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Bolivian President Evo Morales has condemned the arrest and detention of Julian Assange, who he said is being “persecuted” for revealing US “human rights violations, murders of civilians and diplomatic espionage.” “We strongly condemn the detention of Julian Assange and the violation of freedom of speech,” Morales tweeted on Thursday. The WikiLeaks founder was hauled […]

The co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has been denied entry to the US, where he had a speaking tour scheduled, despite having valid travel documents. This was done in Tel Aviv on US, not Israeli, orders. Airline staff at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport informed Omar Barghouti on Wednesday as he prepared […]

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said the manner in which the UK government executed the arrest of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is demeaning to human dignity, and his long-running persecution is a blow to journalism. Commenting on the arrest and detention of the publisher in the UK on Thursday, the ministry’s spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, condemned […]

Ecuador’s interior minister has confirmed that a person who is alleged to have links to WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested as he attempted to take a flight to Japan. She also spoke of two ‘Russian hackers.’ Ecuador’s Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo said on Thursday that a man was taken into custody in […]

Four people have been arrested and 40 questioned following a daring, multimillion-euro daylight heist on the runway at Tirana airport, in which one gang member was killed during a shootout with Albanian police. An armed gang dressed in military fatigues stormed the runway at Tirana’s Mother Teresa Airport Tuesday and threatened baggage handlers before engaging […]

Journalists and whistleblowers have weighed in on the indictment brought by the US against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, calling the current password-cracking charge “weak,” but setting a dangerous precedent for press freedom. A statement from the Department of Justice on Wednesday said Assange had been charged for engaging in a conspiracy to crack a password […]

Israel’s private spacecraft Beresheet crashed into the Moon on Thursday after being hit with problems during descent, denying the Jewish state a place in the elite club of nations that mastered a lunar landing. “Small country, big dreams,” the engraving on the spacecraft’s body read, but those dreams weren’t destined to come true. Beresheet’s engine […]

The prosecution – and persecution – of Julian Assange is meant to silence others who would speak out against abuses of power, WikiLeaks editor Kristinn Hrafnsson and Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson say, promising to fight back. “This is a precedent… that effectively means that any journalist or media organization anywhere in the world can be […]

Former MI5 agent and whistleblower Annie Machon called the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange “absolutely disgusting,” and an “egregious violation” of his rights. Assange was dragged by British police from the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday morning after his asylum right was axed. The arrest comes a day after WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson […]

Julian Assange has pleaded not guilty to failing to surrender to bail, in a court appearance following his arrest. The WikiLeaks founder was arrested by British police for the bail breach, and following a US extradition request. Assange was charged with failing to surrender to custody in 2012, when he faced extradition to Sweden as […]