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    Opinion

    Let Assange Go Home

    He’s been punished enough.

    By Serge Schmemann

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    Europe

    U.S. Lays Out Protections for Assange if He Is Extradited

    American officials sought to reassure the U.K. about Julian Assange’s treatment should the former WikiLeaks founder, who has been indicted by the U.S., be sent there.

    By Megan Specia

    Julian Assange, 52, was the head of WikiLeaks in 2010 when it published tens of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents leaked by Chelsea Manning, an Army intelligence analyst.
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    Europe

    ‘Beginning of the End’ as Assange Case Returns to Court

    Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has been in prison for nearly 5 years, fighting a U.S. extradition order. A hearing is his last chance to be granted an appeal in Britain.

    By Megan Specia

    PRINT EDITIONFor Assange Case, Hearing Marks ‘Beginning of the End’|February 21, 2024, Page A8
    Supporters of Julian Assange protested on Tuesday outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
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    Europe

    Julian Assange Extradition Appeal Decision: What Could Happen?

    On Tuesday, two British judges will decide whether the WikiLeaks founder can appeal his extradition order to the United States.

    By Emma Bubola and Megan Specia

    PRINT EDITIONMarch 26, 2024
    Supporters of Julian Assange outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London last month.

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    Europe

    Assange’s Wife Expresses Cautious Hope as Biden Suggests U.S. Might Drop Case

    The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spent five years in a London prison while contesting extradition efforts. Before that, he holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy.

    By Megan Specia

    PRINT EDITIONApril 12, 2024, Page A6
    Julian Assange leaving a London court in a prison van in 2019. He has been asking Britain’s courts to prevent his extradition to the United States.
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    Politics

    Biden Says U.S. Is Considering Dropping Its Case Against Assange

    The WikiLeaks founder has been held in London as he has battled extradition to the United States on charges related to his publication of classified documents.

    By Erica L. Green

    PRINT EDITIONU.S. May End Prosecution Of Assange, Biden Says|April 11, 2024, Page A12
    Julian Assange in London in 2011. He has been jailed for nearly five years after being indicted by the United States with 18 counts of violating the Espionage Act.
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    Europe

    Assange Extradition On Hold Until U.S. Gives More Assurances

    British judges asked the United States, which wants to try the WikiLeaks founder on espionage charges, for more guarantees about his treatment.

    By Megan Specia

    PRINT EDITIONBritish Court Holds Up Assange Extradition Pending Assurances From U.S.|March 27, 2024, Page A12
    Julian Assange’s wife, Stella Assange, speaking outside the High Court in London during a hearing in February.
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    Opinion

    The Extradition of Julian Assange Threatens Press Freedoms

    The First Amendment wasn’t written to protect only those whose ideas and means of expressing them we find agreeable.

    By James Kirchick

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    Europe

    Julian Assange Supporters Rally Outside London’s High Court

    Supporters of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, protested outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where his legal team made a final bid for an appeal against a U.S. extradition order.

    By The Associated Press and Reuters

    Supporters of Julian Assange protested on Tuesday outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
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    Politics

    R.F.K. Jr.’s Campaign Expressed Sympathy for Jan. 6 Rioters, Then Retracted It

    In an email urging the United States to drop espionage charges against Julian Assange, the Kennedy campaign grouped the WikiLeaks founder with Edward Snowden and “J6 activists” in a D.C. jail.

    By Chris Cameron

    More than 1,250 people have been charged with crimes in connection with the attack at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as rioters sought to overturn Donald J. Trump’s election loss.
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