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Julian Assange News Links 9 September 2020
9 September 2020 • 21:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-publishing. Extradition Witness Statements Julian Assange – The week that journalism and the rule of law in Britain drowns Continue reading
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Sinking Transparency at the Old Bailey: The Assange Extradition Hearing Resumes
The fine circus that is British justice resumed at London’s Central Criminal Court on September 7, with the continued extradition proceedings against Julian Assange. Judge Vanessa Baraitser was concerned that approximately 40 individuals had received remote video access they apparently should not have. “In error, the court sent out orders to others who had sought… Continue reading
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John Pilger: The Stalinist trial of Julian Assange
Journalist, film-maker and author, John Pilger is one of two to win British journalism’s highest award twice. For his documentary films, he has won an Emmy and a British Academy Award, a BAFTA. Among numerous other awards, he has won a Royal Television Society Best Documentary Award. His epic 1979 Cambodia Year Zero is ranked… Continue reading
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: the Assange Hearing Day 6
I went to the Old Bailey today expecting to be awed by the majesty of the law, and left revolted by the sordid administration of injustice. Continue reading
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DAY ONE OF ASSANGE HEARING: Dramatic Opening Day; First Witness Testifies After Judge Denies Adjournment to January
The dramatic opening day of Assange’s extradition hearing saw U.S. shift from espionage to its superseding indictment as Vanessa Baraitser rejected a defense bid to excise the evidence and adjourn the case to January. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 7 September
7 September 2020 — The New Dark Age War On Journalism Resumes On Monday https://popularresistance.org/war-on-journalism-resumes-on-monday/ Rest In Power, Kevin Zeese https://popularresistance.org/rest-in-power-kevin-zeese/ Continue reading
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Media Freedom? Show me the MSM Journalist Opposing the Torture of Assange
Today, the corporate media that cried “Media freedom” when Extinction Rebellion blocked the billionaire owned propaganda presses, is silent as Julian Assange’s Calvary for bringing real truth unfiltered to the public moves on to its next station; the macabre Gothic architecture of the Old Bailey. Continue reading
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An Interview With Barry Pollack, Julian Assange’s US Lawyer
Pollack outlines why the U.S. government’s position in the case against Assange is a “very dangerous one.” Continue reading
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For years, journalists cheered Assange’s abuse. Now they’ve paved his path to a US gulag
Court hearings in Britain over the US administration’s extradition case against Julian Assange begin in earnest next week. The decade-long saga that brought us to this point should appall anyone who cares about our increasingly fragile freedoms. Continue reading
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Assange Defense and Jimmy Dore Team Up!
On Saturday, September 5, 2020, at 1:00 pm EST, Defend Wikileaks will host a panel discussion featuring Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, and Daniel Ellsberg, preeminent experts on free speech and the fight to protect it, for a discussion on Assange’s persecution just 2 days before his extradition hearing resumes in London. The discussion will be moderated by political comedian Jimmy… Continue reading
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Craig Murray Defence Appeal Renewed
I have today received a bill from my legal team for £60,563.40 in fees to date in defending the contempt of court charge against me for my reporting of the Alex Salmond trial. Continue reading
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WATCH: The War on Journalism: The Case of Julian Assange
A new documentary by Juan Passarelli can be seen here on Consortium News, followed by a panel discussion with Passarelli, director Ken Loach and filmmaker Suzie Gilbert. Continue reading
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Waiting for the Old Bailey: Julian Assange and Britain’s Judicial Establishment
On September 7, Julian Assange will be facing another round of gruelling extradition proceedings, in the Old Bailey, part of a process that has become a form of gradual state-sanctioned torture. The US Department of Justice hungers for their man. The UK prison authorities are doing little to protect his health. The end result, should… Continue reading
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Ahead Of Major Assange Hearing, UK Court Urged To Ensure Press Access
A major three-week hearing in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition case is scheduled in London on September 7. However, the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic will likely prevent dozens of journalists from around the world from reporting on proceedings if the Westminster Magistrates Court does not take action. Continue reading
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Shoots Down Covid19 Myths Front-line doctor attacks media, questions need for vaccine, before interview cut short
A doctor being interviewed on Spanish television clearly went off-script and used his air time to fact-check the press, contradict the fear porn and question the need for a vaccine. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Court Case Delayed Again in Bizarre Circumstances
There were bizarre scenes at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London today, as the extradition process of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange (present via videophone from Belmarsh prison) was again delayed. Continue reading
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The COVID-19 Vaccine. The Imposition of Compulsory Vaccination with a Biometric Health Passport?
This is not just a question of being for or against vaccination in general. It is about being vigilant in the face of enormous pressure from companies and governments to inject billions of healthy people with a hastily manufactured product, using immature technologies such as DNA manipulation, with as yet unknown side effects. Continue reading
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New Documentary on Julian Assange is About ‘One of the Great Injustices of Our Time’, Director Says
Filmmaker and journalist Pablo Navarrete followed John Shipton, the father of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, over a number of months as he campaigns to prevent his son from being extradited to the United States and secure his release from Britain’s Belmarsh maximum-security prison. Continue reading
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