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Published: 22:41 EST, 29 July 2014 | Updated: 22:41 EST, 29 July 2014

Twitter and Google+ users may face legal action for sharing a Wikileaks publication of a court suppression order relating to an international political corruption case.

The anti-secrecy website published full details of the legal suppression order issued by the Victorian Supreme Court on June 19.

The Wikileaks posting was soon shared by social media subscribers, putting them at risk of being in contempt of the court order, Fairfax news reports.

Wikileaks leader Julian Assange says the Australian public have a right to know the contesnt of the Victorian Supreme Court suppression order his anti-secrecy website has published in full in relation to an international political corruption case. But social media users who have shared the posting on Twitter and Google+ face potential legal action against them for being in contempt of the court order

Exiled Wikileaks leader Julian Assange has come out in defence of the Wikileaks publication, describing the suppression order as one of the worst of its kind 'in living memory'.

Wikileaks published the full text of the June 19 Victorian Supreme Court order, the contents of which which Australian media organisations are legally prevented from publishing.

The court order was reportedly made to prevent damage to Australian international relations.

But Wikileaks claimed the gag order effectively blacked out the largest high-level corruption case in Australia and the region.

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WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange. Picture: AFP Photo/Anthony Devlin Source: AFP

WIKILEAKS co-founder Julian Assange has accused the federal government of blindfolding the Australian public over what it calls an unprecedented case of censorship.

The whistleblower website has published an explosive Victorian Supreme Court suppression order, concerning a corruption case that involves former and current leaders of Asian nations.

With this order, the worst in living memory, the Australian government is not just gagging the Australian press, it is blindfolding the Australian public, Mr Assange said in a statement.

This is not simply a question of the Australian Government failing to give this international corruption case the public scrutiny it is due. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop must explain why she is threatening every Australian with imprisonment in an attempt to cover up an embarrassing corruption scandal involving the Australian Government.

Julian Assange speaks to Meet The Press and News Ltd journalist Charles Miranda inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: News Limited

The gag order justifies suppressing the information on the grounds that it would prevent damage to Australias international relations and that it may damage the reputations of the other individuals who are not the subject of charges in the case.

It also says the information may put national security at risk.

The concept of national security is not meant to serve as a blanket phrase to cover up serious corruption allegations involving government officials, in Australia or elsewhere, Mr Assange said.

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Updated July 30, 2014 11:51:27

The WikiLeaks website has published details of a suppression order granted last month ordering Australian media not to publish any details of a case.

The order prevents publication of any information about the case, including the names of some international figures and some of their relatives.

Fairfax quotes WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange defending the publication of the secret order despite the legal implications.

Mr Assange has told Fairfax it is completely egregious to block the public's right to know and suppress the media, especially in cases of international corruption involving politicians and subsidiaries of a public organisation.

He says WikiLeaks will work to protect Australians' right to know even when the Government tries to block it.

Mr Assange has been holed up in Ecuador's London embassy for more than two years, after fleeing there in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden to face questioning over sexual assault allegations, which he denies.

He believes the allegations are politically motivated and linked to WikiLeaks' release of thousands of classified US documents.

Mr Assange has not been formally charged with any offences, but Britain has made it clear he will be arrested if he tries to leave the embassy.

He says WikiLeaks does not support one group or political party but rather supports those who act in an open and transparent manner.

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By Sebastian Shakespeare

Published: 19:28 EST, 27 July 2014 | Updated: 19:30 EST, 27 July 2014

Dame Vivienne Westwoods fashion designer son, Ben, has already enlisted Julian Assange to model his latest collection at the Ecuadorian Embassy next month as part of London Fashion Week.

Now Ben is offering to break the deadlock in Assanges ongoing extradition saga.

The founder of WikiLeaks has been holed up in the Knightsbridge embassy for two years to avoid extradition to Sweden on sex assault charges.

Oddballs: Dame Vivienne Westwoods fashion designer son, Ben (left), has already enlisted Julian Assange (right) to model his latest collection at the Ecuadorian Embassy next month as part of London Fashion Week

The Australian refuses to go because he fears he may end up being sent to America where he could face charges of espionage.

Westwood says he will foot the bill for the Swedish prosecutor to fly over to London and interview Assange in his bolthole.

The Scandinavian airline website has return tickets from Stockholm at 68 each way, he says. Im more than happy paying 136 for a return flight for the Swedish prosecutor to come to London.

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A Swedish court has upheld an arrest warrant against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for alleged sexual assault.

Wednesday's decision is a setback for 43-year-old Assange, who has been holed up at the Ecuadoran embassy in London for more than two years in a bid to avoid extradition to Sweden.

