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Ecuador confirmed on Friday that it would extend asylum for the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, who has been living in the Ecuadoran embassy in London for over two years.

12:27 24.11.2014

Swedish court confirms Assange arrest order

Court of Appeal for Svealand on Thursday left in force the arrest order for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, suspected of rape and sexual harassment.

17:35 20.11.2014

Stockholm court upholds arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder

A district court in Stockholm on Wednesday upheld the arrest warrant issued for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in 2010 on suspicion of rape and sexual harassment in Sweden.

11:25 17.07.2014

Ecuador may appeal to International Court of Justice over Assange

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño does not rule out the possibility of appealing to the International Court of Justice in Hague over a situation concerning Julian Assange, who has been hiding out in an Ecuadorian embassy in London for over a year, Prensa Latina reports on Wednesday.

15:13 09.10.2013

Navigating the fine line between whistleblowing and espionage

When one reveals classified information, acquired by way of high-level security clearance, to the public at large – is s/he a whistleblower or a spy? What if our hypothetical leaker was motivated at least in part by the desire to expose official wrongdoing, or should that even matter where national security is concerned?

19:31 28.08.2013

Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison - report

Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison by a US military judge Wednesday for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, RIA Novosti reported. He was also given a dishonorable discharge from the military.

18:26 21.08.2013

Bradley Manning acquitted of aiding the enemy, convicted on other charges

A US military judge on Tuesday found former Army intelligence officer Private Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, but guilty of lesser charges for leaking 700,000 classified US military documents to WikiLeaks.

22:41 30.07.2013

Manning sentence to show what Snowden would get - Russian MP

The sentence a US court will pass upon Wikileaks informant Private Bradley Manning will show what fugitive former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden would get should he return to his country, a senior Russian lawmaker said.

10:11 30.07.2013

Amnesty International condemns US for keeping "aiding the enemy" charge for Manning

Amnesty International (AI) released a statement Friday condemning a US military judge's refusal to drop the charge of aiding the enemy pending against former military intelligence analyst Bradley Manning as a "travesty of justice."

13:53 19.07.2013

Conflicting reports on Snowden's Russian asylum claim

Edward Snowden, who is being sought by the United States after leaking classified documents on the activities of US intelligence agencies, did not apply for the political asylum in Russia.

20:38 01.07.2013

Snowden's father fears WikiLeaks may manipulate his son - report

The father of Edward Snowden, who is being sought by the United States after leaking classified documents on the activities of US intelligence agencies, is afraid that his son imay be manipulated by WikiLeaks, NBC reported.

18:10 28.06.2013

Garzon opts not to represent Snowden

Former Spanish judge and present senior counsel for Wikileaks Baltasar Garzon announced his law firm ILOCAD had decided not to defend NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in a statement released to RAPSI by the law firm Wednesday.

12:23 27.06.2013

Snowden possibly to remain in Russia - WikiLeaks

The whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks said on its Twitter feed on Wednesday that former CIA employee Edward Snowden, wanted by the United States for leaking state secrets, may be permanently stuck in Russia.

12:23 26.06.2013

Opening statements provide contrasting images of Bradley Manning

Trial began Monday against former military intelligence analyst Bradley Manning who stands accused of having disclosed a great deal of classified information to Wikileaks.

12:46 04.06.2013

Ecuador urges UK to discuss fate of Assange

MOSCOW, June 3 (RAPSI) - Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino has called on London to discuss the fate of Wikileaks' Julian Assange, who has been living in the Ecuadoran embassy in London since June 2012, even after having been granted political asylum by the South American country last August.

10:11 03.06.2013

US lessens one of 22 charges mounting against Wikileaks source Manning

US federal prosecutors have decided to drop one of the 22 offenses presently mounting against former military intelligence analyst Bradley Manning who stands accused of having disclosed a great deal of classified information to Wikileaks.

19:58 22.05.2013

US Navy SEAL involved in bin Laden raid to testify in Wikileaks trial

US prosecutors will not be prevented from moving forward with plans to call on a member of the Navy SEAL team that is believed to have killed Osama bin Laden in May 2011 to testify in the case against former military intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, who stands accused of having disclosed a great deal of classified information to Wikileaks.

15:01 11.04.2013

Wikileaks releases 1.7 million diplomatic cables from the 1970s

Wikileaks has released 1.7 million new US diplomatic records, including cables, intelligence reports, and congressional correspondence dated between 1973 and 1976.

13:02 08.04.2013

Wikileaks source Bradley Manning pleads guilty to 10 counts

After pleading guilty to ten of the 22 counts he has been charged with by the US government, former military intelligence analyst Bradley Manning – who stands accused of having disclosed a great deal of classified information to Wikileaks - read a statement painting his actions as anchored in the interests of whistleblowing and transparency.

12:28 01.03.2013

Bin Ladin liquidation operation to affect WikiLeaks case

In its case against former Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, who stands accused of having disclosed classified information to Wikileaks, the US government told a military court Tuesday that it plans to call as a witness a Navy Seal that may have been involved in the 2011 operation that purportedly killed Osama Bin Ladin.

12:11 27.02.2013