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An alliance with international press turns Assange into a public figure. But soon, he ends up on the front pages for all the wrong reasons.

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Assange seeks asylum at London’s Ecuadorian Embassy to avoid facing charges abroad. It’s supposed to be a safe haven, but it begins to feel like a prison. He started this fight for press freedom. Now, he’s fighting for his own.

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Julian Assange is expected to return to Australia a free man, after reaching a plea deal with the United States Department of Justice. Since 2012 the WikiLeaks founder has been evading extradition from both Sweden and the US. So why now could we see Assange essentially a free man ...  Show more

When Julian Assange released classified footage of a U.S. helicopter strike that killed two journalists and several civilians in 2010, it catapulted WikiLeaks into global headlines. As Assange unleashed a flood of classified documents, he sparked protests, fractured alliances, an ...  Show more

Julian Assange, one of the world’s most notorious hackers and the face of the website Wikileaks, is now a free man. He’s been in a high security prison in the UK for the last five years, fighting extradition to the US, wanted for charges under the US Espionage Act. But who is he ...  Show more

In the 2010s, we found out that we were all being watched. A series of leaks, from Wikileaks and others, revealed that our governments were conducting mass surveillance operations on their own populations. But what were the longer term consequences of those leaks? And why hasn’t ...  Show more