Liberties
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 13
Friday gave us the most emotionally charged moments yet at the Assange hearing, showed that strange and sharp twists in the story are still arriving at the Old Bailey, and brought into sharp focus some questions about the handling and validity of evidence, which I will address in comment. Continue reading
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 12
A less dramatic day, but marked by a brazen and persistent display of this US Government’s insistence that it has the right to prosecute any journalist and publication, anywhere in the world, for publication of US classified information. This explicitly underlay the entire line of questioning in the afternoon session. Continue reading
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Assange’s Extradition Trial: Court Hears About History Of Political Prosecutions Under Espionage Act
“There has never, in the century-long history of the Espionage Act, been an indictment of a U.S. publisher under the law for the publication of secrets,” declared Carey Shenkman, an attorney who has co-authored a first-of-its-kind peer-reviewed book on the Espionage Act. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Revealed 15,000 Civilian Casualties
17 September 2020 — Assange Defense It was another day of explosive testimony in Julian’s extradition hearing, with two witnesses taking the stand. Journalist John Slobada explained to the court the important journalistic contributions of WikiLeaks in revealing civilian casualties, while legal scholar Carey Shenkman stressed how the U.S. indictment of Julian is for a “political offense” and that Julian’s human Continue reading
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Spontaneous Initiative that Unites Scientists, Doctors, Lawyers and Free Citizens from All over the World
The independent studies of various scientists have highlighted several issues on the virus. Many inconsistencies have emerged from many points of view which are summarized in these two letters. The reflections start from two complementary approaches and ask for explanations by offering new approaches and protocols. Continue reading
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 11
Yet another shocking example of abuse of court procedure unfolded on Wednesday. James Lewis QC for the prosecution had been permitted gratuitously to read to two previous witnesses with zero connection to this claim, an extract from a book by Luke Harding and David Leigh in which Harding claims that at a dinner at El… Continue reading
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Good Ellsberg, Bad Assange: At Extradition Trial, Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Dismantles False Narrative
Opponents of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange often hold up Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg as an example of someone who was responsible for a good leak. They insist WikiLeaks is not like the Pentagon Papers because supposedly Assange was reckless with sensitive documents. Continue reading
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“A Disgrace”: Amnesty International Blocked From Monitoring Trial of Julian Assange
Amnesty International’s Europe Director described the hearings against Assange as an “assault on the right to freedom of expression” that would have a “chilling effect on media freedom.” Continue reading
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Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Gives Powerful Defense of Assange
Julian’s extradition hearing in London today included powerful testimony from two key witnesses.The highlight of the day was the appearance of famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Dr. Daniel Ellsberg. You can read our full report on the day here, but here’s a brief recap: Continue reading
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 10
The gloves were off on Tuesday as the US Government explicitly argued that all journalists are liable to prosecution under the Espionage Act (1917) for publishing classified information, citing the Rosen case. Counsel for the US government also argued that the famous Pentagon Papers supreme court judgement on the New York Times only referred to… Continue reading
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 9
Things became not merely dramatic in the Assange courtroom today, but spiteful and nasty. There were two real issues, the evidence and the procedure. On the evidence, there were stark details of the dreadful regime Assange will face in US jails if extradited. On the procedure, we saw behaviour from the prosecution QC that went… Continue reading
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At Assange Extradition Trial, Prosecution Downplays Abusive Supermax Prison Conditions
The legal team for Julian Assange strongly believes if the WikiLeaks founder is extradited to the United States he will be detained in harsh and abusive conditions, and if convicted, he will be incarcerated in a supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, in conditions that amount to solitary confinement. Continue reading
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Julian Assange (and imperialism) on trial:
At the latest RT-livestreamed ‘Free Julian Assange/Imperialism on Trial’ event in London, a team of distinguished speakers discussed international events and the prospects of the WikiLeaks founder avoiding extradition to the US. Continue reading
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Assange Hearing Update 14 September 2020
Julian’s extradition hearing resumed today after proceedings were interrupted last week due to a COVID false alarm. Today’s session was plagued by technical difficulties, so the witness’ testimony was cut short and will have to conclude tomorrow morning. For a full recap of the day’s hearing, visit our live blog. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Extradition Hearing: Weekly Recap
A lot has happened during Julian’s court hearings, so we wanted to catch you up on the week’s events! We’re also providing a brief look ahead as to what we expect as Julian’s fight against extradition continues. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 11 September 2020
11 September 2020 — The New Dark Age US prosecutors disrupt Spanish probe into alleged CIA-linked firm which spied on Assange https://www.rt.com/news/500476-us-disrupt-spanish-investigation-assange-spying/ Assange’s Fourth Day At The Old Bailey: COVID In The Courtroom https://orientalreview.org/2020/09/11/assanges-fourth-day-at-the-old-bailey-covid-in-the-courtroom/ Continue reading
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Against the ‘rule of 6’
11 September 2020 — The Manifesto Club Against the ‘rule of 6′ – or 8, or 10… “Time after time, statutory instruments have been issued specifying the exact combinations in which people may meet. These aren’t voted for in parliament and the law hasn’t even been published yet. It is futile to debate whether group Continue reading
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HAPPENING NOW: Julian Assange’s UK Extradition Hearing
10 September 2020 — Shadowproof Donate $25 to support Kevin Gosztola’s daily live coverage ### Kevin Gosztola is covering a major hearing in the extradition case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, taking place right now until September 24. The COVID-19 pandemic means journalists face increased obstacles to travel that may result in diminished coverage. Continue reading
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Assange’s Third Day at the Old Bailey: Bias, Politics and Wars on Journalism
The third day of extradition proceedings against Julian Assange at the Old Bailey resumed on the point of politics. Assange as a figure of political beliefs; Assange as a target of the Trump administration precisely for having them. The man sketching the portrait was Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University. Continue reading
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Why we need proper legal protections for our right to protest
In Britain, there are laws that are supposed to protect our civil liberties – specifically the Human Rights Act 1998, which has often proven extremely effective as a means of challenging in court injustices by the state that violates our rights. This may go a long way to explaining why the governing Conservative Party has… Continue reading
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