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Anonymous withdraws support for WikiLeaks

Hacking collective says whistleblowing site has been ‘ruined by egos’, decrying the freedom-of-information project as a ‘One Man Julian Assange show’

Ecuador offers to send Assange to Sweden

Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño may ask the UK to allow safe passage for the WikiLeaks founder as an option to solve a diplomatic stalemate

Anonymous attacks UK government websites

The hacking group says it has attacked a number of government websites in protest against the handling of the Julian Assange extradition case

Assange calls for end to US ‘witch hunt’

WikiLeaks founder praises Ecuador’s ‘courageous stand for justice’ for granting asylum and thanks his supporters for keeping vigil outside embassy

Assange weighs risks of embassy speech

Speculation has increased over how Mr Assange will avoid capture by British police when he speaks ‘in front’ of the Ecuadorian embassy on Sunday

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No safe passage to Ecuador for Assange

UK will not allow Julian Assange safe passage to Ecuador, after the South American country granted the founder of WikiLeaks asylum

Assange could be stuck in embassy

Anyone can claim asylum in another country’s embassy but they can leave only if they have a diplomatic passport issued by the host country

An inglorious embassy siege

Ecuador has offered asylum that it cannot in practice provide and Britain has threatened legal action that it might not be able to make stick

WikiLeaks back online after cyber attack

Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s president, denied a report that his government had decided to grant asylum to Julian Assange, the head of WikiLeaks

Assange ignores police request to surrender

WikiLeaks founder refuses request to hand himself after claiming asylum in Ecuadorean embassy

Assange faces arrest for bail breach

The WikiLeaks founder faces arrest for breaching his bail terms by entering the Ecuadorean embassy in London and requesting political asylum

Assange loses extradition appeal

Ruling in Britain’s highest court affirms two earlier decisions that ruled Julian Assange should return to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault

WikiLeaks releases 5m intelligence emails

Whistleblowing website says it will begin publishing emails from a US intelligence analysis company that has been described as the ‘shadow CIA’

Assange sued by lawyers over unpaid fees

Finers Stephens Innocent seeks payment as WikiLeaks founder heads to UK Supreme Court to fight extradition

Military court hears WikiLeaks evidence

Bradley Manning, a 23 year-old private, is accused of being the source of the leak of tens of thousands of sensitive military and diplomatic documents to the WikiLeaks website

Assange loses Swedish extradition appeal

High Court judges see no reason to block Swedish demand to question WikiLeaks founder over alleged sexual offences

WikiLeaks suspends publishing to raise money

Julian Assange declares that WikiLeaks, the whistleblowing site he founded, must suspend its publishing operations to prevent bankruptcy

Assange hits at ‘opportunist’ publisher

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange criticises Canongate for releasing autobiography against his will

Brussels urged to act on WikiLeaks cash curb

Visa and Mastercard facing European Commission competition complaint for restricting payments to whistleblower website

Appeal court hears argument for Assange extradition

The high court hears arguments from Swedish prosecutors on why the Wikileaks founder should be extradited over sex offences allegations

Assange changes tack in extradition appeal

Court told that the Swedish arrest warrant ‘failed to provide a fair, accurate and proper description’ of the offences allegedly committed

Journalists cash in on WikiLeaks rights scramble

Newspapers and journalists are cashing in on WikiLeaks’ war on secrecy as Hollywood studios scramble to buy the ‘life rights’ to key characters

US expels Ecuador’s ambassador

The US is expelling Ecuador’s ambassador in retaliation for the Andean nation’s decision to eject US diplomat Heather Hodges over a leaked cable about police corruption

Ecuador expels US ambassador over cable

Ecuador is expelling the US ambassador over a diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks that alleges president Rafael Correa knowingly hired a corrupt police chief

WikiLeaks spat leads to US diplomat resigning

Washington’s ambassador resigns after public dispute with Mexican president Felipe Calderon over handling of the war against the country’s powerful drug gangs