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Julian Assange’s wife hopeful Australia will intervene in US extradition

The WikiLeaks co-founder is facing up to 175 years in jail for espionage

Evening Standard

Wife of Julian Assange hopeful Australia will intervene in extradition

The WikiLeaks co-founder is facing up to 175 years in jail for espionage.

The Independent UK

UK government orders the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, but that is not the end of the matter

On June 17 2022, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel issued a statement confirming she had approved the US government’s request to extradite Julian Assange. The Australian founder of Wikileaks faces 18 criminal charges of computer misuse and espionage.

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U.K. Approves Extradition of Julian Assange to the U.S.

The WikiLeaks founder faces espionage charges for publishing classified U.S. information, a prosecution with serious implications for all our First Amendment protections.

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British government approves extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States

The British government has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where is wanted on espionage charges over the release of a massive trove of classified military records and diplomatic cables.

Tribune News Service

Order to extradite Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges signed

"Mr Assange retains the normal 14-day right to appeal."

Irish Mirror

Julian Assange: Supporters of Wikileaks founder vow to appeal extradition order

Lawyers will appeal decision described as ‘dark day for press freedom and British democracy’

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Julian Assange extradition to the US approved as espionage charges await

AN order to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been signed by Priti Patel, the Home Office has confirmed.

The National (Scotland)

Julian Assange’s wife vows to fight Wikileaks founder’s US extradition order with ‘every available avenue’

The Home Secretary has signed an order to extradite Assange to the US on espionage charges

Evening Standard

Iran Arrests Suspect Allegedly Plotting with French Spy Ring

Iranian authorities have arrested a person accused of having a link to two French citizens being held on espionage charges, state television reported Thursday. According to The Associated Press, the report said the suspect was a Marxist who visited two French spies before the May 1 International Workers' Day, as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Commentary: It’s time to end our sister city relationships with Russia

In 1956, President Eisenhower faced a new kind of threat to world peace. The postwar balance of power between the United States and the Soviet Union led to the emergence of regional proxy wars, international espionage and the constant threat of nuclear annihilation. The Cold War required a different approach…

Los Angeles Times

Patel calls on MPs to back ‘vitally important’ changes to espionage laws

The plans will be debated in the House of Commons on Monday.

The Independent UK

Fascinating 2002 Edinburgh footage shows Siglo, Espionage, Opium and other lost clubs

A string of lost Edinburgh clubs appear in the footage, which was filmed by a city student way back in 2002, and offers the chance to reminisce about noughties life

Edinburgh Live

The week in TV: The Flight Attendant; Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Witch Hunts; Tokyo Vice; Big Boys

Sky’s spiky airline espionage veers off course; 90s noir hits Japan; and Derry Girls’s Dylan Llewellyn stars in a big-hearted campus comedy

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Wife of Swedish Man Detained in Iran Fears her Husband Will be Executed Soon

The wife of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmedreza Djalali, convicted of espionage in Iran and sentenced to death, said she fears her husband will be soon executed, pleading for stronger action from the European Union. Vida Mehrannia told AFP in an interview from Stockholm that she fears that unless the EU were…

The Guardian - AU

October trial date set for Bernard Collaery nearly four years after charges laid

Lawyers hope to appeal against decision to block access to documents about Timor-Leste espionage operation

Chicago Tribune

‘The Ipcress File’ review: The 1965 British spy thriller is adapted into a TV series — but still set in the early '60s

Based on the 1965 Michael Caine espionage thriller of the same name, “The Ipcress File” on AMC+ (by way of ITV in the U.K.) keeps the Cold War action set in the early 1960s. Harry Palmer is a young Brit with clever instincts but not much spy experience, and he…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Wife of Swedish Citizen Threatened with Iran Execution Appeals to EU

The wife of Iranian-Swedish citizen Ahmadreza Djalali accused of espionage and threatened with execution in Iran, on Saturday called on the European Union to secure her husband's release. "I hope that the EU can really act decisively in order to bring Ahmadreza home," Vida Mehrannia said according to excerpts of…

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The Independent UK

German intel chief says espionage at Cold War levels

The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence service says levels of espionage now are as high as during the Cold War, or even higher

Asharq Al-Awsat

German Intel Chief: Espionage at Cold War Levels

The head of Germany's domestic intelligence service said Thursday that levels of espionage are as high as during the Cold War, or even higher. Thomas Haldenwang, president of the BfV intelligence agency, also warned of the increased risk of sabotage against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Swiss plan to let spy agency snoop on security risk financial flows

The Swiss government proposed on Thursday letting its spy agency penetrate the country's famous banking secrecy to snoop on financial transactions that it suspects are funding terrorism, espionage or violent extremism.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong review – ‘Blood and blathering’

This take on Vampire: The Masquerade is less drinking blood and surviving on the streets, and more espionage and intrigue. Full review.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Executes 2 Men over Involvement in Terrorist Cell

The Saudi Interior Ministry announced that it has carried out the death sentence against two nationals from the eastern region over their ties to a terrorist cell. It identified them as Hussein bin Ali Al Bou Abdullah and Mohammed bin Khodr bin Hashem al-Awami. A Yemeni, Mohammed Abdul Baset al-Mouallimi,…

Reuters

Ex-UBS banker loses appeal over selling client data to Germany

Switzerland's highest court has dismissed an appeal by a former UBS banker convicted in absentia of espionage for selling information about wealthy clients to German tax authorities.

Dynamite News

Delhi Police arrest honey-trapped Indian airforce sergeant for leaking sensitive Info

Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Thursday arrested an Indian Air Force jawan on charges of espionage. Further details on Dynamite News:

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