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Wikileaks founder may end up in Colorado Supermax jail, UK court told
Assange's defense team says he is entitled to First Amendment protections for the publication of leaked documents that exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Julian Assange says he hears voices in prison, says psychiatrist
Michael Kopelman, a psychiatrist who has interviewed Assange around 20 times, said the former hacker would be a "very high" suicide risk if he were extradited to the US
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Julian Assange a suicide risk if extradited to the US, says expert
Assange's defense team argues that he is a journalist and entitled to First Amendment protections for publishing leaked documents that exposed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Julian Assange lawyer says Trump offered indirect offer of pardon
A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told a London court that her client was indirectly offered a win-win deal by President Donald Trump
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American lawyer says Assange charged under broad, contentious US law
An American constitutional law expert said Thursday that the United States indicted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under an extraordinarily broad spying law that has been used in the past for politically motivated prosecutions. Speaking during Assange's extradition hearing in London, human rights lawyer Carey Shenkman called the century-old Espionage Act one of the most contentious laws in the United States. Shenkman, who co-wrote a book on the history of the act, testified as a witness for Assange, 49, who is fighting his extradition from the UK to the US. US prosecutors indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks' publication of secret American military documents a decade ago. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison. Assange's defense team argues that he is a journalist and entitled to First Amendment protections for publishing leaked documents that exposed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan. His law
US lawyer says Wikileaks founder faces decades in prison if convicted
Attorney Eric Lewis, appearing as a defense witness, said the scope of the indictment pointed to "a very aggressive approach to sentencing on the part of the government."
Julian Assange court case to resume after coronavirus false alarm
The London court hearing on Julian Assange's extradition from Britain to the United States is set to resume after a COVID-19 test on one of the participating lawyers came back negative
Julian Assange's extradition hearing suspended over Covid-19 risk
The London hearing on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition from Britain to the United States was suspended Thursday because one of the lawyers may have been exposed to the coronavirus
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to fight US extradition bid in UK court
Assange attorney Jennifer Robinson said the case is fundamentally about basic human rights and freedom of speech
Assange risked intelligence sources by publishing classified docs: US
Assange spent much of the past decade holed up in Ecuador's London embassy to avoid separate legal proceedings in Sweden, but Washington is now seeking his transfer from Britain to stand trial
Britain starts hearing US case for extraditing Wikileaks' Julian Assange
A UK court ruled in February 2011 that Assange could be extradited back to Sweden to stand trial
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in UK court fighting extradition to US
Assange refrained from making political statements
Julian Assange 'could die in prison' if not given medical care, say doctors
Assange is facing an extradition process lodged by the US under the Espionage Act.
Doctors fear Assange 'could die' in UK prison, say he needs hospital care
He also appeared confused whenever he was asked to talk at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London.
Sweden drops Assange rape probe even as plaintiff claim seems credible
Assange has always denied the allegation
UK court sets Julian Assange's US extradition hearing for February 2020
Julian Assange is accused by U.S. authorities of 18 charges including conspiring to hack US government computers and violating an espionage law.
UK allows US request for Julian Assange extradition to come before courts
UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid says a court hearing on the U.S. extradition request will take place on Friday.
US charges WikiLeaks' Julian Assange with publishing classified documents
It says the WikiLeaks founder, currently in custody in London , damaged national security by publishing documents that harmed the US and its allies and aided its adversaries
Julian Assange violated Espionage Act, he is not a journalist: US
The charges against Assange, now 18 in total, reject his claim that he was simply a publisher receiving leaked material from Manning, an action that is protected under the US Constitution.
Sweden seeks Assange extradition as prosecutor reopens rape investigation
The investigation was dropped in 2017 as Assange had taken refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London
