The leaks were the single largest in US military history, exposing huge civilian casualties. What is Assange charged with? Assange is the first publisher to be charged under the act. Extradition between the UK and the US is rare. What happened to the sexual assault charges against him in Sweden?
On November 19, , all rape charges against Assange were dropped. Why is this case important? More from News. Qatar has no plan to normalise ties with Syria: Foreign minister. Biden, Xi will meet virtually on Monday, White House confirms. Lawyers lodge papers at the High Court for an appeal against extradition. The High Court upholds the decision to extradite Mr Assange. Mr Assange wins the right to petition the UK Supreme Court directly after judges rule that his case raised "a question of general public importance".
The Supreme Court rules that he should be extradited to Sweden. Ecuador's foreign minister says Mr Assange has applied for political asylum at Ecuador's embassy in London. Ecuador's foreign minister claims the UK has issued a "threat" to enter the Ecuadorean embassy in London to arrest Mr Assange. The Foreign Office says it reminded Ecuador that it has the power to revoke the diplomatic immunity of an embassy on UK soil and says Britain has a legal obligation to extradite him.
Ecuador grants asylum to Mr Assange , saying there are fears his human rights might be violated if he is extradited. Mr Assange describes it as a "significant victory", but the UK government expresses its disappointment. The UK insists it will not grant Mr Assange "safe passage" to Ecuador as it seeks a diplomatic solution. Downing Street says the government is legally obliged to extradite him to Sweden. Nine people who put up bail sureties for Mr Assange are ordered by a judge to pay thousands of pounds each after his failure to appear in court.
Ecuador's ambassador says Mr Assange has a chronic lung infection "which could get worse at any moment". The embassy says it has sought assurances Mr Assange will not be arrested if he is taken to hospital. Mr Assange says he will leave London's Ecuadorean embassy "soon" after two years of refuge.
He does not clarify when he will depart but says it is "probably not" for the reasons reported in the UK press. Stories had suggested he required medical treatment.
Swedish prosecutors drop their investigation into one accusation of sexual molestation and one of unlawful coercion against Mr Assange because they have run out of time to question him. The more serious allegation of rape is not due to expire until Scotland Yard announces it will no longer be sending officers to stand guard outside the Ecuadorean embassy in London. The Metropolitan Police says the effort is "no longer believed proportionate" but it will be deploying "a number of overt and covert tactics to arrest" Mr Assange.
A United Nations panel rules that Mr Assange should be allowed to walk free and be compensated for his "deprivation of liberty". The UN's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says the Wikileaks founder has been arbitrarily detained by UK and Swedish authorities since his arrest in , and the detention violates his human, civil and political rights.
Mr Assange hails it a "significant victory" and calls the decision "binding" - but UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond brands the ruling "ridiculous". The UK Foreign Office says the report "changes nothing" and it will "formally contest the working group's opinion". Before the ruling, police said he would still be arrested if he left the embassy.
Please help us improve our site! No thank you. Topics Sexual violence and rape. Keywords sexual violence rape. Year Free Manning! End the wars. Bradley Manning is the US soldier arrested on suspicion of having passed classified material to WikiLeaks. One accusation, that he had sex with a woman while she was asleep, amounts to rape under Swedish law. Assange denies any wrongdoing. Assange's legal team argued before their last appeal that there was a "real risk" he could face the death penalty in the US or detention at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
Peirce's office would not comment on their strategy yesterday, but she has previously been quoted indicating the need for sensitivity and respect in the case.
Each of the human beings involved deserves respect and consideration. It is hoped that whatever steps as are required to be taken in the future will be taken thoughtfully, with sensitivity and with such respect. Tatchell said:. The sex allegations must be taken seriously but he is innocent until proven guilty. So far he has not been charged with any offence. Swedish prosecutors and police need to interview him. There is no reason why they can't come to London.
If he goes there I am sure the US will seek his extradition. The press benches are packed in the grand, wood-panelled court.
Early this morning the Associated Press news agency reported that hackers affiliated with Anonymous claimed to have stolen tens of thousands of encrypted military passwords from US contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and posted them on the internet.
The Pentagon said it was aware of the incident and coordinating with other federal partners on the matter. They are also expected to challenge the validity of the arrest warrant and complain that it did not contain a proper, fair and accurate description of the alleged sexual misconduct.
On page three it reads: "Reports were filed as: i 'rape' ii 'molestation'. They will not challenge whether the alleged victims felt he was "disrespectful, discourteous, or disturbing". As mentioned earlier, Ben Emmerson QC told Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Ouseley that the European arrest warrant under which Assange is being held was flawed because it failed to provide a "fair, accurate and proper" description of the alleged sexual misconduct.
Emmerson argued that Assange was a victim of a "philosophical and judicial mismatch" between English and Swedish law over what constituted sex crimes. Assange's legal team is asking the judges to rule that Assange's sexual encounters with the women were "consensual" and that the alleged offences are not extraditable. This alleged victim is "convinced Assange broke the condom by the glans and then continued to ejaculation", Emmerson says of AA's statement.
Emmerson says:. They fell asleep and she woke up by his penetrating her. She immediately asked if he was wearing anything. He answered: "You.
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