The Latest Breaking News from Julian Assange

The Wikileaks founder is wanted in the US over the leak of classified documents in 2010 and 2011

As the Albanese government works on getting legislation ready for its highly anticipated corruption watchdog, calls are growing for it to boost protections for whistleblowers and drop criminal prosecutions against Richard Boyle, David McBride and Bernard Collaery, and to advocate for Julian Assange.

New prime minister says ‘not all foreign affairs is best done with a loud hailer’ when asked if he will intervene on behalf of the WikiLeaks cofounder

Senior Labor officials including new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed support for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange when in Opposition. Now Mr Assange's family wants words turned into action.

Handing over the WikiLeaks founder to the US will benefit those around the world who want to evade scrutiny, says journalist and author Peter Oborne

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights warned that extradition would have a ‘chilling effect’ on media freedom.

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Former justice secretary says it ‘cannot be right’ that Milly Dowler’s killer should get to marry

A decision from the home secretary is imminent. Extradition would set a disastrous precedent, says writer Duncan Campbell