Julian Assange

Julian Paul Assange (born 3 July 1971) is an Australian computer programmer, publisher and journalist.

Julian Assange
Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy, London (August 2014)
Born	Julian Paul Hawkins 3 July 1971 (aged 54) Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Alma mater	Central Queensland University University of Melbourne University of Canberra
Occupation	Editor programmer politician
Years active	1987–present
Known for	Founding WikiLeaks
Title	Director and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks
Political party	Independent (2015–present) WikiLeaks (2012–2015)
Criminal status	Convicted of failure to surrender to the court Under arrest by the Metropolitan Police Service in London under extradition warrant.
Spouse(s)	Teresa Doe ​ ​ (m. 1989⁠–⁠1999)​ Stella Assange (m. 2022)
Partner(s)	Sarah Harrison (sep. 2009; sep. 2012)
Children	4
Awards	Full list

In June 2024, he was released from the British justice system; He was put on an airplane. He went to the island of Saipan (in the Pacific Ocean). He stood in front of a judge in the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, and was released. He came (back) to Australia in June.

Assange in Hungary in 2008

He is a spokesman and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, which is a website that posts news leaks. He started the website in 2006. He was born in Townsville, Queensland. He also made a program called Rubberhose (file system) to hide secret information in a specific way that protects against torture.

Assange was the Readers' Choice for Time Person of the Year in 2010 after getting the most Internet votes.

Time in Britain (2012–2024)

In 2012, facing extradition to Sweden, he took refuge at the Embassy of Ecuador in London and was granted political asylum by Ecuador.

On 11 January 2018, it was announced that Assange had held Ecuadorian citizenship since 12 December 2017.

Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno said on 27 July 2018 that he had begun talks with British authorities to withdraw the asylum for Assange. On 11 April 2019, Ecuador withdrew Assange's asylum and he was arrested by the Metropolitan Police shortly afterwards. His lawyers said they will fight extradition to the United States.

In November 2019, it was reported that Assange is in bad health, has depression and "could die in prison" if not hospitalised.

As of 2024's second quarter, Assange's extradition case [was still] under appeal, in the British justice system. Earlier (4 February 2020), the extradition to the United States hearing (a pre-trial discussion in a court) for Assange began in London. On 26 March 2024, London’s High Court gave "the U.S. government three weeks to provide satisfactory assurances Assange will receive a fair trial; have his first amendment free speech rights protected; and will not face the death penalty if he is extradited from the U.K. to the United States".

In June 2024, he was released from the British justice system; He was put on an airplane that went to Saipan (in the Pacific Ocean).

Julian Assange Media

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  Julian Assange, photo ("sunny country background"[1])

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  Assange at the "New Media Days 09" in Copenhagen, November 2009

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  Assange and Daniel Domscheit-Berg at the 26C3 in Berlin, December 2009

• Gun camera footage of the airstrike of 12 July 2007 in Baghdad, showing the deaths of journalists Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh by a US helicopter ("Collateral Murder")

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  Demonstration in support of Assange in front of Sydney Town Hall, 10 December 2010

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  Assange speaks on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in London, 16 October 2011.

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  Mural Collateral Crucifixion (FreeAssangeYesterday) at Stresemannstraße 15 in Berlin Kreuzberg, created by the artist duo Captain Borderline

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  Assange on the balcony of Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012

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  Ecuadoran foreign minister Ricardo Patiño met with Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy on 16 June 2013.