Liberties
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#WeAreMillions: Photo Campaign for Julian Assange
The Courage Foundation announces #WeAreMillions, a massive photo campaign to demonstrate global support for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange as he fights extradition to the United States, where he would face unprecedented prosecution. The campaign has been launched at defend.wikileaks.org/freeassange/. Continue reading
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Julian Assange receives 4th Annual DANNY Award for Journalism
WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has been granted the 2019 Danny Schechter Global Vision Award for Journalism & Activism by not-for-profit educational foundation The Global Center. As a press release announcing the award explains, The DANNY is “awarded annually to an individual who best emulates Schechter’s practice of combining excellent journalism with social advocacy and activism.” Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 25 June 2019
25 June 2019 — The New Dark Age Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand) calls rally to demand freedom for Julian Assange http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/25/segn-j25.html Parti de l’égalité socialiste meeting in Paris demands freedom for Julian Assange http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/25/pesp-j25.html Continue reading
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The Shaving Kit – Manufacturing The Julian Assange Witch-Hunt
Last week, UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid signed the US extradition request to hand over Julian Assange, who is charged with 18 counts of violating the US Espionage Act. Assange’s immediate fate now lies in the hands of the British justice system. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 20-24 June 2019
24 June 2019 — The New Dark Age Trump Threatening the World’s Most Eco-Sensitive Habitats https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/06/24/trump-threatening-the-worlds-most-eco-sensitive-habitats/ Punitive fines threaten whistleblower Chelsea Manning with bankruptcy http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/24/chel-j24.html Continue reading
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UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer Becomes One of Assange’s Most Vocal Advocates
“Here [in Assange’s case] we are not speaking of prosecution but of persecution. That means that judicial power, institutions and proceedings are being deliberately abused for ulterior motives.” — Nils Melzer, UN Rapporteur on Torture Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 18 June 2019
18 June 2019 • 13:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Assange faces extradition to US, as Western hypocrisy knows no bounds The Coming Show Trial of Julian Assange Continue reading
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The Coming Show Trial of Julian Assange by Chris Hedges
On Friday morning I was in a small courtroom at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London. Julian Assange, held in Belmarsh Prison and dressed in a pale-blue prison shirt, appeared on a video screen directly in front of me. Assange, his gray hair and beard neatly trimmed, slipped on heavy, dark-frame glasses at the start of… Continue reading
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John Pilger: Extradition Process a ‘Very Long Uphill Road’ for Assange
Britain’s Home Secretary signed off on the U.S. request to extradite Julian Assange, and now UK courts will decide his fate. But if the process until now is any indication, he will not receive a fair hearing, says journalist and filmmaker John Pilger (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 14-15 June 2019
15 June 2019 — The New Dark Age WikiLeaks publisher Assange faces US extradition trial next February http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/15/assa-j15.html Activist Lauri Love and others speak out in defence of Assange http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/15/inte-j15.html Continue reading
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This Assange Supporter Excoriating The Press Is The Best Thing You’ll Watch All Day By Caitlin JohnsonThis Assange Supporter Excoriating The Press Is The Best Thing You’ll Watch All Day by Caitlin Johnstone
Julian Assange’s latest US extradition hearing was a brief affair which saw the WikiLeaks founder’s next hearing scheduled for sometime after the end of February, nearly at the end of his 50-week sentence for a bail conditions violation. According to Reuters Assange was lucid and spirited enough to argue with the prosecution a bit, telling the American lawyer via videolink, “I didn’t… Continue reading
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Julian Assange extradition hearing recap
At Julian Assange’s extradition hearing today at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London, which Assange attended via videolink from HMP Belmarsh, the full substantive proceedings were scheduled for five days in February 2020. Assange will also have a hearing in October this year. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 13-14 June 2019
14 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Julian Assange extradition case ‘outrageous assault on journalism’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48633682 ‘Assange extradition should be warning to liberals who believe in American democracy’ – Zizek https://williambowles.info/2019/06/14/assange-extradition-should-be-warning-to-liberals-who-believe-in-american-democracy-zizek/ Continue reading
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‘Assange extradition should be warning to liberals who believe in American democracy’ – Zizek
The UK’s decision to extradite WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US should be taken as a warning to all liberals who still have any faith in ‘American liberal democracy,’ says cultural philosopher Slavoj Zizek. Continue reading
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James Bridle | Videos: The New Dark Age
Internet fibre optic cables around the world trace out the routes of former empires. Imperialism didn’t stop with decolonisation: it just moved up to infrastructure level. Continue reading
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Britain: Home Secretary signs US extradition request for Assange By Rob Smith
The day before yesterday, the UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid certified the request from the US to extradite Julian Assange for allegations of hacking and sharing classified American government documents. We wholeheartedly oppose his extradition and defend Assange’s freedom of speech. Continue reading
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Freeing Julian Assange: Part One
We’ve been so busy sifting through the ashes that too few of us have noticed what’s been staring us in the face all along. Continue reading
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British Home Secretary signs extradition order to send Julian Assange to US
Britain’s Home Secretary has revealed he has signed a request for the extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US, where he is accused of violating the Espionage Act. Continue reading
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Academics, human rights activists, lawyers: Free Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning now
More than 50 US, UK, Australian & Canadian academics, human rights activists and lawyers have signed an open letter calling on the US & UK to immediately release Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning from prison. Continue reading
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MI5 “unlawfully” handled bulk surveillance data, Liberty litigation reveals
The British security service MI5 has been unlawfully retaining innocent people’s data for years. It also failed to give senior judges accurate information about repeated breaches of its duty to delete bulk surveillance data, and has been criticised for mishandling sensitive legally privileged material. Continue reading
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