Julian Assange's arrest news
Get breaking news and articles from RT on the Julian Assange's arrest, which took place on April 11, 2019, near Ecuadorian embassy in London. Visit RT for stories and interviews with Julian Assange, who is a programmer and the founder of WikiLeaks, a non-profit organization that leaks and reveals secret data. Julian Assange was staying in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012 until his arrest in 2019 – find details on that matter on RT. After the president of Ecuador Lenin Moreno stated that Assange’s asylum must be withdrawn due to ‘a repeated violation of international conventions and a protocol of coexistence’, the founder of Wikileaks has been dragged from the embassy and immediately arrested. Visit RT to read news and updates on the arrest, and to find all the updates on what happened after it. Don’t miss photos and videos from outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, including the video showing the moment Assange was arrested, as well as live feeds by RT’s Ruptly video agency. Check out RT for experts’ and analytics’ opinions on Julian Assange and on his fate after the arrest.
- Vivienne Westwood holds pro-Assange protest inside GIANT BIRDCAGE outside the Old Bailey (VIDEOS)
Vivienne Westwood has staged a dramatic protest outside the Old Bailey in London: she was suspended 10ft in the air inside a giant birdcage, all to highlight the plight of ‘canary in the coal mine’: Julian Assange.Jul 21, 2020 12:44UK News - Free speech in the US is as illusory as free-range eggs there – neither really existsAmerica is as authoritarian and intolerant of dissent as any tinpot dictatorship. It generally just goes about quashing it in a subtler, more sophisticated way, aided by a conformist, groupthink mainstream media.Jun 27, 2020 12:37
- 'How do you prosecute Assange and not prosecute journalists everywhere?' – Greenwald to RT on threat to journalists worldwideThe US’ request to extradite and prosecute Julian Assange sets a dangerous precedent, the Intercept’s founder Glenn Greenwald has told RT, warning that it puts journalists around the world in danger.Apr 26, 2020 17:20World News
- Julian Assange is the victim of a power struggle in the US between Donald Trump and the deep stateThe WikiLeaks co-founder, wanted in the US for ‘endangering national security,’ now faces extradition to America as the Democrats and Republicans are prepared to use him as an expendable pawn in their never-ending partisan feud.Feb 27, 2020 12:38
- Assange blasts court for preventing communication with lawyers, alleges legal team is being SPIED onOn the third day of his extradition hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has rebuked the court for preventing him from communicating with his legal team, saying his prosecutors have "100 times more contact hours each day.”Feb 26, 2020 15:42World News
- Assange detention illegal under English, European and international law, defense arguesDay three of the Julian Assange extradition hearing is focusing on whether the allegations against Assange amount to “political offenses.” If so, it would likely be outside of the judge’s jurisdiction to approve extradition.Feb 26, 2020 11:33World News
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