Tag: Julian Assange
Here's Julian Assange wearing a mullet, singing a power ballad, for your Australian Senate vote
So, it appears Julian Assange's Ecuadorian embassy house arrest has finally caused the WikiLeaks head to crack. At least we hope so – it's the only explanation we can give that would lead the whistleblower to star in this bizarre…
WikiLeak's Julian Assange suffering from chronic lung infection due to house arrest
Julian Assange, the controversy-courting founder of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks has become seriously ill while under house arrest at the Ecuadorean embassy in London. According to Ecuador's ambassador in Britain Ana Alban, a lack of sunshine and living "in a confined…
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to be extradited to Sweden following sex crime allegations
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to Sweden after losing his latest appeal in the ongoing case relating to his alleged sex crimes. Accused of rape and sexual assault by two former volunteers, the whistle-blowing website's figurehead's appeal had…
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to guest star on The Simpsons
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to guest star in the milestone 500th episode of The Simpsons. Approached by casting director Bonnie Pietila after Simpsons creator Matt Groening found that Assange was looking to be on the show, Assange recorded his…
Julian Assange Wikileaks "Man in the Middle" play to be staged in London
A play based on the life of controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to hit London's Theatre503 playhouse next year. Running from January 10th to February 4th, Man in the Middle was written by Australian playwright Ron Elisha and…
WikiLeaks to take a whistle-blowing break to focus on internal financial crisis
WikiLeaks have announced that they will temporarily stop publishing leaked wires and confidential government memos and files in order to focus on a drastic fund-raising campaign to keep the organisation alive. Described as a "fight for survival" by WikiLeaks founder…
Internet does not favour freedom of speech, says WikiLeaks founder
While the internet allows for greater government transparency and co-ordination of activism, the other side of this coin is how easy it is for authorities to monitor and catch dissidents. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addressed students at Cambridge University…
BREAKING: WikiLeaks Assange to be extradited to Sweden
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to be extradited to Sweden, facing allegations of sexual assault, a UK judge has ruled. The public face of the political whistle-blowing website has faced a controversial exile in Britain for the past few months…
WikiLeaks dissidents to launch alternative whistleblowing forum OpenLeaks
Competition is about to hit the whistleblowing market, as former WikiLeaks staff is breaking away to form OpenLeaks. With a launch expected this summer, OpenLeaks will be lead by the former deputy head of Wikileaks. Daniel Domscheit-Berg left WikiLeaks…
WikiLeaks get Nobel Peace Prize nomination
WikiLeaks, and founder Julian Assange, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in light of its role in promoting transparency. Or at least that is how the politician who nominated the controversial whistleblowing group sees it. 'Wikileaks have…