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John Shipton is an anti-war activist and architect living in Sydney, Australia, and the father of Julian Assange (who adopted the surname of his step-father). He founded the WikiLeaks Party and was involved with the creation of the website WikiLeaks and helped with WikiLeaks for years.
Assange was born Julian Paul Hawkins on 3 July 1971 in Townsville, Queensland, to Christine Ann Hawkins (b. 1951), a visual artist,: 34 and John Shipton, an anti-war activist and builder. The couple separated before their son was born.
Mar 18, 2023 · Australian architect John Shipton was missing from his son Julian Assange’s life from the time he was three until the WikiLeaks founder was in his 20s — and he gets prickly when asked to...
May 16, 2023 · 6m. Transcript. For supporters of Julian Assange, the planned visit next week by President Biden is an opportunity to focus attention on Assange's continued imprisonment in the UK and potential extradition to the US. John Shipton is Julian Assange's father, and he speaks to Sarah Ferguson about his fight to free his son.
Mar 17, 2023 · If convicted, the publisher faces as much as 175 years behind bars. His legal fight is documented in the new film Ithaka that centers on Assange’s father John Shipton, who has been...
Jul 7, 2022 · John Shipton explains his presence in the UK simply. A cerebral Australian of flinty self-belief, he is the father of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, jailed in London since 2019 pending US...
Apr 6, 2023 · In Ithaka, filmmaker Ben Lawrence follows 76-year-old John Shipton on a campaign to save his son, WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange. Shipton, a retired builder, is joined by Assange’s partner,...
