WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Declares Victory After Sweden Drops Rape Probe

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By F. Brinley Bruton , Mo Abbas and Corky Siemaszko May 19, 2017 “Information Clearing House” – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange declared victory Friday after Swedish prosecutors dropped their seven-year rape investigation without charging him with a crime. But because he is still wanted by British police for failing to appear in court, Assange’s muted celebration […]

Trump, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Julian Assange

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By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Global Research, April 24, 2017 “I’m glad that the Justice Department has found a way to go after Assange. He’s gotten a free ride for too long.” –Rep. Peter King (R-New York), Apr 20, 2017 There had been some doubts from initial enthusiasts about WikiLeaks once information from leaks released on […]

Julian Assange Strikes Back at CIA Director and Talks Trump, Russia, and Hillary Clinton

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By Jeremy Scahill April 20, 2017 “Information Clearing House” –  “The Intercept” –  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assangeis hitting back at Trump’s CIA director Mike Pompeo following a speech last week in which Pompeo accused WikiLeaks of being a “hostile nonstate intelligence agency” operating outside of the protections of the First Amendment. “We can no longer […]

Wikileaks Julian Assange Press Conference On CIA Leaks

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  Video The WikiLeaks founder addresses a range of issues including the CIA hacking and President Trump’s wiretapping claims. Posted March 10, 2017     http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46636.htm

Judgment Day: Ecuador Presidential Election to Determine Julian Assange’s Fate

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By Sputnik Global Research, February 20, 2017 Sputnik 19 February 2017 The fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will depend in many respects on the results of the Ecuadorian presidential election. Ecuador is set to hold the first round of elections, comprising eight candidates, on February 19, while the runoff is scheduled for April 2. The country’s President Rafael […]

Julian Assange Says Trump ‘Won’t be Allowed to Win’

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By Darren Boyle November 04, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “Daily Mail” – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed Donald Trump ‘won’t be allowed to win’ next week’s election during an interview to be broadcast on a pro-Kremlin TV station. The Australian computer hacker was speaking from inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he […]

Sweden’s Assange Problem: The District Court Ruling. “Probable Cause for Suspicion Against JA For Rape”

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By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Global Research, May 27, 2016 A schizophrenic aspect of the entire Assange affair from the Swedish perspective is the inability of the legal establishment to let go.  Despite the contrarian wishes of his alleged victims; despite dissent within the Swedish legal establishment that Assange be hauled over the coals; despite the […]

Swedish court refuses to drop arrest warrant for Julian Assange

By Josh Varlin 26 May 2016 The Stockholm District Court upheld Sweden’s European Arrest Warrant (EAW) for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, explicitly rejecting the conclusion of the United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) that Assange has been arbitrarily detained in violation of international human rights conventions. In February 2016, the UN […]

Former Agent of Swedish Security Police Dictated Amnesty Sweden’s Stance against Julian Assange

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By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli Global Research, March 14, 2016 The Professors’ Blog 9 March 2016 In December 2010 a close collaboration between Sweden and the CIA and FBI was exposed in the international media: an intelligence collaboration between Sweden and US agencies that was kept secret from the Swedish public, and even from […]

Why the Assange Ruling is not ‘Ridiculous’

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By Jonathan Cook Global Research, February 08, 2016 Jonathan Cook: the Blog from Nazareth 8 February 2016 Mads Adenaes, until recently the Norwegian chair of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, agrees with my post that a Guardian editorial on Friday seriously misrepresented the group’s legal ruling that Assange had been arbitrarily detained. Adenaes […]

Julian Assange, the UN and the Meaning of “Arbitrary Detention”

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By Binoy Kampmark Global Research, February 06, 2016 “Should the UN announce tomorrow that I have lost my case against the United Kingdom and Sweden I shall exist the embassy at noon on Friday to accept arrest by British police as there is no meaningful prospect of further appeal.”- Julian Assange, Twitter, Feb 4, 2016. […]

Assange On ‘US Empire’, Assad Govt Overthrow Plans – ‘The WikiLeaks Files’

Afshin Rattansi Interviews Julian Assange Julian Assange has just co-authored a book – the WikiLeaks Files, and it paints a picture of systemic US torture and killing as well as the destruction of the lives and livelihoods of billions of people right around the world. Posted September 09, 2015 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42807.htm

Sieges in an Age of Economic Austerity: The State Surveillance Costs of Monitoring Julian Assange, More than 12 Million Pounds

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By Binoy Kampmark Global Research, September 02, 2015 It is, we are told, an age of bitter austerity, where belts are being tightened with dedication, and services cut with thrifty diligence. There are, however, always exceptions to the rule. The surveillance state needs succour; the intelligence services need their daily bread from the bakers in […]

Julian Assange and the Value of WikiLeaks: Subverting Illusions

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By Norman Solomon Global Research, August 17, 2015 Three years after Ecuador’s government granted political asylum to Julian Assange in its small ground-floor London embassy, the founder of WikiLeaks is still there — beyond the reach of the government whose vice president, Joe Biden, has labeled him “a digital terrorist.” The Obama administration wants Assange […]

Sweden May Drop Case Against Julian Assange, But Risk Remains Of Arrest And Extradition To US

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By Trevor FitzGibbon and Carey Shenkman Global Research, August 13, 2015 Trevor FitzGibbon 12 August 2015 Sweden will announce whether it will drop the majority of its preliminary investigation against Julian Assange, who has not been charged with a crime. Assange has been detained for nearly five years without charge. If the case drops, Assange will […]

The Injustice Handed Out To Julian Assange Must End

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By John Pilger June 18, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – London – Julian Assange, founder and editor of WikiLeaks, has now been a refugee in the Ecuadoream embassy in London for three years. The key issue in his extraordinary incarceration is justice. He has been charged with no crime. The first Swedish prosecutor dismissed the […]

Swedish Supreme Court rejects Julian Assange’s appeal of arrest warrant

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By Robert Stevens 13 May 2015 On Monday, Sweden’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange against his arrest warrant by a 4-1 majority. Assange was arrested in London in December 2012 following the issuing of a highly dubious European Arrest Warrant by the Swedish authorities. He is wanted in Sweden for […]

Two years of asylum in Ecuadorian embassy Defend Julian Assange!

19 June 2014 Today marks two years since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was forced to take refuge in Ecuador’s London embassy, having been made the target of a filthy campaign by the Obama administration to have him extradited to the US to face espionage and treason charges punishable by life in prison or even death. […]