Australian editor, publisher, and activist, founder of WikiLeaks (born 1971)
Julian Assange
Assange in 2014
Born
Julian Paul Hawkins
(1971-07-03) 3 July 1971 (age 52)
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Citizenship
Australia
Ecuador (2017–2021)
Occupations
Editor
publisher
activist
Years active
1987–present
Known for
Founding WikiLeaks
Title
Director[1] and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks (2006–2018); publisher (since 2018)[2]
Political party
WikiLeaks (2013–2015)
Spouses
Teresa Assange
(m. 1989; div. 1999)
Stella Devant
(m. 2022)
Awards
Full list
Signature
Part of a series on
Global surveillance
Disclosures
Origins
Pre-2013
2013–present
Reactions
Systems
XKeyscore
PRISM
ECHELON
Sentient
Carnivore
Dishfire
Stone Ghost
Tempora
Frenchelon
Fairview
MYSTIC
DCSN
Boundless Informant
Bullrun
Pinwale
Stingray
SORM
RAMPART-A
Mastering the Internet
Jindalee Operational Radar Network
Agencies
NSA
R&AW
CSE
BND
CNI
ASIO
DGSE
Five Eyes
FSB
MSS
GCHQ
Places
The Doughnut
Fort Meade
Menwith Hill
Pine Gap
Southern Cross Cable
Utah Data Center
Bad Aibling Station
Dagger Complex
GCHQ Bude
Laws
Five Eyes
UKUSA Agreement
Lustre
U.S.
USA Freedom Act
FISA amendments
EU
Data Retention Directive
Data Protection Directive
GDPR
China
National Intelligence Law
Cybersecurity Law
UK
Investigatory Powers Act 2016
Proposed changes
U.S.
FISA Improvements Act
Other proposals
Concepts
Mass surveillance
Culture of fear
Secure communication
SIGINT
Call detail record
Surveillance issues in smart cities
Related topics
Espionage
Intelligence agency
Cryptography
Tor
VPNs
TLS
Human rights
Privacy
Liberty
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Stop Watching Us
Nothing to hide argument
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Julian Paul Assange (/əˈsɑːnʒ/ə-SAHNZH;[3]néHawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to wide international attention in 2010 when WikiLeaks published a series of leaks from US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning:[4] footage of a US airstrike in Baghdad, US military logs from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and US diplomatic cables. Assange has won multiple awards for publishing and journalism.
Assange was raised in several towns in Australia until his family settled in Melbourne in his mid-teens. He became involved in the hacker community and was convicted for hacking in 1996.[5][6][7] Following the establishment of WikiLeaks, Assange was its editor when it published the Bank Julius Baer documents, footage of the 2008 Tibetan unrest, and a report on political killings in Kenya with The Sunday Times.
In November 2010, Sweden issued a European arrest warrant for Assange, for questioning in an investigation.[8] After losing his appeal against the warrant, he breached bail and took refuge in the Embassy of Ecuador in London in June 2012.[9] He was granted asylum by Ecuador in August 2012[10] on the grounds of political persecution and fears he might be extradited to the United States.[11] He stood for the Australian Senate in 2013 and launched the WikiLeaks Party but failed to win a seat.[12][13] Swedish prosecutors dropped the investigation in 2019.[14]
On 11 April 2019, Assange's asylum was withdrawn following a series of disputes with Ecuadorian authorities.[15] The police were invited into the embassy and he was arrested.[16] He was found guilty of breaching the Bail Act and sentenced to 50 weeks in prison.[17] The U.S. government unsealed an indictment charging Assange with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion related to the leaks provided by Manning.[18] In May 2019 and June 2020, the U.S. government unsealed new indictments against Assange, charging him with violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and alleging he had conspired with hackers.[19][20][21] Assange has been incarcerated in HM Prison Belmarsh in London since April 2019, as the United States government's extradition effort is contested in the British courts.[22][23][24]
^McGreal, Chris (5 April 2010). "Wikileaks reveals video showing US air crew shooting down Iraqi civilians". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
^"WikiLeaks names one-time spokesman as editor-in-chief". Associated Press. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^"The Julian Assange Show: Cypherpunks Uncut (p.1)" on YouTube
^"USA must drop charges against Julian Assange". Amnesty International. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^Lagan, Bernard (10 April 2010). "International man of mystery". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
^Leigh, David; Harding, Luke Daniel (30 January 2011). "Julian Assange: the teen hacker who became insurgent in information war". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
^"Julian Assange: the hacker who created WikiLeaks". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^"Wikileaks' Assange faces international arrest warrant". BBC News. 20 November 2010.
^Bowater, Donna (20 June 2012). "Julian Assange faces re-arrest over breaching his bail condition by seeking asylum in Ecuador". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022.
^Neuman, William; Ayala, Maggy (16 August 2012). "Ecuador Grants Asylum to Assange, Defying Britain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
^Wallace, Arturo (16 August 2012). "Julian Assange: Why Ecuador is offering asylum". BBC. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
^Dorling, Philip (26 March 2012). "Assange: what I'll do in the Senate". The Age. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
^"Julian Assange: WikiLeaks party will continue". The Guardian. 8 September 2013.
^"Julian Assange: Sweden drops rape investigation". BBC. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^Ma, Alexandra (14 April 2019). "Assange's arrest was designed to make sure he didn't press a mysterious panic button he said would bring dire consequences for Ecuador". Business Insider. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^"Police arrest Julian Assange at Ecuadorian Embassy in London". CNN. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^"Julian Assange jailed over bail breach". BBC News. 1 May 2019.
^"WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Computer Hacking Conspiracy". www.justice.gov. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Charged in 18-Count Superseding Indictment". www.justice.gov. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Superseding Indictment". www.justice.gov. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Accused of Conspiring With LulzSec and Anonymous Hackers". Time. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^Rebaza, Claudia; Fox, Kara (4 January 2021). "UK judge denies US request to extradite Julian Assange". CNN. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^"UK judge denies bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange". CNN. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
^Doherty, Ben (9 June 2023). "Julian Assange 'dangerously close' to US extradition after losing latest legal appeal". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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