Displaying items by tag: UK High Court

WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange has been unable to appear in court in person due to being ill on the first day of a final hearing to decide if he would be able to make a full appeal against being extradited to the US.

Nobody should be surprised that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party have suddenly come out in support for a lower house resolution calling for freedom for WikiLeaks editor and publisher, Australian Julian Assange.

The UK High Court will hold a two-day public hearing on 20 and 21 February 2024 at which WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange will have his final chance to appeal against his extradition to the US.

Six Australian MPs will visit the US on 20 and 21 September to lobby for the release of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange.

Former NSW premier Bob Carr has taken aim at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over the delay in the US freeing WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange, questioning why, if a request has been refused, the PM has not asked the US a second time.

WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange has lost an appeal to the High Court against a British extradition order which aims to send him to the US for trial over alleged espionage charges.

WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange has been given permission to make an appeal to the British Supreme Court to hear an appeal against his extradition to the US.

A British collective known as Google You Owe Us, which had a case against Google for allegedly bypassing default privacy settings on the Safari browser on iPhones to collect information blocked by the High Court, has launched an appeal against the decision.

The UK will have to change parts of its Investigatory Powers Act, after the High Court upheld a legal challenge brought by human rights campaigning group Liberty.

Two British businessmen have had contrasting outcomes in their bids to underline their right to be forgotten by Google, with one winning a case in the UK High Court and the other having his plea turned down.