Julian Assange
‘Let us stop gagging … and killing each other’: Assange breaks his silence
The 53-year-old WikiLeaks founder has spoken publicly for the first time since being freed from a UK prison after pleading guilty to US charges.
- by Rob Harris
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Family photo shows Julian Assange lying low in Melbourne
Assange’s brother says the WikiLeaks founder is adjusting to life outside prison and readying a bid for a presidential pardon.
- by Matthew Knott
No, Brighton, Geoffrey Robertson is not buying a mansion for Julian Assange
The Brighton jungle drums are beating hard. But the famed human rights lawyer is not in the real estate business.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Goodbye to the City Tatts club and its 130 years of history
Sydney’s Tatts Club is a city institution.
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Jane Hume is reunited with her Lycra buddy
Canberra is a small town, as the Coalition senator found when she relived a viral moment at the Midwinter Ball.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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We see what we want: How Assange became a political Rorschach test
The founder of WikiLeaks helped turned the concept of left and right-wing politics on its head.
- by Maher Mughrabi
Hero, villain, or both? Untangling Assange’s divisive legacy
The Herald published two opinion pieces on Julian Assange. One was objective – the other revealed a superior tone conveying mockery, derision and oversimplification.
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Assange may be free, but journalism everywhere is in chains
Journalists and publishers remain under threat all over the world, especially in our region. Australia, which is no beacon for media freedom, needs to step up.
- by Caoilfhionn Gallagher and Jennifer Robinson
Do we need to re-examine the American alliance?
What does it say about the state of the US, that with a population of more than 340 million people it can only come up with Biden and Trump as the best candidates?
Difficult, paranoid and polarising: Dissecting the contradiction that is Julian Assange
The messier parts of his story are inconvenient for some of Assange’s supporters. It shows how hard it is, in the modern world, to advocate for a flawed man.
- by Jordan Baker
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Inside the secret talks to bring Assange home
This was an ultramarathon with a final sprint at the end.
- by David Crowe and Matthew Knott
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