Julian Assange

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is working in the “most effective way possible” to secure the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

The decision to extradite the WikiLeaks founder will be appealed, his legal team said Friday.

The British government has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. WikiLeaks said it would appeal. The government said Friday that Home Secretary Priti Patel had signed the extradition order following a British court’s ruling that Assange could be sent to the U.S. American prosecutors say the 50-year-old Australian citizen helped...

A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges, moving the case forward though still leaving the WikiLeaks founder with legal avenues of appeal.