The following articles have been tagged with "Assange":
National: 16 May 13
One of the two Swedish women who accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes has turned to her personal blog to talk about the ordeal for what is believed to be the first time.
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Politics: 23 Apr 13
Twitter users in Sweden have leapt to an entertaining defence of their country after @WikiLeaks accused the @Sweden curator of being a military mouthpiece - after he labelled them "mad tinfoil hatters" .
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National: 4 Apr 13
A Swedish supreme court judge discussing his country's legal system and the case of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange with Australian students has said that Swedish law prohibits extradition for military or political crimes.
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Society: 28 Mar 13
One of the two women in the Swedish Assange case has dropped her high-profile lawyer, reportedly for speaking too much to the press.
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Politics: 15 Mar 13
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has denied claims he leaked details of secret meetings to the United States following media reports based on diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks.
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Politics: 26 Feb 13
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's claims that Sweden's case against him is a conspiracy to have him extradited to the United States have been dismissed as "sheer fantasy" by Australia's foreign minister.
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National: 16 Feb 13
The costs of maintaining a police presence at the Ecuadorian embassy in London have totalled almost 30 million kronor ($4.7 million) following Julian Assange's decision to jump bail and seek asylum there last June.
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National: 7 Feb 13
WikiLeaks fan Jemima Khan, who helped post bail for its founder Julian Assange after he handed himself in to UK police over sex crime allegations by two Swedish women, has criticized his prolonged extradition fight.
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Politics: 26 Nov 12
Sweden's ambassador to Australia took an Australian columnist to task for defending WikiLeaks-founder Julian Assange against rape allegations, documents recently published by the whistleblower website reveal.
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Science & Technology: 23 Nov 12
A cyber attack on a Swedish hospital has been reported to the police, with the hackers claiming to be pro-Julian Assange members of the hacktivist network Anonymous.
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Politics: 27 Oct 12
Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa has proposed that Sweden send a prosecutor to the country's embassy in London to interview Julian Assange, whose health he claims is suffering.
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Politics: 22 Oct 12
The Ecuadorian ambassador to London slammed Britain on Sunday for "acting like an empire" when it threatened to raid the Ecuadorian embassy, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is holed up avoiding extradition to Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Oct 12
The Australian ambassador to Sweden Paul Stephens speaks to The Local's Oliver Gee about the “outdated” image of Australia, the ongoing trial of Julian Assange, and life as the coach of an Australian rules football team in Stockholm.
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Business & Money: 8 Oct 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's backers, who stood as his sureties before he fled to the Ecuadorian embassy, have been asked by a British court to pay up by next month.
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National: 8 Oct 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Monday that he had hired lawyers in Sydney in the hope of suing Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard for what he considers to be her defamatory comments about himself and Wikileaks.
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Politics: 4 Oct 12
Ecuador's ambassador to Sweden on Thursday responded to criticism from the Swedish media about press freedom in his home country and its decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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National: 4 Oct 12
Nine of the Assange backers who together put up a large sum in surety cash have been left waiting, as a British court is deciding whether the WikiLeaks founder's flight to the Ecuadorian embassy means they lose their money.
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Science & Technology: 2 Oct 12
Sweden should prepare for further cyber attacks in retaliation for Monday's raid against web hosting company PRQ – previous hosts to The Pirate Bay and whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks – hacktivist network Anonymous has warned.
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Science & Technology: 2 Oct 12
Swedish police on Monday raided Stockholm-based web hosting company PRQ – previous hosts to The Pirate Bay and whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks.
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Science & Technology: 2 Oct 12
Police in Sweden say there is a clear connection between a recent spate of cyber attacks targeting Swedish websites and the ongoing dispute over the deportation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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National: 1 Oct 12
The websites of several Swedish companies and organizations were crippled on Monday by a cyber attack which left internet servers overloaded in what experts say is an increasingly common phenomenon for websites in Sweden.
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National: 28 Sep 12
The Swedish division of human rights group Amnesty International said on Friday that it doesn't support demands from its parent that the Swedish government guarantee WikiLeaks-founder Julian Assange would not be extradited to the US should he come to Sweden.
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Politics: 28 Sep 12
Human rights group Amnesty International urged Sweden on Thursday to guarantee WikiLeaks founder Julian Asange that he will not be extradited to the US if he goes to Sweden for questioning.
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Politics: 27 Sep 12
Ecuador on Wednesday renewed its vows to shelter Julian Assange for whatever time it will take, while the 41-year-old Australian national called on the US to stop its "persecution" of WikiLeaks.
