
The decision also includes the former vice-president of Correa, Jorge Glas, and both their families. According to the former president, the measure has a clear political intention.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a resolution recognizing Julian Assange as a political prisoner

Stella Assange calls for “all eyes” on the flight taking the Wikileaks founder to court in US Pacific territory

The Wikileaks co-founder reached a plea deal with the US Department of Justice which will reportedly spare him of any additional prison time

Julian Assange was granted another opportunity to appeal his extradition to the US after the UK High Court found US assurances of a fair trial inadequate

Arrested on the same day as his friend Julian Assange in 2019, software developer and activist Ola Bini has faced years of persecution in Ecuador. Despite being declared innocent in 2023, an appeals court has now convicted him for “Attempted Non-Consensual Access to a Computer System”.

Assange has remained imprisoned without charges since April 2019 in the Belmarsh prison at the behest of the extradition request by the US. If extradited, Assange will stand trial in the US and face 17 charges under the notorious Espionage Act that could land him a 175-year prison sentence.

On the second day of hearings in the Julian Assange case, US government lawyers repeated debunked theories and attempted to circumvent grave rights concerns raised by the defense

On the first day of Assange’s crucial hearing his defense highlighted the political nature of the US extradition attempt, which is a violation of the UK/US extradition treaty

The motion in parliament, which was supported by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, has called for the return of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to his family in Australia. Assange is days away from a final court hearing in the UK against his extradition to the US.

The whistleblowing journalist is currently being held at Britain’s Guantanamo Bay—Belmarsh Prison

According to El País, private security company UC Global SL spied on Rafael Correa after he left office and passed information about his private meetings to the CIA as well as to his successor Lenín Moreno