The WikiLeaks founder has been granted leave to appeal the order to extradite him to the US. What happens now?
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The Wikileaks founder will be granted leave to appeal his extradition to the US if the US and UK do not provide assurances in relation to the accepted grounds of the appeal.
Efforts to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the UK to the US have gone on for years. Here’s what’s been going on and what might happen in court this time.
Anthony Albanese’s request for the Americans to drop their bid to extradite Assange has fallen on firmly blocked ears.
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, it is important to reflect on the use of war footage in media and the ethical questions around the use of footage depicting human death.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greg Barns on the battle to free Julian Assange
Michelle Grattan speaks with barrister Greg Barns, a senior advisor to the Australian Assange Campaign.
Wikileaks has already announced it will appeal the decision, and the year-long drama could drag on for many years more.
In her ruling, the judge rejected claims that Assange’s case was an assault on press freedom, which must concern anyone who believes in the oversight role that journalists play in a democracy.
Russian agents reportedly placed malware in U.S. voter registration systems in 2016 and are actively interfering in the 2020 election. Here’s the state of election cybersecurity.
Assange’s legal team is expected to argue the US extradition request is politically motivated and the Wikileaks founder is unlikely to receive a fair trial in the US.
As British courts this week hear arguments for and against the Wikileaks founder’s extradition to the US, the questions about journalism, the law and freedom of speech it raises are vital ones.
Despite media companies’ revenue declining in recent years, a nine-year study reveals that the greatly feared death of investigative journalism has not occurred.
The leak of US dipomatic cables by Wikileaks revealed some equally frank assessments of British politicians.
Julian Assange’s indictment under the Espionage Act, a sweeping law with heavy penalties for unauthorized receiving or disclosing of classified information, poses a threat to press freedom.
The new charges are much more serious than the computer misuse charge in the initial US extradition request. Will the Australian government intervene?
Extradition is a heavily regulated and multi-stage process. For now, it’s impossible to say what awaits Assange.
The Mueller report is out, heavily redacted and the investigative materials it’s based on aren’t public. That’s where Congress comes in, writes a former House counsel. Now they can investigate.
It’s dangerous for the press to take up Julian Assange’s cause, two journalism scholars write. Assange is no journalist, they say, and making him out to be one is likely to damage press freedoms.
If the Swedish charges against Assange are revived he could face a second extradition request, on top of the existing request from the US. Then it will be up to the UK to decide which to prioritise.
The Wikileaks founder has been removed from the Ecuadorean embassy after nearly seven years.
Principais colaboradores
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Adjunct Professor in Law, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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2024 Oxford University visiting research fellow RIJS; Professor of Political Communication., La Trobe University
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Senior lecturer, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Reader (Associate Professor) in Law, University of Kent
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Professor of International and Criminal Law, University of Birmingham
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Visting Research Fellow, ANU, Australian National University
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PhD; Adjunct Lecturer in Computer Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Global Studies, Social Science & Planning, RMIT University