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Politics: 26 Sep 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will speak Wednesday via video link to New York in further attempts to avoid extradition to Sweden, a battle which Britain's foreign minister William Hague claimed has shown "no sign of breakthrough".
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Politics: 22 Sep 12
Ecuador's foreign minister Ricardo Patino mooted the idea of transferring WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from London to Sweden, while remaining under the protection of Quito.
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National: 15 Sep 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's father said Saturday that his son is prepared to spend up to a year holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London, but that he still plans to run for the Australian Senate.
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Politics: 6 Sep 12
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Julian Assange's extradition battle "political" on Thursday, accusing the UK of double standards in ordering the WikiLeaks founder extradited to Sweden on sex crime accusations.
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National: 4 Sep 12
Amid the continued standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Monday that Britain wants to resume talks with Ecuador and that they "should be able to find a diplomatic solution".
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National: 3 Sep 12
A number of official websites in Sweden were rendered inaccessible on Monday, in what some have claimed to be a cyber-attack by supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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National: 31 Aug 12
Julian Assange expects Sweden "dropping the case" against him as the most likely outcome to the current diplomatic row over the WikiLeaks founder, but reckons he may nevertheless remain in the Ecuador's London embassy for up to a year.
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Politics: 30 Aug 12
Ecuador's president Rafael Correa said Wednesday that he doubts Julian Assange could get a fair trial in the US, and insisted that Sweden and Britain guarantee they will not extradite the WikiLeaks founder.
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Politics: 29 Aug 12
South American nations’ support of Ecuador over the country's decision to grant aslylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be seen as a criticism of Sweden, Brazil’s foreign minister Antonio Patriota said in Stockholm on Wednesday.
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Politics: 25 Aug 12
The dispute over Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to Sweden on sex assault charges caused The Organization of American States (OAS) to declare "solidarity and support" Friday for Ecuador.
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National: 23 Aug 12
Julian Assange's lawyer said Thursday that a prosecutor from Sweden had been requested to take a statement in London from the WikiLeaks founder, adding that "surprising" information about the rape claims would be revealed.
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National: 22 Aug 12
Sweden announced Tuesday that it is in the hands of Washington, not Stockholm, to give WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange the guarantees he requested.
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National: 21 Aug 12
The United States responded to Julian Assange's "witch hunt" accusations, stating Monday that the WikiLeaks founder is trying to deflect attention from the question of whether he will face justice in Sweden.
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National: 20 Aug 12
The South American nations back the Ecuadorian government in their decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the union said Sunday after a meeting among the neighbouring nations,
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National: 19 Aug 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange thanked Ecuador for its support in a statement from Quito's embassy in London on Sunday and slammed the US, although made no mention of the sex offences allegations he faces in Sweden.
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National: 19 Aug 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is in "fighting spirit", his lawyer Baltasar Garzon said in a statement outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
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National: 19 Aug 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to face the world's media on Sunday to comment on the latest developments in his fight to evade extradition to Sweden to answer rape and sexual assault allegations.
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National: 18 Aug 12
Ecuador's president Rafael Correa has stated that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could remain in Quito's embassy in London indefinitely as Britain continues to insist that it plans to extradite the Australian to Sweden.
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National: 17 Aug 12
The US on Thursday denied charges that it had put pressure on the UK to extradite Julian Assange, claiming to not be involved in what has become an international row over the WikiLeaks founder's situation.
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National: 16 Aug 12
Sweden rejected Ecuador's claim that Julian Assange would not get a fair trial as a basis for granting asylum, and summoned the Ecuadorian ambassador to explain Quito's decision.
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National: 16 Aug 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be granted asylum to Ecuador, the country's authorities announced on Thursday.
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National: 16 Aug 12
Several police officers have reportedly entered the building in London, which houses the Ecuadorian embassy and where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is holed up, hoping to get asylum in the country.
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National: 16 Aug 12
Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has slammed Britain for threatening to raid the Ecuadorian embassy in London where founder Julian Assange is hiding, hoping for asylum to the country.
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National: 15 Aug 12
The President of Ecuador denied British media claims that asylum had been granted to Julian Assange, adding that the decision would be made "later this week".
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National: 14 Aug 12
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced Monday that a response to Julian Assange's asylum bid would be given this week, after the WikiLeaks founder has spent the past two months in Ecuadorian embassy in London.
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National: 4 Aug 12
Julian Assange is in a state of limbo because of the United States' secrecy over which charges it may pursue, said his defense lawyer on Friday.
