Julian Assange
Australian editor and founder of WikiLeaks
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| 2024 | Assange's legal counsel characterized him as a 'journalist who exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan', while the US government disputed this characterization. |
| 2024 | Became an Honorary citizen of Rome. |
| October 1 2024 | Assange flew to Strasbourg, France, and addressed the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe, stating he had 'pleaded guilty to journalism' and chosen freedom over justice. |
| September 2024 | Assange's brother Gabriel announced that supporters were campaigning for a pardon from US President Biden. |
| June 27 2024 | Channel 10 re-broadcast the film, a day after Julian Assange's return to Australia following a plea bargain with the US. |
| June 26 2024 | Assange arrived in Saipan and was joined by Australian Ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd. He pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information. |
| June 26 2024 | Assange returned to Canberra, where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called him. He was greeted by his wife Stella and father John Shipton, followed by a press conference with his legal representatives. |
| June 26 2024 | Assange arrived in Saipan and was joined by Australian Ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd. |
| June 26 2024 | After his plea hearing, Assange immediately travelled to Canberra, accompanied by former Australian prime minister and ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd, arriving around 7:35 pm local time. |
| June 26 2024 | Assange arrived in Saipan and pleaded guilty to a charge under the Espionage Act of 1917 at approximately 9:45 am local time, with Judge Ramona Villagomez Manglona accepting his plea and sentencing him to 62 months time served. |
| June 26 2024 | Arrived in Australia after negotiating a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors, pleading guilty to an Espionage Act charge in exchange for time served. |
| June 24 2024 | Plea bargain agreed where Assange would plead guilty to one felony count of violating the Espionage Act in exchange for immediate release, with a sentence of 62 months time served. |
| May 20 2024 | High Court judges Dame Victoria Sharp and Sir Jeremy Johnson found that the US assurances regarding the First Amendment and nationality were not sufficient and gave Assange leave to appeal against extradition. |
| April 10 2024 | President Biden said the US was considering the Australian government's call for Assange's return. |
| March 26 2024 | The United Kingdom's High Court grants Assange a stay of extradition to the United States and demands the US not consider the death penalty. |
| March 4 2024 | German Chancellor Olaf Scholz commented on Assange's appeal, suggesting it would be good if British courts granted him protection. |
| February 20 2024 | A two-day hearing began in the High Court, with Assange too ill to attend. His legal team requested leave to appeal the extradition order. |
| February 14 2024 | The Australian House of Representatives passed a motion calling for Assange's immediate release and return to Australia, with a vote of 86 to 42. |
| 2023 | Awarded the Konrad Wolf Prize. |
| 2023 | Granted political asylum refugee status by the Italian city of Perugia. |
| December 2023 | U.S. District Court Judge John Koeltl rejected the CIA's request to dismiss the lawsuit, ruling that if the CIA accessed the contents of the plaintiffs' phones, it had breached their privacy rights under the U.S. Constitution. |
| December 2023 | Writer Charles Glass visited Assange in Belmarsh, noting he was pale and had accumulated 232 books during his confinement. |
| August 14 2023 | US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy flagged a potential plea deal for Assange after meeting with Australian parliamentarians. |
| July 2023 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected the Australian government's position on Assange's prosecution. |
| June 2023 | Assange's lawyers discovered additional documents on David Morales' hard drive, including a folder labeled 'CIA' containing videos of Assange's visitors taken by hidden cameras and microphones installed in the Ecuadorian Embassy. |
| June 6 2023 | The High Court in London dismissed Assange's appeal. Justice Jonathan Swift ruled that none of the four grounds of appeal raised any properly arguable point. |
| April 2023 | Australian politicians Andrew Wilkie, Adam Bandt, and Rebekha Sharkie urged US Attorney General Merrick Garland to abandon Assange's extradition, arguing it would compromise press freedom and calling for his release from UK prison. |
| 2022 | The incoming Australian Labor government under Anthony Albanese indicated opposition to Assange's continued prosecution, opting for quiet diplomacy. |
| December 13 2022 | Assange's appeal to the European Court of Human Rights is declared inadmissible. |
| November 2022 | The Guardian, The New York Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and El País published an open letter urging the US government to end its prosecution of Assange. |
| November 2022 | Judge Santiago Pedraz filed a judicial assistance request with the US House Intelligence Committee seeking information about UC Global's surveillance of Assange and potential CIA involvement. |
| August 2022 | A group of American lawyers and journalists associated with WikiLeaks filed a lawsuit against the CIA, Mike Pompeo, Undercover Global S.L., and David Morales, alleging unauthorized surveillance of conversations and copying of electronic devices. |
| August 22 2022 | Assange's legal team lodges a Perfected Grounds of Appeal before the High Court, challenging a previous judicial decision. |
| June 2022 | Mike Pompeo was summoned by a Spanish court to explain an alleged kidnapping and assassination plot against Assange. |
| June 17 2022 | Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Assange's extradition to the United States. |
| April 20 2022 | A British judge formally issues Assange's extradition order to the United States. |
| April 20 2022 | Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring formally approved Assange's extradition to the US. |
| March 23 2022 | Married Stella in Belmarsh Prison. |
| February 9 2022 | An NFT artwork called 'Clock' was auctioned, raising $52.8 million for Assange's legal defence through the AssangeDAO. |
| 2021 | Ithaka, an Australian documentary produced by Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton, was released, focusing on his father's campaign for Julian's release from prison. |
| 2021 | Became an honorary member of PEN Centre Germany. |
| December 10 2021 | The High Court ruled in favor of the United States, allowing Assange's extradition and remitting the case to Westminster Magistrates' Court. |
| November 2021 | Spanish judges accused the US Department of Justice of obstructing their investigation into UC Global and CIA surveillance of Assange. |
| November 11 2021 | Received prison service permission to marry in Belmarsh Prison. |
| November 7 2021 | Prepared legal action against UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and Belmarsh Prison governor Jenny Louis for blocking their marriage rights. |
| October 27 2021 | Assange reportedly suffered a mini-stroke while sitting through a court hearing and was subsequently given anti-stroke medication. |
| July 2021 | Ecuador revoked Assange's citizenship over unpaid fees and problems in his naturalization papers. |
| January 6 2021 | Assange was denied bail on grounds of being a flight risk, pending an appeal by the United States. |
| January 4 2021 | Judge Baraitser ruled that Assange could not be extradited to the United States, citing concerns about his mental health and suicide risk. |
| 2020 | Juan Branco published a book about Julian Assange titled 'Assange, l'antisouverain' in Paris, published by Éditions du Cerf. |
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