22 November 2020 — Doctors for Assange
Sunday 22nd November 2020 marked 12 months since doctors from around the world wrote to the UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, calling for an immediate end to the torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange.
Category: Liberties
Assange Defense: Another chance to add your name!
16 November 2020 — Assange Defense
First, we have to start off this note with a huge thank you to all of the folks who have worked with us to get LTEs published in their local papers! We have had huge success so far and have published over 40 of your letters with more on the way.
What we are writing today to talk about is our next angle for LTEs– getting the President to pardon Assange before he leaves office. Whether you think this is a long shot or our best chance at freeing Assange, we believe this is a crucial piece of our advocacy. We want to show the nation and the world that across the political spectrum there are folks who want to free Assange with a Presidential pardon.
Farcical Coverage of Julian Assange’s Farcical Hearing
13 November 2020 — FAIR
The Wall Street Journal (9/7/20) reported that WikiLeaks published “a huge trove of classified material that painted a bleak picture of the American campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
US corporate media have buried coverage of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition hearing in the UK, despite its being the media “Trial of the Century” (FAIR.org, 9/25/20). But even in the scarce coverage that does exist of this unprecedented case with immense implications for freedom of expression, one would hardly get the impression that the US and British governments are involved in an illegal conspiracy—in violation of their own laws—to punish Assange for the “crime” of journalism.
Welcome to Team Assange!
13 November 2020 — Assange Defense
Thank you so much for your interest in defending Assange and standing up for civil liberties. I am Assange Defense’s digital organizer and I am excited to welcome you to the team.
We have a couple of different initiatives we are working on right now including a letter to the editor campaign and a social media rapid response team. We are also working on building local chapters. I am excited to connect you to your local chapter or help you build one!
Iraq War Logs Videos: Watch and Share!
12 November 2020 — Assange Defense
We are happy to announce the release of the first video in our Iraq War Logs series, and we hope you can help by amplifying these messages on social media!
Assange Defense Post-Election Update: Get Involved!
6 November 2020 — Assange Defense
Now that the election drama seems like it might be tapering off, we wanted to touch base with you about our efforts to defend Julian Assange and civil liberties and share some of our recent successes. Continue reading
You Know What’s Scary?
30 October 2020 — Assange Defense
We haven’t written in a while, and we just wanted to touch base with you about our efforts to defend Julian Assange and civil liberties and get you thinking about the importance of press freedom. Continue reading
Iraq War Logs: 10th Anniversary
21 October 2020 — Assange Defense
Ten years ago today, WikiLeaks released the largest classified military leak in history: the Iraq War Logs.
The Assange Defense Committee will release a video tomorrow to commemorate this anniversary. The video explores the background of the leaks, what was revealed, and their impact. Today, we want to give you a sneak preview of our video!
People Need to Reclaim the Internet
19 October 2020 — Craig Murray
No matter how much you dislike Trump, only a fool can fail to see the implications for public access to information of the massive suppression on the internet of the Hunter Biden leaks. Continue reading
Lord Advocate Launches War on Twitter
11 October 2020 — Craig Murray
In what we think is a world first, the Lord Advocate of Scotland is claiming in the contempt of court case against me that I am legally responsible for the content of replies to my tweets. Continue reading
Criticising Monbiot isn’t ‘demonisation’. It’s a first step on the path to reclaiming our minds
10 October 2020 — Jonathan Cook
The other day I wrote a piece criticising Guardian columnist George Monbiot for his failure to speak out loudly in support of Julian Assange during last month’s hearings in which the United States has been seeking to extradite the Wikileaks founder so that he can be locked away for the rest of his life on bogus “espionage charges”. Continue reading
WATCH: The Assange Case Explained
10 October 2020 — Consortium News
Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria was interviewed by BreakThrough News, and he laid out the essential information about WikiLeaks‘ publisher Julian Assange’s extradition case. (9 minutes)