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National: 2 Aug 12
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's mother on Wednesday met with Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa to discuss the fate of her son.
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National: 31 Jul 12
Sweden has been asked by Ecuador to interview WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange regarding accusations of rape and sexual harassament in London.
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National: 28 Jul 12
The mother of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is to meet with Ecuador's foreign minister, Quito announced Friday, to discuss Assange's asylum application.
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National: 26 Jul 12
Ecuador said Wednesday it would reach a decision on whether to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that would not alienate Britain nor affect the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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National: 25 Jul 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has hired Spanish celebrity jurist Baltasar Garzón to assist his bid to seek asylum in Ecuador and avoid extradition to Sweden to face rape charges.
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National: 11 Jul 12
Ecuador's government will not bow to British, Swedish and US pressure in the decision of whether to grant asylum to Julian Assange, but will make a 'sovereign' decision, said President Rafael Correa Tuesday.
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National: 10 Jul 12
Granting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange political asylum in Ecuador to avoid extradition to Sweden may lead the United States to discredit the South American country, Quito's ambassador in Washington said Monday.
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Politics: 5 Jul 12
The sex crime accusations lodged in Sweden against Julian Assange are laughable, Ecuador's foreign minister said on Wednesday, adding that his country is still reviewing the asylum application filed by the WikiLeaks founder.
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National: 3 Jul 12
Julian Assange's Swedish lawyer on Monday reiterated fears that the WikiLeaks founder would not receive a fair trial in Sweden, where he stands accused of sex crimes allegedly committed against two women.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jul 12
As Almedalen, the Swedish political pow-wow held annually on the Baltic Island of Gotland, gets into full swing, correspondent David Lindén uses his first dispatch to explain what it is and how it came to be.
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National: 1 Jul 12
President Rafael Correa said Saturday that Ecuador is still considering whether to grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is wanted in Sweden in connection with sexual assault allegations.
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National: 30 Jun 12
A lawyer representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Friday that his client faced "difficult choices" when he defied a British police order for extradition to Sweden and remain in the Ecuador embassy in London.
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National: 29 Jun 12
Julian Assange will remain in the Ecuadorian embassy, choosing not to comply with UK police orders to turn himself in for extradition to Sweden, a spokesperson for the WikiLeaks founder said Friday.
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National: 28 Jun 12
Police issued an extradition notice on Thursday to Julian Assange, who is currently holed up the Ecuadorian embassy in London, requiring the Wikileaks founder to report to a police station or face arrest.
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National: 27 Jun 12
Ecuador has so far received over 10,000 emails in support of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's bid for asylum in the country, Ecuadorian officials said Tuesday.
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Politics: 25 Jun 12
Sweden would not be able to offer Julian Assange a diplomatic guarantee against being extradited to the United States should the WikiLeaks founder end up back in Sweden to face sex crime accusations, according to a justice ministry official.
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Politics: 25 Jun 12
Julian Assange asked for guarantees Monday to ensure that he will not be pursued by the United States for conspiracy charges if the WikiLeaks founder were to come to Sweden to face his rape and sexual assault charges.
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Politics: 24 Jun 12
Swedish officials have confirmed that they have been in contact with Ecuador's ambassador in Stockholm to brief on the country's legal system as Quito mulls whether to grant Julian Assange asylum.
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Politics: 24 Jun 12
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said on Sunday that he had received "no hint" that the US would seek the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange were he to come to Sweden.
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National: 23 Jun 12
Ecuador on Friday recalled its ambassador to Britain to discuss the political asylum application filed by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at its London embassy this week.
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National: 22 Jun 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange launched a verbal attack at Australia and Sweden on Friday, speaking for the first time since he turned up at the Ecuadorian embassy in London to file a request for political asylum.
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National: 21 Jun 12
Ecuador will take its time to determine whether Julian Assange's unexpected bid for asylum in the country is motivated by a genuine fear of facing the death penalty in the US, its president Rafael Correa said on Wednesday.
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National: 20 Jun 12
Christine Schürrer, convicted of murdering two Swedish children in 2008, has offered to help Julian Assange by explaining her own troubles with the legal system in the country.
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Society: 20 Jun 12
Julian Assange's attempt to gain asylum won't succeed, the Swedish lawyer for Assange's alleged victims said Wednesday, adding that the WikiLeaks founder will be extradited to Sweden to face sex crime allegations.
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National: 20 Jun 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange applied for political asylum in Ecuador on Tuesday, adding a new twist to his bid to avoid extradition to Sweden to face questioning over alleged sex crimes.
