elusive founder, his options dwindling, has turned to Switzerland's credit, postal and Internet infrastructure to keep his o...

Sweden Seeks To Detain WikiLeaks Founder In Rape Case

AP | MALIN RISING and KARL RITTER | Posted 05.25.2011

STOCKHOLM — The elusive Australian behind the biggest leak of U.S. war documents in history is wanted by Sweden in a drawn-out rape probe, and c...

Julian Assange, Wikileaks Founder, to Sue Sweden Over Rape Accusations

Robert Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Weller

More than two and a half months after Swedish authorities leaked rape accusations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange no charges have been filed and the cyberhacker plans to file a lawsuit against prosecutors.

Rape Investigation Against WikiLeaks Founder Reopened

AP | MALIN RISING | Posted 05.25.2011

STOCKHOLM — A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, the latest twist to...