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WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange has landed back in Australia after being freed from jail in the UK, following a court appearance in the US territory of Saipan in the Pacific.

WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange has been freed from prison on Monday and left the UK as part of a plea deal, reports say.

WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange has been granted leave by the UK High Court to appeal against a bid to extradite him to the US to stand trial on espionage charges.

In just 11 days, a British court will decide whether to extradite WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange to the US where he will face trial on espionage charges.

News Corporation has stepped up its attacks on WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange, publishing two articles over the weekend about all the alleged faults of the jailed activist.

The union representing journalists in Australia has urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to publicly call on the American government to drop its charges against WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange.

In the same way that a hungry traveller who has been wandering in the wilderness without food or water for months would grab at any sustenance, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has leapt upon a throwaway remark from US President Joe Biden about freedom for WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange.

Lawyers for the US Government have claimed during a British High Court hearing that WikiLeaks publisher and founder Julian Assange put the lives of innocent people at risk by publishing unredacted information.

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.

Less than a week ahead of what may be his last chance to appeal against his extradition to the US, Julian Assange has gained support from the lower house of Australia's parliament to be released and sent back home.

A CIA engineer, who was convicted of leaking documents to WikiLeaks that exposed the agency's mass surveillance activities, has been jailed for 40 years.

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.

Sixteen American politicians from both sides of the political spectrum have written to US President Joe Biden asking him to end the bid to have WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange extradited to the US for prosecution.

Sixty-three members of Australia's parliament have signed a letter, published as an advertisement in the Washington Post on Monday, calling for WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange to be freed.

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

A virtual protest against the planned extradition of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange will be held on 26 August at 5pm London time (2am AEDT 27 August), the organisers have announced.

Australian politicians have raised the issue of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange in the Senate, with members from the Greens, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, Labor and the Liberal Party among those who spoke up on Wednesday.

WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange is unlikely to be released by the US until the 2024 presidential elections are done. That is the main takeaway from American statements on Saturday, refusing to accede to Australia's timid requests for his freedom.

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.