Council of Europe classifies Julian Assange
Finally Free, Assange Receives a Measure of Justice From the Council of Europe
In the resolution, PACE notes that many of the leaked files WikiLeaks published “provide credible evidence of war crimes, human rights abuses, and government misconduct.” The revelations also “confirmed the existence of secret prisons, kidnappings and illegal transfers of prisoners by the United States on European soil.”
Council of Europe classifies Julian Assange as political prisoner
The Council of Europe has classified Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks whistleblowing publisher, as a political prisoner in a resolution adopted in Strasbourg on Wednesday. The Council's Parliamentary Assembly referred to the serious accusations made by the United States against Assange,
Julian Assange says he chose freedom in first public appearance since prison release
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he "plead guilty to journalism" in his first public appearance on Tuesday since being freed from a high-security U.K. prison.
Julian Assange delivers first speech since release from UK prison: “I pleaded guilty to journalism”
Assange told the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe: “I am not free today because the system worked, I am free today after years of incarceration because I pled guilty to journalism.”
Guilty of journalism, Assange tells admirers
A group of supporters, holding a banner that said "Thank you, Julian" greeted Assange as he stepped out of a van smiling and raising his fist in defiance along with his wife, Stella, and WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, Kristinn Hrafnsson.
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed
In Julian Assange's first remarks since his release from prison in June, the WikiLeaks founder said he was freed after 5 years of incarceration because he 'pled guilty to journalism.'
Council of Europe designates Julian Assange as ‘political prisoner’ following plea deal release
The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) voted on Wednesday to formally recognize WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a political prisoner based on his time spent in UK custody while
Julian Assange Condemns the 'System' in First Public Remarks Since Release
Assange served five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to obtaining and publishing U.S. military ...
Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ to secure his freedom in first public remarks since leaving prison
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made his first public remarks since his release after he struck a deal with the United ...
Julian Assange Says He’s Still Getting Used to the ‘Spooky Sound of Electric Cars’
The WikiLeaks co-founder's wife turned off his microphone after a crack about his mother-in-law.
Julian Assange makes 1st public appearance since his release from prison
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made his first public appearance since his release under a U.S. plea deal.
Stella Assange: “In Strasbourg so that a new Assange case won’t happen again”
Il Fatto Quotidiano has interviewed the wife of the WikiLeaks founder, after Assange spoke publicly for the first time since ...
Assange, in First Speech Since Release, Says He Was Jailed for Journalism
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, said in public remarks in Strasbourg, France, that his imprisonment had set a ...
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Unrealisable Justice: Julian Assange in Strasbourg
It was good to hear that voice again.  A voice of provoking interest that pitter patters, feline across a parquet, followed ...
WikiLeaks founder Assange tells EU rights body he 'chose freedom over justice'
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told the Council of Europe he was released after years of incarceration only because he ...