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Assange case remains threat to investigative journalism: analysts
AFP, Published on 05/01/2021
» WASHINGTON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange dodged a bullet Monday when a British judge refused to extradite him to the United States to face charges under an espionage law, but experts say his case remains an ominous threat to press freedom.
Huawei exec to accuse US of misleading Canada in extradition case
AFP, Published on 28/09/2020
» VANCOUVER: Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers return to a Canadian court on Monday to press for her release, arguing the US misled Canada about her alleged crimes to secure her detention on foreign soil.
Australian media sue police after raids over leaked documents
AFP, Published on 24/06/2019
» SYDNEY - Australia's national broadcaster went to court Monday to challenge a police raid on its offices and demand the return of files seized during the controversial operation.
Main points of Mueller report
AFP, Published on 19/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - These are some of the main points from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Assange's arrest could be the end of WikiLeaks
AFP, Published on 12/04/2019
» WASHINGTON: Using cryptography and virtual drop boxes, Julian Assange's WikiLeaks created a revolutionary new model for media to lure massive digitized leaks from whistleblowers, exposing everything from US military secrets to wealthy tax-dodgers' illicit offshore accounts.
Assange arrested in London on US extradition request
AFP, Published on 11/04/2019
» LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's seven-year hideout in Ecuador's London embassy ended spectacularly Thursday when British police arrested him on an extradition request from the United States to face hacking charges.
Philippines arrests Duterte critic journalist Maria Ressa
AFP, Published on 14/02/2019
» MANILA - Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose news site has repeatedly clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested at her Manila office on Wednesday in what press freedom advocates branded an act of "persecution".
Magazine sued for 'blasphemous' kings painting
AFP, Published on 31/03/2018
» The governor of Chiang Mai wants criminal charges laid against a local magazine for posting a "blasphemous" painting on Facebook showing ancient kings wearing pollution masks as part of a campaign to protest against hazardous smog.
US charges Iranians in massive hacking scheme
AFP, Published on 23/03/2018
» WASHINGTON - The United States unveiled charges on Friday against nine Iranians for their alleged involvement in a massive state-sponsored hacking scheme which targeted hundreds of universities in the US and abroad and stole "valuable intellectual property and data."
Rights activists charged over report on army torture
AFP, Published on 26/07/2016
» Three prominent Thai rights defenders were charged Tuesday with criminal defamation over a rare report describing torture suffered by detainees in the restive south, police said.