London: The British Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's plea against extradition. Assange will be extradited to Sweden on sexual assault charges. The judge said that the decision was reached with a majority of five to two. Assange wasn't present in the court on Wednesday. "The request for Assange's extradition has been lawfully made and his appeal against extradition is accordingly is dismissed," said Supreme Court president...
02:07 PM, May 30, 2012
London: Britain's Supreme Court is expected to rule on Wednesday on whether to approve the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, a potential turning point in the Internet activist's controversial career. Assange, 40, has spent the better part of two years fighting attempts to send him to the Scandinavian nation, where he is accused of sex crimes. At least one extradition expert said that his long-running legal campaign...
08:21 AM, May 30, 2012
Stockholm: Sweden will be without their most promising young striker for the European Championship, as John Guidetti will miss the tournament because of a thigh problem. Coach Erik Hamren announced a 23-man squad without any major surprises, but could find himself relying more than ever on Zlatan Ibrahimovic in attack because of injury problems. The 20-year-old Guidetti scored 20 goals in 23 games this season while on loan at Feyenoord...
11:58 PM, May 15, 2012
Kolkata: With the custody row with Norway over two NRI children settled, an Indian mother in Sweden has sought the Indian government's intervention for custody of her 11-year-old son allegedly being held by the Swedish authorities. Kolkata-based NGO India's Smile, which had claimed to have brought to light the custody row over the two NRI children in Norway, on Wednesday told PTI that the mother, Annie Johansson, informed them that...
05:55 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Stockholm: A Swedish man was dug out alive after being snowed in to his car on a forest track for two months with no food, police and local media reported on Saturday. The 45-year-old from southern Sweden was found on Friday, emaciated and too weak to utter more than a few words. He was found not far from the city of Umea in the north of Sweden by snowmobilers who...
01:12 PM, Feb 19, 2012
London: Britain's Supreme Court risks jeopardising extraditions to many neighbouring countries if it stops WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being sent to Sweden for questioning over sex crimes, a lawyer for Swedish prosecutors argued on Thursday. On the final day of hearings to determine whether the Australian is freed from house arrest in Britain or flown out to face Swedish investigators, Clare Montgomery told the justices they could set a legal...
12:14 AM, Feb 03, 2012
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's hearing entered the final stage on Wednesday. Assange appealed for the third time to the Britain's Supreme Court not to extradite him to Sweden over accusations of sex crimes - a move that could push his anti-secrecy website further toward oblivion. Australian-born Assange, 40, became a worldwide celebrity and infuriated the US government in 2010 when WikiLeaks released secret video footage and thousands of US...
04:34 PM, Feb 01, 2012
This will be the third but not necessarily the last stage in Julian Assange's attempts to resist extradition to Sweden. ...
09:02 AM, Feb 01, 2012
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will appeal to Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday not to extradite him to Sweden over accusations of sex crimes, a move that could push his anti-secrecy website further toward oblivion. Australian-born Assange, 40, became a worldwide celebrity and infuriated the US government in 2010 when WikiLeaks released secret video footage and thousands of US diplomatic cables about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since then,...
08:28 AM, Feb 01, 2012
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has announced that he will soon host a television series comprising interviews with 'key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries' from around the world. Assange, who is currently awaiting hearing in the Supreme Court against his extradition to Sweden, said the 10-part series would be based on 'the world tomorrow"' and feature interviews with "iconoclasts, visionaries and power insiders". The theme of the series will be...
03:42 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Stockholm: Do you think Sweden is all about blondes, meatballs and snow? Think again. Since December, the Nordic country has been promoting itself on Twitter by handing over the official @Sweden account to an average citizen every week. Among those who have hosted the account are a Christian minister, an organic sheep farmer and a blogger from an immigrant neighbourhood - each painting their own, different image of Swedish society....
02:46 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Stockholm: Sweden dealt a symbolic blow to the global fight against digital music and film piracy by recognising a group that promotes file-sharing across the Internet as a religion. One of the most wired nations in the world, Sweden has long been a battleground between those who support file-sharing and the music and film industry. The Nordic state gave birth to the world's largest file-sharing website, Pirate Bay. Registering the...
11:47 AM, Jan 13, 2012
London: Britain's Supreme Court said on Friday it had agreed to hear WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations. The court said a panel of three judges had considered a written submission and granted a two-day appeal beginning on February 1, meaning there is no prospect of Assange being sent to Stockholm until at least next year. In a statement, the court said it...
06:23 AM, Dec 17, 2011
New Delhi: The UK High Court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal to the Supreme against his extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over alleged sex crimes. Assange had sought to have his case referred to Britain's Supreme Court. Swedish authorities want to question the WikiLeaks founder over accusations of rape and sexual assault made by two female former WikiLeaks volunteers during a visit...
04:31 PM, Dec 05, 2011
A High Court in London will decide on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assanges plea against extradition to Sweden. ...
10:45 AM, Dec 05, 2011
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