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
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made a last-ditch effort on Tuesday to stave off his extradition to Sweden over sex-crime allegations, filing papers to see if he can win an audience and appeal to Britain's highest court. In the latest twist in Assange's year-long extradition battle, Britain's Judicial Office said Assange filed an application for the chance to persuade judges he should be allowed one last appeal in the Supreme...
08:27 AM, Nov 16, 2011
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made a last-ditch effort on Tuesday to stave off his extradition to Sweden over sex-crime allegations, filing papers to see if he can win an audience and appeal to Britain's highest court. In the latest twist in Assange's year-long extradition battle, Britain's Judicial Office said Assange filed an application for the chance to persuade judges he should be allowed one last appeal in the Supreme...
01:53 AM, Nov 16, 2011
Here is a timeline of the main elements in the WikiLeaks saga. Britain's High Court has ruled that founder Julian Assange should be extradited from Britain to Sweden. April 5, 2010: Internet group WikiLeaks releases a video showing a 2007 US helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff. Eight days later US Defence Secretary Robert Gates criticises WikiLeaks, saying it released the video...
09:47 AM, Nov 03, 2011
London: Julian Assange, the Australian who became a global celebrity when he published stolen classified US government data on the website he founded, is now set to lose even more sleep than what he quoted in 'The Unauthorised Autobiography' that was out earlier this year. "I was beginning to get the hacker's disease: no sleep, bottomless curiosity, single-mindedness, and an obsession with precision," Assange quoted in the autobiography. Assange is...
10:25 PM, Nov 02, 2011
On Julian Assange's extradition issue, Desai said Sweden is a law abiding country with good of human rights record. ...
04:34 PM, Nov 02, 2011
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost appeal against extradition to Sweden on Tuesday. UK high court judges ruled that Assange should face accusations of rape in Sweden. Assange can appeal in the Supreme Court against the order. On the basis of this order, Assange could be removed to Sweden within 10 days. Swedish authorities want to question Assange over the alleged rape of one woman and the molestation of another...
03:30 PM, Nov 02, 2011
London: A London court will rule on Wednesday whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who angered the government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, can be extradited from Britain to Sweden for questioning over alleged sexual crimes. Swedish authorities want to quiz the 40-year-old over accusations of rape and sexual assault made by two former female volunteers for his WikiLeaks organization. The case has cast a shadow over Assange and...
09:16 AM, Nov 02, 2011
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will learn next week of the verdict in his fight against his extradition to Sweden to answer allegations of sexual misconduct, the organization said on Thursday. WikiLeaks staffer Joseph Farrell said that Britain's High Court had informed Assange it will deliver judgment on his appeal on November 2, "The court told us. We have no further details," Farrell said in a text message. In February,...
05:21 AM, Oct 28, 2011
Stockholm: India's Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan staged a commendable fightback to defeat Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis and Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina and enter the final of the 600,000 Euros Stockholm Open on Friday. The top-seeded India-Pakistan pair won 2-6, 6-2, 10-8, in a match that lasted 68 minutes. In total, they fired 8 aces and saved six of the eight break points they faced. Bopanna and...
05:31 PM, Oct 21, 2011
