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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds a copy of a U.N. ruling as he makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London, Britain February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Assange Lawyers Ask Swedish Court to Overturn Arrest Warrant

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 22, 2016 | World

Lawyers for Julian Assange have made a formal request to a Swedish court to overturn an arrest warrant for the Wikileaks founder in a rape case. The move follows a decision by a United Nations panel that his stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London amounted to...

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures during a press conference inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on August 18, 2014. (AFP Photo/Pool/John Stillwell)

Swedish prosecutors offer to quiz Assange in London

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 13, 2015 | World

Are, Sweden, AP—Swedish prosecutors on Friday offered to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London, potentially unlocking a stalemate in an almost five-year-old investigation into alleged sex crimes. Prosecutors had previously refused to travel to London,...

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In this image released by Radius TWC, Edward Snowden (L) appears with Glenn Greenwald in a scene from ‘Citizenfour,’ a documentary that intimately captures Snowden during his leak of NSA documents. (AP Photo/Radius TWC)

Review: Citizenfour

by Amy Assad | Nov 6, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A slim, but innocuous-looking man with ashen skin and dark circles under his eyes studies himself in the mirror of his Hong Kong hotel room, where he has been hiding out for over a week. The TV screen by him is playing the day’s leading world...

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In this undated file photo released Wednesday Jan.23, 2013, by DreamWorks Studios, Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange,left, with Daniel Bruhl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg are seen during the filming of the WikiLeaks drama, “The Fifth Estate,” in Reykjavik, Iceland. The Toronto International Film Festival in September, 2013, will open with the WikiLeaks drama “The Fifth Estate” (AP Photo/ Frank Connor, FILE)

Anticipating the 38th Toronto International Film Festival

by Mohammed Rouda | Aug 16, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture

Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat—Audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will laugh when Woody Allen says “You Know, waitresses share tips” in John Turturro’s The Fading Gigolo. Allen, who plays a bookshop owner, says this to his only employee after...

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This Aug. 19, 2012 file photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange making a statement to the media and supporters at a window of Ecuadorian Embassy in central London. Source: AP Photo/Sang Tan

Wikileaks to Release More US Diplomatic Records

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 8, 2013 | World

London, AFP—Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks was on Monday to publish more than 1.7 million US diplomatic and intelligence documents from the 1970s, founder Julian Assange revealed. The website has collated a variety of records including cables, intelligence reports...