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Julian Assange News Links 20 July 2019
20 July 2019 — The New Dark Age The US Police-State Is Now Undeniable: The Assange Case https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/07/20/the-us-police-state-is-now-undeniable-the-assange-case/ ‘Anti-Trump’ CNN Presstitute Defends Trump’s Persecution Of Assange https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/07/20/anti-trump-cnn-presstitute-defends-trumps-persecution-of-assange/ Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 19 July 2019
19 July 2019 • 20:45 — The New Dark Age Twitter Restores Assange Activism Account In Response To Backlash http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/885gCLlnJjI/twitter-restores-assange-activism-account-in-response-to-backlash.html In a Crisis of Democracy, We Must All Become Julian Assange https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/in-a-crisis-of-democracy-we-must-all-become-julian-assange/ Continue reading
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Twitter Restores Assange Activism Account In Response To Backlash by Caitlin Johnstone
After a week of vocal protests from online supporters of Julian Assange, Twitter has reversed its unjust removal of the prominent pro-Assange activism account @Unity4J. Continue reading
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The vindictive campaign against Chelsea Manning, America’s political prisoner
Whistleblower and political prisoner Chelsea Manning has now been confined to a federal detention center in Alexandria, Virginia for more than four months and is being subjected to punitive fines which could ruin her financially. Continue reading
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Consortium News Target of a Malware Attack as Twitter Takes Down Assange Support Group’s Account
The simultaneous escalation of censorship of Julian Assange’s support base, alongside the latest wave of fact-free attacks on Assange and WikiLeaks‘, raises concern about a coordinated effort to smear Assange while silencing those who counter such dubious reporting, says Elizabeth Vos. Continue reading
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CNN peddles intelligence agencies’ lies against Assange By Oscar Grenfell
17 July 2019 — WSWS CNN published a scurrilous attack against Julian Assange on Monday. Its sole purpose was to revive the discredited claim that the WikiLeaks founder functioned as an “agent” of the Russian government, in order to undermine growing opposition to the US attempts to prosecute Assange for exposing American war crimes and diplomatic Continue reading
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The Assange precedent: Journalists in Britain threatened with Official Secrets Act By Robert Stevens and Laura Tiernan
London’s Metropolitan Police threatened journalists with prosecution under the Official Secrets Act last Friday in an unprecedented attack on media freedom. Continue reading
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Amazon NHS partnership – more questions over backdoor privatisation
There is a lot going wrong in the world today and big tech is driving much of it in its indomitable thirst for ever greater global influence and markets to profit from. In the meantime, the British government is already making many moves to ‘Americanise’ society and continues towards its unpopular privatisation model in healthcare. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 15 July 2019
15 July 2019 — The New Dark Age Three Months Since Arrest of WikiLeaks Publisher: UK Government Holds “Media Freedom” Conference While Imprisoning Assange Western Elites Spruik Media Freedom While Torturing Julian Assange In Belmarsh Supermax. But … Continue reading
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Top Assange Defense Account Deleted By Twitter by Caitlin Johnstone
One of the biggest Twitter accounts dedicated to circulating information and advocacy for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, @Unity4J, has been completely removed from the site. The operators of the account report that they have been given no reason for its removal by Twitter staff, and have received no response to their appeals. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 12 July 2019
12 July 2019 — The New Dark Age Then CIA is Invoking Wikileaks to Push for the Expansion of a Cold War Era Secrecy Law https://www.mintpressnews.com/then-cia-is-invoking-wikileaks-to-push-for-the-expansion-of-a-cold-war-era-secrecy-law/260521/ Swedish Prosecutors: ‘It’s Not on the Cards’ to Interview Assange – After Hanging Arrest Warrant Over Him for Seven Years https://truepublica.org.uk/other-news/swedish-prosecutors-its-not-on-the-cards-to-interview-assange-after-hanging-arrest-warrant-over-him-for-seven-years/ Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 11 July 2019
11 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Foreign Minister commits to public inquiry in three months The conference was also criticised for its failure to give attention to the case of Julian Assange. The founder of Continue reading
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Spanish security firm spied on Assange 24/7, reveals plan to smuggle him to Russia or Cuba – report
Julian Assange’s team had plans to evacuate him from London to Russia or Cuba, but the Australian, who was watched round-the-clock by a Spanish security firm, refused to flee as it might be seen as defeat, a media report reveals. Continue reading
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Swedish Prosecutors: ‘It’s Not on the Cards’ to Interview Assange – After Hanging Arrest Warrant Over Him for Seven Years By Nina Cross
Swedish prosecutors have this week announced that for the time being they will not be issuing a European Investigation Order (EIO) to interview Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. According to Sweden’s Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Eva-Marie Persson,”…it is currently not on the cards to issue a European investigation order…” For now, they will be… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 7-8 July 2019
8 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Paris Police Teargas Peaceful Climate Demonstrators https://socialistproject.ca/2019/07/paris-police-teargas-peaceful-climate-demonstrators/ SEP (Australia) holds rally in Brisbane to demand freedom for Assange and Manning http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/08/rally-j08.html Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 4-5 July 2019
5 July 2019 — The New Dark Age Julian Assange’s birthday celebrated at vigils in Australia and New Zealand http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/05/assa-j05.html Australian workers and youth speak out at vigils for Assange’s birthday http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/05/vint-j05.html Continue reading
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Summer at Open Rights Group
The first half of 2019 has been strong for Open Rights Group (ORG). We have taken positive steps in challenging exploitative online advertising practices and protecting digital privacy. We are also getting ready for our biggest ever ORGCon London event taking place in less than two weeks! Continue reading
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UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer exposes propaganda and censorship in Assange reporting By Chris Marsden
When Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture, issued a May 31 statement demanding an immediate end to the “collective persecution” of Julian Assange it made headlines all over the world. Continue reading
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Too hot to touch? MSM outlets stand united in rejecting op-ed on Assange by UN expert on torture
The UN rapporteur on torture has written a scalding op-ed in support of Julian Assange, in which he says the publisher was the victim of a smear campaign. Now he claims many leading MSM outlets are snubbing the piece. Continue reading
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