Liberties
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Chris Hedges: The Empire is Not Done with Julian Assange
Shortly after WikiLeaks released the Iraq War Logs in October 2010, which documented numerous US war crimes — including video images of the gunning down of two Reuters journalists and 10 other unarmed civilians in the Collateral Murder video, the routine torture of Iraqi prisoners, the covering up of thousands of civilian deaths and the killing… Continue reading
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UK: New Bill Threatens Future of Free Expression and Civil Liberty
Big Brother Watch has warned that the recently proposed Online Harms Bill is yet another piece of legislation designed to deceive us into thinking the government is protecting us all when something more sinister is likely. Free expression and civil liberty are at stake. The result is a piece of proposed legislation which is as… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 4-5 January 2021
5 January 2021 — The New Dark Age Chris Hedges: The Empire Is Not Done With Julian Assange https://popularresistance.org/chris-hedges-the-empire-is-not-done-with-julian-assange/ Assange Wins. The Cost: Press Freedom Is Crushed https://popularresistance.org/assange-wins-the-cost-press-freedom-is-crushed/ Continue reading
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Julian Assange: Imminent Freedom
It has been a long and tiring day, with the startlingly unexpected decision to block Julian’s extradition. The judgement is in fact very concerning, in that it accepted all of the prosecution’s case on the right of the US Government to prosecute publishers worldwide of US official secrets under the Espionage Act. The judge also… Continue reading
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The Assange Extradition Ruling Is A Relief, But It Isn’t Justice
British Judge Vanessa Baraitser has ruled against US extradition for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but not for the reasons she should have. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 4 January 2021
4 January 2021 — The New Dark Age Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder extradition to US blocked by UK judge https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55528241 In Assange Case, British Judge Rejects US Government’s Extradition Request https://williambowles.info/2021/01/04/in-assange-case-british-judge-rejects-us-governments-extradition-request/ Continue reading
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Watch: Rafael Correa on Venezuela, Assange, and ‘preventing the total destruction of our homeland’
Max Blumenthal interviews former Ecuador President Rafael Correa, who was in Venezuela to observe its legislative elections and show support to a government under sustained economic and political attack by the US (inc. transcript). Continue reading
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Yet Another Major Escalation In Establishment Internet Censorship
YouTube, whose corporate owner Google is arguably the most powerful company on earth, is now deleting user videos which claim the US election was fraudulent. YouTube’s official statement on its decision to do this is very revealing, not so much for what it says as for what it does not say. Continue reading
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President Trump: Please Pardon Assange!
In just 24 days, a judge will rule on the U.S. request to extradite Julian Assange. But he needs our help NOW! Continue reading
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DOCTORS FOR ASSANGE STATEMENT (22/11/2020)
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. Continue reading
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Assange Defense: Another chance to add your name!
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… Continue reading
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Farcical Coverage of Julian Assange’s Farcical Hearing
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). Continue reading
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Welcome to Team Assange!
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! Continue reading
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Iraq War Logs Videos: Watch and Share!
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! Continue reading
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Assange Defense Post-Election Update: Get Involved!
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
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You Know What’s Scary?
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
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Iraq War Logs: 10th Anniversary
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! Continue reading
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People Need to Reclaim the Internet
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
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Lord Advocate Launches War on Twitter
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
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Criticising Monbiot isn’t ‘demonisation’. It’s a first step on the path to reclaiming our minds
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… Continue reading
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