Striking a defiant tone, Hong Kong’s leader says a proposed bill that would allow extraditions to main land China will not be scrapped despite protests to the measure.

US officials have handed over former Palestinian presidential candidate and university professor Abdelhalim al-Ashqar to Israel.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has suffered "psychological torture" from a defamation campaign against him by the media, judges and senior political figures, a UN expert says.

A British analyst in New York says US legal system will humiliate Assange if he is extradited to the country.

Assange tells UK court he will not surrender to extradition to the US where he could face jail.

Protesters calling for the release of WikiLeaks founder gathered outside a London court on Thursday, where a request by the US to extradite him for one of the biggest ever leaks of classified information was being heard.

Thousands of people march on Hong Kong's parliament to demand the scrapping of proposed extradition rules that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial.

German and Spanish lawmakers hold a protest outside a UK jail where Julian Assange is being held.

The UN special rapporteur on torture warns that Julian Assange may be subjected to torture if extradited to the United States.

People have gathered in Ecuador's capital, calling for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London.