London: It would be "suicide" for Britain to enter Ecuador's embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Ecuador President Rafael Correa has warned. Correa warned such a provocative precedent would leave British embassies across the world facing similar "violating" moves by foreign governments, the Telegraph reported. In an interview with Ecuador's state TV, Correa suggested the diplomatic impasse with Britain was no closer to being solved. He said...
02:58 AM, Aug 22, 2012
The Obama administration has accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of making wild assertions against the US and say it's to deflect attention from the sexual misconduct allegations he faces in Sweden. ...
10:05 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Amid cheering supporters and heavy police presence, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made a rare public appearance from the balcony of the Ecuador's embassy in London on Sunday and made a direct appeal to US President Obama Barack to stop the witchhunt and FBI prosecution against WikiLeaks. ...
11:35 PM, Aug 19, 2012
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Sunday appeared in public for the first time since he took refuge inside Ecuador's embassy in London two months ago. Beginning his address from the embassy's balcony, Assange said, "I am here today because I cannot be there with you today." "US poses a threat to WikiLeaks and freedom of speech," Assange said as the crowd cheered for him. He said that he has...
07:13 PM, Aug 19, 2012
London: Britain is seeking an amicable solution with Ecuador to their diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a UK official insisted Saturday, as the secret-spiller prepared to make his first public statement since the Latin American nation confirmed it would offer him asylum. Assange, who took shelter in the Ecuadorian Embassy on June 19 after he exhausted all routes of appeal in the UK to avoid extradition to Sweden...
09:12 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Washington: The US has said that it does not recognise the concept of 'diplomatic asylum' after Ecuador allowed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to remain in Quito's embassy in London. Washington also came down hard on the move to convene a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States to consider the Assange issue. A State Department statement said, "The United States is not a party to the...
05:32 PM, Aug 18, 2012
London: Julian Assange lives in a pricey building in one of London's toniest districts. But he is not staying in the lap of luxury. The once globe-trotting WikiLeaks founder is confined to several hundred square feet of space inside Ecuador's London embassy. If he goes outside he will be arrested by British police and extradited to Sweden to be questioned about allegations of sexual assault. The 41-year-old Australian computer expert...
01:29 AM, Aug 18, 2012
The British government says it will not make it easy for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to leave the country. ...
08:22 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Washington: The US has denied having an intent to persecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been granted asylum by Ecuador and is currently in the South American country's embassy in London. "If you're asking me whether there was any intention to persecute rather than prosecute, the answer is no," the State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland, told reporters here, when asked about allegations that US is pressurising Britain on Assange....
01:53 PM, Aug 17, 2012
As Ecuador granted political asylum to Julian Assange, Britain has said it will not provide a safe passange to the WikiLeaks's founder. ...
12:55 PM, Aug 17, 2012
London: Britain will not allow Julian Assange safe passage out of the country, Foreign Secretary William Hague said after Ecuador granted the Wikileaks founder political asylum. British authorities will continue to seek Assange's extradition to Sweden, Hague said on Thursday. "Assange having exhausted all options of appeal, the British authorities are under a binding obligation to extradite him, Xinhua quoted the foreign secretary as saying. "We must carry out that...
08:26 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Quito: Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Thursday, a day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorean embassy in London to arrest Assange. Britain has said it is determined to extradite the former computer hacker, who enraged Washington in 2010 when his WikiLeaks website published secret US diplomatic cables, to Sweden where he has been accused of rape...
06:56 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Quito/London: The diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange escalated on Wednesday after Britain threatened to raid Ecuador's embassy in London if Quito did not hand over Assange, who has been taking refuge there for two months. The Ecuadorean government said such an action would be considered a "hostile and intolerable act" as well as a violation of its sovereignty. "Under British law we can give them a week's notice...
09:36 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Quito: The mother of Julian Assange, visiting Ecuador on Monday to plea for her son's asylum request, said the WikiLeaks founder is under extreme psychological stress and feels his only option is to seek safety in Ecuador. Assange has been taking refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since June 19. The former computer hacker, who enraged Washington in 2010 when his WikiLeaks website published secret US diplomatic cables, is...
01:37 AM, Jul 31, 2012
London: The secret-spilling group WikiLeaks said it was in the process of publishing material from 2.4 million Syrian emails - many of which it said came from official government accounts. WikiLeaks' Sarah Harrison told journalists at London's Frontline Club that the emails reveal interactions between the Syrian government and Western companies, although she declined to go into much further detail. Harrison quoted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as saying that "the...
11:48 AM, Jul 08, 2012
London: The WikiLeaks website said on Thursday it had begun publishing more than 2 million emails from Syrian government officials that would embarrass not only Damascus, which is trying to crush a 16-month rebellion, but also its opponents. WikiLeaks spokeswoman Sarah Harrison told a news conference the emails were from Syrian political figures, government ministries and companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012. She read out a statement quoting...
12:50 AM, Jul 06, 2012
Quito: WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has asked for political asylum at Ecuador's embassy in London and officials in the South American nation are considering his request, its foreign minister said on Tuesday. "Ecuador is studying and analyzing the request," Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters in Quito. Assange faces extradition to Sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes after Britain's top court said last week that it had rejected a...
01:19 AM, Jun 20, 2012
London: Britain's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a final bid by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to reopen his appeal against extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes. The required period for extradition "shall not commence until the 14th day after today", the court said. Two weeks ago the court rejected 40-year-old Assange's argument that a European arrest warrant for extradition was invalid, the BBC reported. His lawyers had argued that...
07:58 PM, Jun 14, 2012
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11:38 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
