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Assange Prepared To Remain In Ecuador Embassy For 'Five Years'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.06.2013 | UK Politics

Julian Assange is prepared to stay holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy for five years, the country's foreign minister has said, as Britain and Ecuador ...

Ecuador Minister To Visit Assange In London

PA/ The Huffington Post | Posted 16.06.2013 | UK

A senior Ecuadorian minister will make a brief visit to the UK from today ahead of talks over the future of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Ricar...

Top 10 Whistleblowers Of All Time

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 10.06.2013 | UK

Edward Snowden, a former technical worker at the CIA who sensationally revealed himself as the whistleblower behind leaks that uncovered secret US gov...

Wikileaks: Julian Assange - Traitor Or Hero? (New Trailer)

The Huffington Post UK | Caroline Frost | Posted 04.06.2013 | UK Entertainment

Julian Assange is a hero of free speech to some, a traitor and terrorist to others, an attention-seeking control freak to a few more. Now you can ...

Ecuador Foreign Minister To Visit Assange At London Embassy

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.06.2013 | UK

A senior Ecuadorian government minister is to visit London on the eve of the first anniversary of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's dramatic arrival ...

Journalists Need to Tool Up

Annie Machon | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK
Annie Machon

Last week it emerged that the US Department of Justice monitored the telephones of, gasp, journalists working at Associated Press. Apparently this was done to try to investigate who might have been the source for a story about a foiled terrorist plot in Yemen.

Assange: UK Spies Called My Extradition A 'Fit-Up'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed that "spies" at one of the UK's intelligence agencies openly discussed his predicament over instant messe...

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il 'Feasted On Hippos, Snakes & Spiders'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

Late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il feasted on snakes, hippos and spiders, his former personal chef has claimed. Sushi chef Kenji Fujimoto worked...

WikiCurate? Assange Releases 1.7m Documents Already In Public Domain

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

WikiLeaks, in a move somewhat contrary to the 'leaks' part of its name, has published a searchable volume of more than 1.7 million United States intel...

Who Needs the State to Smash the Radical Left When Feminists Are Doing Such a Fine Job of It?

Brendan O'Neill | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK Politics
Brendan O'Neill

I'm no fan of the Socialist Workers' Party, so I won't be losing much sleep over the fact that it is currently imploding under the weight of two sex scandals. But I do find it intriguing that this intellectually moribund organisation is having the final nail pounded into its coffin, not by the state or by the right, but by feminism.

Bradley Manning Pleads Guilty To Being WikiLeaks Source

PA | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

The US soldier charged with passing classified material to whistleblowing website WikiLeaks offered guilty pleas to 10 of 22 charges against him when ...

Protests To Mark Wikileaks Whistleblower's 1000th Day In Prison

PA | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

Events will be held across the world on Saturday, including the UK, to mark the 1,000th day spent in prison by the United States soldier arrested over...

Policing Ecuadorian Embassy 'Cost Taxpayers £2.9m Since Julian Assange's Stay'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

It has cost taxpayers £2.9 million to police the the Ecuadorian embassy where Julian Assange has been staying for almost eight months, Scotland Yard ...

Caroline Frost

DOCUMENTARY: Sex, Lies And The Catholic Church, The Very Week Pope Benedict Resigns...

HuffingtonPost.com | Caroline Frost | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK Entertainment

Alex Gibney must be wondering what strange influence he wields from his documentary-making fingertips. The last few weeks have seen the premiere of...

WATCH: Julian Assange Attacks US Record On Drones

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has waded into the row over American drone strikes, urging the leak of confidential government guidelines on drones d...

Assange Should Face Sex Accusers if Serious About Political Career

William J. Furney | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Politics
William J. Furney

No one of sentient mind could argue against Khan's assertion that the Swedish women have a right to have their day in court, no matter how spurious or politically motivated some might see their complaints. Assange should indeed face his accusers in their land.

Lies, Damned Lies, and Newspaper Reporting

Annie Machon | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK Politics
Annie Machon

Where to start with this tangled skein of media spin, misrepresentation and outright hypocrisy?

Julian Assange To Run For Australian Senate This Year

Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has announced he will run for Senate in the 2013 Australian elections, despite having been holed up in the Ecuadorian...

Dining With Assange and Spies

Arjen Kamphuis | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK Tech
Arjen Kamphuis

Talking with a group of former spies and Julian Assange about all the different ways to be eavesdropped on is a sure-fire way to lose any and all illusions about privacy. Fortunately for now, such aggressive surveillance need only be of concern to people who visibly and effectively speak truth to power.

FIRST LOOK: Cumberbatch Becomes Wikileaks' Assange

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.01.2013 | UK Entertainment

The first official photo of Benedict Cumberbatch as Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been released. The 'Sherlock' star is taking on the role o...

'Gillileaks' and Australia's Hypocrisy Over Julian Assange

Dr Kristian Lasslett | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Politics
Dr Kristian Lasslett

When Julian Assange and Wikileaks released a cache of US government cables in 2010, Australia's prime minister, Julia Gillard, denounced the leak in the strongest terms. Fast forward three years, and it would appear the Australian government has had a road to Damascus experience.

29c3: Hacking Politics

Eva Blum-Dumontet | Posted 22.03.2013 | UK Tech
Eva Blum-Dumontet

Every year at the end of December, computer hackers from all over the world gather in Germany - this time in Hamburg - for the Chaos Communication Congress, four days of talks, meetings and workshops.

Julian Assange at the Oxford Union: The Right to Be an Unwanted Guest?

Alexander Rankine | Posted 18.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Alexander Rankine

The protesters just don't fancy having Julian welcomed by their Union. He can do what he wants elsewhere, just not in our backyard, okay? In this sense, the argument boils down to a folksy, everyday problem. Would you want Julian Assange round for dinner?

Assange Supporters Post Live Webcam In A Box To Ecuadorian Embassy

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK Tech

A group of activists sent Wikileaks founder Julian Assange a package containing a camera with a live webcam, and watched online for more than 14 hours...

'A Gang Of Rabid, Frenzied Feminists'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education

Oxford University students planning to protest against the appearance of Julian Assange at the union have been branded "a gang of rabid, irrational fr...