Assange is the editor and spokesperson for Wikileaks. He has received many awards for his work in journalism including the 2009 Amnesty International Media Award. In August 2010 Assange was under investigation in Sweden in connection with a rape and sexual assault. However the warrant to arrest him was quickly withdrawn due to lack of evidence.
The US army has published dozens of documents in the case of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, after media outlets and other groups had criticised a lack of transparency.
From Lady Gaga hanging out with Julian Assange to Tupac Shakur’s Coachella performance, here’s our shortlist of the stranger celebrity and political encounters of the year.
Correa said the alleged actions against the WikiLeaks founder were ‘not crimes in 90 to 95 per cent of the world’ but they had played no part in Quito’s decision to grant Assange asylum.
Julian Assange yesterday walked into Ecuador’s embassy in London and applied for political asylum in a sensational bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.
The 40-year-old founder of Wikileaks will have to overcome the obstacle of being under virtual house arrest in England and facing sex crime allegations in Sweden.
Over the next two days, the Wikileaks founder will try to persuade British judges to quash an order for him to face sexual assault allegations in Sweden.
A court has heard evidence from the military’s case against against the former US army intelligence officer accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to Wikileaks.
ONE OF AMERICA’S biggest child beauty pageant organisers is set to spend €20,000 staging their first-ever Irish contest in September.
The Herald reports today that beauty bosses said it will be open to “babies, toddlers and teens” and will also include a heat with kids in swimwear.
Some parents believe that contests celebrates their children’s beauty, helps them learn about camaraderie and boosts their self-confidence. While others think that beauty pageants send out the wrong kind of message to children and that the costumes and make-up involved sexualises kids.
So, today we would like to know: Would you enter your child in a beauty pageant?
Clouds limiting sun
Max: 13 °C
Min: 3 °C
Mostly cloudy with afternoon rain
Max: 15 °C
Min: 7 °C
Intervals of clouds and sunshine
Max: 17 °C
Min: 9 °C