At the hearing in Stockholm District Court, prosecutors demanded that the warrant, issued in late 2010, should be upheld.

Assange's defence team, which had maintained that the investigation had taken an unreasonably long time, said it would appeal the decision, according to Swedish news agency TT.

As a result of the ruling, Assange will remain at the Ecuadoran embassy in London fearing extradition to the United States, said defence lawyer Per Samuelson, quoted by TT.

The warrant was issued over allegations of rape and sexual molestation which Assange has denied.

The WikiLeaks founder sought refuge in Ecuador's embassy in Britain in June, 2012 after exhausting all legal options in British courts to avoid being extradited to Sweden.

He has said he fears that his being sent to Sweden would be a pretext for his transfer to the United States, where WikiLeaks sparked an uproar with its publication of thousands of secret documents.

WikiLeaks repeatedly drove the global news agenda with startling revelations of the behind-the-scenes activities of governments around the world, including confidential assessments by US diplomats of Chinese leaders and revised body counts in Iraq.

Assange's legal team had argued that Swedish prosecutors have dragged out the case for an unreasonably long period by not interviewing him at the embassy.

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A Swedish court has begun hearing arguments on whether an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be repealed.

Prosecutors in the Stockholm District Court told judge Lena Egelin that the warrant issued in November 2010 should remain in place.

The warrant was issued after a Swedish prosecutor said he needed to question Assange in a case of alleged sexual assault against two women in August of that same year.

The 43-year-old Australian denies the allegations, and his lawyers are requesting the warrant be immediately dropped.

After the two sides had stated their positions, the judge ruled that the prosecution be allowed to present details concerning the alleged assaults behind closed doors and cleared the court room.

The defence did not oppose that move.

After the closed-door session, the court was to hear the defence arguments.

Assange has spent the past two years at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He took refuge there and was granted political asylum by Ecuador after Sweden attempted to extradite him to face questioning over the alleged sexual assault.

Assange says he fears Sweden will extradite him to the United States, where he could be prosecuted for the leaking of classified government documents.

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has failed to overturn his arrest warrant, and remains confined to the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, after a Swedish court rejected his appeal on Wednesday.

Assange has spent two years holed up in the Ecuadorians residency, to avoid extradition to Sweden over allegations of sexual misconduct which were made more than three years ago. He claims that he would likely be sent on to the US for trial over Wikileaks publication of US government material although he has not as yet been charged in America.

Assanges lawyers filed a petition in a Swedish court to withdraw his arrest warrant, which was issued after allegations of sexual misconduct. So far, no official charges have been filed in Sweden, and Assange insists that the Swedish warrant is nothing more than a political ploy, which would see him eventually extradited to the United States, to face criminal charges there over Wikileaks release of thousands of confidential US government documents.

Those leaks were highly embarrassing to the US government, and a Federal Grand Jury is currently preparing a criminal case against WikiLeaks.

Assanges lawyers argued that the Swedish arrest warrant should be withdrawn, because it is not legally enforceable whilst Assange resides within the grounds of the embassy of Ecuador.

Assanges lawyers also highlighted that Swedish prosecutors are refusing to travel to the UK to interview him about the allegations, so they can decide whether to actually file criminal charges.

But the Swedish court dismissed Assanges legal attempt.

All in all, the district court makes the assessment that the reasons for the arrest warrant offset the infringement and adverse effects the measure entails for Julian Assange, District court judge Lena Egelin was quoted as saying by Reuters. He should therefore continue to be wanted for arrest in his absence.

Thomas Olsson, one of Assanges Swedish lawyers, was quoted as saying that he would appeal the Swedish court verdict.

Ecuador granted Assange political asylum back in August 2012, and Assange wants a guarantee of safe passage to Ecuador before he will leave the embassy, as he fears the United States will have him arrested if he leaves.

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Something rather bizarre happened at the weekend, involving a football icon and a controversial activist.

Eric Cantona was pictured working out alongside Julian Assange in a tweet that gave little further information.

Julian Assange works out with Eric Cantona

The photo was taken in Assange's room in the Ecuadorian embassy, where he has been camped since June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning on sexual assault allegations.

Assange looks on as a sweaty and knackered Cantona pants on a running machine, which was given to Assange by Ken Loach, who directed Cantona in the 2009 film Looking for Eric.

Assange's spokesperson said that the pair had "discussed a future collaboration", which will be revealed "in due course".

Could we be about to see a footy tournament involving former footballers and activists on the run? Or Ken Loach's latest film Looking for Julian?

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