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National: 14 Jun 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange moved closer to being extradited to Sweden to face sex crimes accusations after Britain's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected his appeal.
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Analysis & Opinion: 14 Jun 12
Following the celebrations of Sweden’s National Day on June 6th, a somewhat recent invention, Swedish journalist and columnist Ola Tedin reflects that there is nationalism and nationalism.
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National: 12 Jun 12
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has formally requested the UK Supreme Court reopon his appeal against a ruling to have him extradited to Sweden to as part of an ongoing sex crimes investigation.
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National: 31 May 12
The US ambassador to Australia has rejected claims that Washington wants Wikileaks founder Julian Assange brought to justice in to America, should he be extradited to Sweden.
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National: 30 May 12
The lawyer for the women who accused Julian Assange of sex crimes welcomed Wednesday's ruling which paves the way for the WikiLeaks founder's extradition, while a legal expert explained there is a chance the case against Assange may not proceed to trial in Sweden.
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National: 30 May 12
Julian Assange lost his last ditch legal effort to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sex crimes accusations as the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the WikiLeaks founder of a lower court ruling.
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Science & Technology: 30 May 12
Swedish police are on high alert for possible hacker attacks ahead of Wednesday's ruling on an appeal by WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to avoid extradition to Sweden.
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Society: 30 May 12
The mother of the Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spoken out about her fears of her son's potential extradition to Sweden in the lead-up to Wednesday morning's Supreme Court verdict.
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National: 28 May 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's battle to avoid extradition from the UK to face sex crimes allegations in Sweden is set to come to a conclusion on Wednesday when the Supreme Court hands down its ruling on the case.
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National: 23 May 12
The judgement in Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's continuing fight to avoid extradition to Sweden will be given on May 30th, Britain's Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
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National: 28 Feb 12
Swedish journalists were the subject of a secret probe by WikiLeaks aimed at exposing what leaders of the whistleblower website are convinced is a conspiracy by Sweden against founder Julian Assange, according to a Swedish media report.
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Politics: 27 Feb 12
Foreign minister Carl Bildt believes Sweden should be a “world power” and once called Russian prime minister Vladmir Putin a “chetnik”, according to internal emails from a US security firm released by WikiLeaks on Monday.
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Politics: 23 Feb 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt said on Thursday he is taking very seriously WikiLeaks' plans to launch a smear campaign against Sweden to stop the potential extradition of founder Julian Assange to the United States.
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National: 22 Feb 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has served as an informant for the United States for decades, according to secret documents to be released by WikiLeaks as part of a smear campaign to halt Sweden's presumed extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.
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Business & Money: 7 Feb 12
The Swedish National Police Board has called for new international laws to catch hackers on the internet, after US internet service providers refused to divulge information on the weekend's attack on government websites.
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National: 2 Feb 12
Sweden's efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face sex crimes accusations is not a breach of his human rights, lawyers told the UK Supreme Court on Thursday.
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National: 1 Feb 12
Julian Assange, head of WikiLeaks, appeared before the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday, starting the new leg in his battle against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
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Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jan 12
Julian Assange appears before the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday to fight extradition to Sweden to face sex crimes accusations. If the WikiLeaks founder's appeal succeeds, the effects would be “profound”, according to one expert.
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National: 16 Dec 11
The UK's highest court on Friday granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition from Britain to Sweden to face rape allegations, with the hearing set to start on February 1st.
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National: 8 Dec 11
The British Supreme Court will decide by Christmas whether to hear the appeal of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange against the earlier decision to extradite him to Sweden, a court spokeswoman revealed on Wednesday.
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National: 5 Dec 11
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been cleared to apply to the UK Supreme Court in an attempt to block his extradition to Sweden over rape allegations, a London court ruled on Monday.
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National: 4 Dec 11
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hopes to avoid extradition to Sweden by having his case heard by Britain's High Court, the final card in a legal battle that has lasted almost a year.
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National: 18 Nov 11
Julian Assange has dumped his Swedish lawyer in favour of a new defence team including an attorney involved in the Pirate Bay trial, as the WikiLeaks founder continues to fight his extradition to Sweden.
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National: 16 Nov 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday applied to Britain's Supreme Court to hear his appeal against extradition to Sweden to answer questions over rape allegations.
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National: 12 Nov 11
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is planning his return to Sweden to be questioned over rape and sexual assault allegations, according to a Swedish PR firm claiming they have been hired to handle the media pressure.
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