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Monday, December 19, 2011 at 7:03PM Julian Assange’s legal team won the right to appeal to Britain’s supreme court over his possible extradition to Sweden last week, while Pfc. Bradley Manning faced a military hearing to determine whether he will be court-martialed after 19 months of severe confinement.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 12:52PM The British High Court has granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange the right to appeal to the UK’s Supreme Court in his extradition case, seeking a ruling on whether Stockholm’s public prosecutor is an independent judicial authority as required by international law. The decision on whether to grant a new hearing is expected in two weeks.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 9:37AM Bradley Manning will appear at a pretrial hearing on Friday, December 16, at Fort Meade, Maryland, facing charges of violating the US Espionage Act by disclosing tens of thousands of classified cables exposing secrets of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment in the military trial.
Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 9:19AM WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will likely go to Sweden in early December rather than continuing his appeals in British courts against extradition. Assange has hired a public relations firm in Stockholm to represent him as the case moves to the Stockholm arena. The decision, as yet unannounced, was confirmed by two sources in Stockholm and has been reported in Espressen.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 1:57PM WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is considering his narrowing options after a November 2 London appeals court affirmation that he can be extradited to Sweden where he is charged with several sexual offenses. Looming over the European extradition case is the question of whether an American grand jury will indict Assange for the WikiLeaks disclosures and request his extradition to the United States.
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 10:52AM A UK judicial panel will rule on Julian Assange’s extradition appeal this Wednesday, November 2.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 2:00PM Lawyers for Julian Assange appeared to shred the prosecution case against the WikiLeaks founder in London’s Royal Court today in a climactic end to a two-day appeal of his extradition to Sweden. The final decision may not be handed down by the two-judge panel until August or later.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 11:27AM Julian Assange’s new legal team appealed his extradition to Sweden before the Royal Court in central London Tuesday, seeking to take advantage of modest safeguards included in the “draconian” European extradition law passed in the wake of 9/11 nearly a decade ago. Julian Assange’s new legal team appealed his extradition to Sweden before the Royal Court in central London Tuesday, seeking to take advantage of modest safeguards included in the “draconian” European extradition law passed in the wake of 9/11 nearly a decade ago.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 6:55AM On July 12 Julian Assange’s new legal team is scheduled to appeal before a London court his extradition to Sweden, where he faces questioning in a sexual assault case brought by two Swedish women. Solicitor Gareth Peirce and barrister Ben Emmerson are respected human rights attorneys replacing a previous team described by Guardian investigations executive editor David Leigh as “high-priced Fleet Street lawyers.”
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 10:30AM Julian Assange has chosen a new legal team to represent him in his quest to prevent extradition from London to Sweden, where authorities are seeking to interview him in a sexual assault case involving two Swedish women.