Liberties
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Julian Assange News Links 19-20 February 2020
20 February 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Lawyers file new motion demanding release of Chelsea Manning http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/20/mann-f20.html Labor Party leads Australian attack on British government over Huawei http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/20/chin-f20.html Continue reading
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Legal Team Files Motion to Release Chelsea Manning
Today, attorney Moira Meltzer-Cohen filed a Motion to Release Chelsea Manning, based on evidence, including an expert’s assessment of Chelsea’s personality profile, and a public condemnation of her “coercive confinement” by Nils Melzer, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Continue reading
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“Leave Our Bloke Alone”: A Little Mission for Julian Assange
“I think that now it is time that the government I am a part of needs to be standing up and saying to both the UK and the US: ‘enough is enough, leave our bloke alone and let him come home.’” George Christensen, Australian conservative MP, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 19, 2020 Continue reading
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Doctors For Assange Ratchet Up Pressure
Doctors for Assange have launched a new campaign to get proper medical treatment for the imprisoned WikiLeaks journalist by publishing a letter in Britain’s leading medical journal. Continue reading
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The Lancet publishes letter from doctors: “End torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange”
This week’s edition of the Lancet—the world’s pre-eminent peer reviewed medical journal—carries a letter from 117 medical doctors in 18 countries, renewing their call for urgent action to save the life of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Their letter appears less than one week before the start of the US extradition hearing in London that may… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 14-18 February 2020
18 February 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Julian Assange: Father fears ‘worried’ son’s extradition https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51530280 Twitter Locks WikiLeaks’ Account Days Before Assange’s Extradition Hearing Begins http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/IOTioiNj9e0/twitter-locks-wikileaks-account-days-before-assanges-extradition-hearing-begins.html Continue reading
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John Pilger: It is time for Julian Assange to be saved, not betrayed
The truth is that Australia could have rescued Julian Assange and can still rescue him. Leaders of his homeland who have betrayed him should be called out; history and decency will not forget them or those who remain silent now. Continue reading
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The Prosecution of Julian Assange: His Right to Publish is Our Right to Know
15 February 2020 — Defend Wikileaks The Prosecution of Julian Assange: His Right to Publish is Our Right to Know Continue reading
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ABC RADIO NATIONAL ON THE SUFFERING AND RESILIENCE OF JULIAN ASSANGE
Phillip Adams interviews John Pilger on ABC Radio National on the plight and hope and courage of Julian Assange ahead of his courtroom struggle to prevent extradition to the the United States. Continue reading
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Mistrial in Trump admin’s biased case against Venezuelan embassy protectors is win for sovereignty
A hung jury in the Donald Trump administration’s case against activists who were arrested protecting Venezuela’s internationally recognized embassy in Washington, DC is being heralded as a major win for sovereignty, amid the US government’s floundering coup attempt against the Chavista government in Caracas. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 12-14 February 2020
14 February 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back SEP builds support for Free Assange and Manning rallies in Australia http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/14/rall-f14.html Free All Political Prisoners –- Including Julian Assange And Chelsea Manning https://popularresistance.org/free-all-political-prisoners-including-julian-assange-and-chelsea-manning/ Continue reading
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United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture on the Julian Assange Case
In this speech, Nils Melzer, a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Professor of international law at the University of Glasgow, talks about the case of Julian Assange. This speech was recorded on the 4th of February, 2020 at the Royal National Hotel in London in a public rally organized by the Don’t Extradite… Continue reading
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Assange Extradition: Blatant Judicial Double Standards
The judge who was previously in charge of the Julian Assange extradition case was in the headlines again over another extradition case, this time refusing to extradite a UK couple because they faced a life sentence for murder, with no prospect of release. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 7-12 February 2020
12 February 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Rank-and-file teachers in Sydney adopt resolution defending Assange and Manning http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/nswt-f12.html Britain’s Got A Supreme Court Scandal: NEW Damning Emails Show UK Corruption In The Case Against Julian Assange… Continue reading
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RAY McGOVERN: German TV Exposes the Lies That Entrapped Julian Assange
Truth has broken through for those confused about how a publisher ended up in a maximum security prison in London with a one-way extradition ticket to court in the U.S. and the rest of his life behind bars. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 6 February 2020
6 February 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back ‘All Journalists at Risk’ if Assange Handed to US Jailers https://www.globalresearch.ca/all-journalists-risk-assange-handed-us-jailers/5702932 Don’t Extradite Assange meeting in London: The political issues http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/06/deam-f06.html Continue reading
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A murderous system is being created before our very eyes
Nils Melzer, why is the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture interested in Julian Assange? That is something that the German Foreign Ministry recently asked me as well: Is that really your core mandate? Is Assange the victim of torture? Continue reading
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Belmarsh Prisoners Show Duty to Civil Disobedience
This is a trial of the First Amendment as a foundation of our society and it calls for popular participation, writes Nozomi Hayase. Continue reading
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The Prosecution of Julian Assange and Its Impact on the Freedom of the Press
On 30 January 2020, at the National Press Club’s First Amendment Lounge in Washington D.C., a panel of experts discussed the Trump Administration’s indictment of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and the impact Assange’s extradition and prosecution could have on the freedom of the press. Continue reading
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Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom
Randy Credico’s ongoing series of interviews on the approaching extradition trial of Julian Assange in London, featuring regular updates from the Courage Foundation Continue reading