24 February 2020 • 21:00 — The New Dark Age

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Note the BBC headlines below (and elsewhere of course); they invariably emphasise the negative aspects, negative for Assange of course. So,  ‘Julian Assange ‘put lives at risk’ by sharing unredacted files’; ‘Julian Assange: Trump ‘offered pardon for Russia denial’; or, ‘just the so-called facts,  ‘Julian Assange: What is extradition and how does it work?’. Then there’s the ‘personal’, ‘Julian Assange: Father fears ‘worried’ son’s extradition’. But the most striking thing about the BBC’s coverage is that there isn’t any to speak of! The stories above cover the period 7 February 2020 to today, just a handful, not even. And this is the BBC, allegedly the leading, most trusted, news organisation on the planet, famed for its objectivity, that it always presents all sides of a story. And I’m only dealing with the headlines! WB

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Day 1 of Assange’s US extradition hearing: What you need to know
https://on.rt.com/abl4

‘We should talk war crimes & killing civilians, not US espionage claims in this court’ – WikiLeaks head Kristinn Hrafnsson
https://on.rt.com/abkw

Assange’s Persecution Has Exposed Media Depravity The World Over

Assange Extradition Hearing’
https://off-guardian.org/2020/02/24/discuss-assange-extradition-hearing/

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange goes to court Monday. Are First Amendment protections at stake?
A court hearing that begins here Monday could determine whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who published classified U.S. government …

Assange Extradition Hearing Opens with Scathing Condemnation by Mainstream Media

While You Were Offline: Oh Hey, Julian Assange Is Back in the News!
These days it’s hard to tell for sure, but its seems as though, if anything, the biggest news of the last week was the most recent Democratic debate, …

Roger Water Shares A New Statement About Wikileaks And Julian Assange
Pink Floyd legend Roger Water has shared a photo of himself on his official Instagram account and made a huge statement about Julian Assange, …

Teen accident victim’s family call for UK to block Julian Assange’s US extradition
He said the UK should respond by rejecting any American requests for extradition, including that of Julian Assange — the WikiLeaks founder whose …

Start your Monday smart: Kobe Bryant, Julian Assange, Mardi Gras, Leap Day, South Carolina
Arguments over whether Julian Assange should be brought back to the United States for trial are set to begin. He faces charges including conspiring …

Daily podcast: Should Julian Assange be extradited to the US? Sky News
On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan we examine the case of the WikiLeaks founder, who’s facing espionage …

Block Julian Assange extradition, Harry Dunn’s family urges Government
The family of Harry Dunn has called for Julian Assange not to be extradited as long as the US refuses to send the suspect in the teenager’s death back …

Julian Assange’s last stand ABC News Australia
The US is finally making its pitch in a UK court to have Julian Assange extradited, but with Assange, nothing is simple. Today, Andrew Wilkie’s …

Julian Assange and lawyers secretly recorded
A security company is under investigation amid revelations Julian Assange and his Australian lawyers were secretly recorded. Added13 hours ago.

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: CN’s Gary Webb Award Presented to Kristinn Hrafnsson on Behalf of …
… Press Award to WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson on behalf of Julian Assange after a rally for Assange in Parliament Square in London.

‘Every journalist should feel a cold, icy hand running down their spine’: Assange’s extradition case examined in new RT doc
https://on.rt.com/abga

Extradition Hearing Against Julian Assange Begins Amid Protests And False Claims By US Government
https://popularresistance.org/extradition-hearing-against-julian-assange-begins-amid-protests-and-false-claims-by-us-government/

Julian Assange: What is extradition and how does it work?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-51586120

REVEALED: Chief magistrate in Assange case received financial benefits from secretive partner organisations of UK Foreign Office
https://williambowles.info/2020/02/24/revealed-chief-magistrate-in-assange-case-received-financial-benefits-from-secretive-partner-organisations-of-uk-foreign-office/

Julian Assange ‘put lives at risk’ by sharing unredacted files
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51616077

‘History will be kind to Julian Assange, not to his corrupt accusers and Judges’ – Kim Dotcom on extradition trial
https://on.rt.com/abkp

‘Oppression, arbitrary detention & torture will happen to journalists if extradition is successful’ – Assange’s father
https://on.rt.com/abke

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: A Tale of Three Extraditions as Assange’s Hearing Begins Monday
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/02/23/assange-extradition-a-tale-of-three-extraditions-as-assanges-hearing-begins-monday/

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Did Sen. Warner and Comey Crush Assange Immunity Deal?
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/02/22/did-sen-warner-and-comey-collude-on-russia-gate/

Assange faces extradition and then a secret court where no-one has ever been acquitted

Socialist Equality Party (UK) holds London rally in defence of Assange and Manning
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/lond-f24.html

Assange’s US extradition hearing begins: What’s it all about and how did we get here?
https://on.rt.com/abh4

Don’t Extradite Assange campaign calls on Boris Johnson to intervene
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/demo-f24.html

Australian and New Zealand demonstrations demand freedom for WikiLeaks founder and US whistleblower
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/sepa-f24.html

Marchers Support Assange Ahead Of London Extradition Hearing
https://popularresistance.org/marchers-support-assange-ahead-of-london-extradition-hearing/

We’re Asking One Question In Assange’s Case: Should Journalists Be Punished For Exposing War Crimes?
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/05Fs1RuYAMk/were-asking-one-question-in-assanges-case-should-journalists-be-punished-for-exposing-war-crimes.html

Veteran Journalist Andrew Fowler Denounces Australian Government’s Refusal to Defend Assange
https://www.globalresearch.ca/andrew-fowler-denounces-australian-government-refusal-defend-assange/5704408

Julian Assange “Stop Extradition Protest” in London
https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/julian-assange-stop-extradition-protest-in-london/

USA v Julian Assange Extradition Hearing
https://williambowles.info/2020/02/23/usa-v-julian-assange-extradition-hearing/

Julian Assange News Links 23 February 2020
https://williambowles.info/2020/02/23/julian-assange-news-links-23-february-2020/