Liberties
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DNC lawsuit against WikiLeaks dismissed in major free press victory
In a historic win for WikiLeaks and its editor-in-chief Julian Assange a federal judge in New York dismissed a lawsuit by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) over WikiLeaks’ publication of DNC documents in 2016. The case sets an important precedent for freedom of the press. Continue reading
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Defending Assange and Basic Freedoms: Think Bigger – Much Bigger By Al Burke
Around the globe, well-informed and dedicated souls have for years been explicating the persecution of Julian Assange and its much broader implications. They include the likes of Suzie Dawson in New Zealand, Caitlin Johnstone in Australia, John Pilger in Britain and Joe Lauria in the United States, to mention just a few. Continue reading
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Media silent on dismissal of DNC suit against Julian Assange
A federal court ruling last Tuesday, dismissing a Democratic National Committee (DNC) civil suit against Julian Assange “with prejudice,” was a devastating indictment of the US ruling elite’s campaign to destroy the WikiLeaks founder and of the entire “Russiagate” conspiracy theory peddled by the Democratic Party, corporate media outlets and the intelligence agencies for the… Continue reading
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US federal court exposes Democratic Party conspiracy against Assange and WikiLeak By Eric London
In a ruling published late Tuesday, Judge John Koeltl of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, delivered a devastating blow to the US-led conspiracy against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Continue reading
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UN Rapporteur on Torture’s Letters to UK, Ecuador, US and Sweden
30 July 2019 — Defend Wikileaks UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer visited Julian Assange at HMP Belmarsh on 9 May 2019, and has written letters to the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Ecuador and Sweden to express that he is “gravely concerned” about Assange’s treatment and to urge the latter three… Continue reading
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Police Data Victims Report: Digital Strip Searches
Our digital footprints can reveal where we have been and when, who we have spoken to, the content of our private conversations and, via our internet history, even some of our innermost thoughts. More and more, such data is being sought in criminal investigations. Continue reading
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US, Sweden and Britain dismiss UN finding that they tortured Assange By Oscar Grenfell
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer last weekend publicly released detailed letters he sent to the governments of the United States, Britain, Sweden and Ecuador in May, documenting their responsibility for the “psychological torture” inflicted upon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a result of a decade-long political persecution. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 26 July 2019
26 July 2019 — The New Dark Age Today’s Links 26 July 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/07/todays-links_26.html Despite Mueller debacle, Democrats step up call for crackdown on “foreign meddling” https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/07/26/despite-mueller-debacle-democrats-step-up-call-for-crackdown-on-foreign-meddling/ Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 24 July 2019
24 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 Indian auto workers speak out in defence of Assange and Manning http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/24/assa-j24.html Today’s links http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/07/todays-links_23.html Continue reading
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The US Police-State Is Now Undeniable: The Assange Case By Eric Zuesse
It’s not just that the United States has a higher percentage of its people in prison than does any other nation on the planet. (El Salvador — the land that was largely made what it today is, by its US trained-and-equipped death squads — is now number 2 on that measure. In another country the… Continue reading
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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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