Assange Sex Assault Probe Dropped As Deadline Expires

A U.S. federal court said in March that there are “active and ongoing” attempts to prosecute Assange and WikiLeaks in an investigation involving espionage, conspiracy, and computer fraud.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Julian Assange

HELSINKI — Swedish prosecutors on Thursday dropped cases of lesser sexual misconduct against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange but said they still want to question him on accusations of rape made after his visit to Stockholm five years ago. The Swedish Prosecution Authority says it has been unable to charge the 44-year-old Australian, who escaped

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French Asylum For Snowden And Assange Would Send ‘Clear Message’ To US

In response to new revelations that U.S. had spied on French leaders, officials say offering asylum would not be surprising.

Nadia Prupis
By Nadia Prupis
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden

French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira would "absolutely not be surprised" if whistleblower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange received asylum in France. "It would be a symbolic gesture," Taubira told French news channel BFMTV on Thursday, adding that it would not be her decision to offer asylum, but that of the French Prime

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Wikileaks Offers $100K ‘Bounty’ On Complete Text Of Secretive TPP Trade Deal

Obama is fighting both grassroots activism and opposition within his own party as he tries to force through the controversial trade deal.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell

LONDON --- WikiLeaks has announced a new crowdfunded “prize” for leaking chapters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a controversial trade deal, shrouded in secrecy, that Congress is expected to consider soon. Wikileaks released three other parts of the TPP, including the chapter on intellectual property, a chapter on the environment and memos

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Breakthrough? Swedish Prosecutors Drop Refusal To Interview Assange In UK

‘This is something we’ve demanded for over four years,’ says lawyer; ‘Ridiculous’ it took so long, says Wikileaks spokesperson.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

Julian Assange has been in Ecuado's embassy in London for nearly three years to avoid extradition from Sweden. Both a lawyer and spokesperson for WikiLeaks expressed relief on Friday that Swedish prosecutors are now willing travel to London to interview founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange, even as they characterized as

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Human Rights Issues Emerge As Assange’s Health Deteriorates

Assange says he’s leaving Ecuador’s embassy in London “soon,” but not giving himself up to British authorities. WikiLeaks spokesman confirms Assange’s “bags are packed.”

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
Assange

Since June 2012, WikiLeaks co-founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange has been a virtual prisoner in the Ecuador’s embassy in London. With the embassy being surveilled by the Metropolitan Police Service around the clock to arrest Assange immediately should he leave the premises, Assange has not set a foot outside of the embassy in more than two

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After Two Years in Embassy, Assange Says He’s Leaving ‘Soon’

Embattled publisher of Wikileaks’ confirms that he will make attempts to leave Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
Julian Assange

At a Monday morning press conference inside the Ecuador Embassy building in London, Wikileaks' founder and publisher Julian Assange announced that he "will be leaving the embassy soon" after more than two years living under political asylum protection inside its walls. Flanked by Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño, Assange said that

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