Liberties
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‘Mirthless Laugh’ – The Persecution And Torture Of Julian Assange
For anyone persuaded by the state-corporate campaign of sneers and smears depicting Julian Assange as a shit-smearing narcissist and rapist, the comments made by Nils Melzer, the UN’s special rapporteur on torture, must be deeply shocking. The BBC headline: ‘Julian Assange subjected to psychological torture, UN expert says’ Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 10-11 June 2019
11 June 2019 • 17:10 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day ‘Mirthless Laugh’ – The Persecution And Torture Of Julian Assange INTERVIEW: CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou discusses the Julian Assange case Continue reading
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Isolated, Surveilled, Expelled: How Ecuador Betrayed Julian Assange
The expulsion of Julian Assange from Ecuador’s embassy in London on 11 April 2019 marked the culmination of President Lenín Moreno’s years-long effort to renege on Ecuador’s commitment to protect the WikiLeaks publisher from the United States’ persecution. By the time he took office on 24 May 2017, Moreno had already begun working on undermining… Continue reading
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Chris Hedges and Nils Melzer: The Psychological Torture of Julian Assange
8 June 2019 — Dandelion Salad Watch the videos below Continue reading
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Julian Assange and the Agenda for Global War By James Petras
In the most immediate sense, notes Petras, the silencing of Assange and his group are essential to the thuggish imperial takeover of Venezuela Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 7-8 June 2019
8 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day When the Journalists Ganged Up on Assange They Ganged Up on Themselves https://www.globalresearch.ca/when-journalists-ganged-up-assange-they-ganged-up-themselves/5679909 RT’s video agency Ruptly has obtained footage… https://williambowles.info/2019/06/07/106051/ Continue reading
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Exclusive: First VIDEO of Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison
RT’s video agency Ruptly has obtained footage showing WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange inside Belmarsh maximum security prison. Continue reading
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Timeline: Julian Assange’s Expulsion & Arrest
7 June 2019 — Defend Wikileaks Read the PDF version here March 2017 7 March 2017 — WikiLeaks releases Vault 7, exposing CIA hacking tools Largest leak of confidential CIA documents in history, details the agency’s cyber warfare capabilities Continue reading
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Isolated, Surveilled, Expelled: How Ecuador Betrayed Julian Assange
The expulsion of Julian Assange from Ecuador’s embassy in London on 11 April 2019 marked the culmination of President Lenín Moreno’s years-long effort to renege on Ecuador’s commitment to protect the WikiLeaks publisher from the United States’ persecution. By the time he took office on 24 May 2017, Moreno had already begun working on undermining… Continue reading
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Actions For Assange: Ideas And Examples Of How To Help (Guest Blog By Elizabeth Lea Vos)
7 June 2019 — Caitlin Johnstone Hi everyone! I’ve never featured a guest blog before, but when I saw this excellent article by Elizabeth Lea Vos I immediately asked her for permission to republish it on my platform. For months I’ve seen supporters of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks stressing out about the question, “What can Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 6 June 2019
6 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day UN Special Rapporteur on Torture warns Julian Assange could die in prison Warring Against Sources: The Australian National Security State, Journalism and the Public Interest By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Continue reading
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Corporate Media Have Second Thoughts About Exiling Julian Assange From Journalism
“Democracy dies in darkness,” reads the Washington Post slogan—though apparently sometimes it’s good to put people in prison for exposing government wrongdoing (4/11/19). Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 5 June 2019
5 June 2019 • 20:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Journalists now fair game as police raid state broadcaster following US hounding of Assange http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/gzbMGVzro6U/ The Quds Day Panic of 2019 https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/the-quds-day-panic-of-2019/ Continue reading
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Australian Federal Police raid journalists over exposures of government spying, war crimes By Oscar Grenfell
Over the past 24 hours, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have carried out two raids targeting separate media organisations, for their publication of articles exposing government spying plans and war crimes committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan. Continue reading
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More Police Raids As War On Journalism Escalates Worldwide by Caitlin Johnstone
The Australian Federal Police have conducted two raids on journalists and seized documents in purportedly unrelated incidents in the span of just two days. Continue reading
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After Assange’s Espionage Act Indictment, Police Move Against More Journalists for Publishing Classified Material
Less than two months after the arrest of journalist Julian Assange, and two weeks after his indictment under the Espionage Act, emboldened governments have sent the police after journalists who’ve challenged the state. Joe Lauria reports. Continue reading
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Next ORG London event 17 June
Join us Monday 17 June at Goldsmith’s University of London for a talk by Open Rights Group’s Executive Director Jim Killock about the Government’s new plan to address “online harms” on social media and other online platforms. Continue reading
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The Assange Affair
“Unfortunately, it is my belief that Julian Assange will not see a fair trial”, Excerpts from an appeal by Mairead Maguire Continue reading
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A Swedish Court Injects Some Sense
When, eight years late, the European Arrest Warrant request for Assange was finally put before a Swedish court, the court refused to issue it. Continue reading
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Media analysis of Julian Assange’s superseding indictment
Media analysis of Julian Assange’s superseding indictment The precedent Glenn Greenwald: The indictment of Assange is a blueprint for making journalists into felons The argument offered by both the Trump administration and by some members of the self-styled “resistance” to Trump is, ironically, the same: that Assange isn’t a journalist at all and thus deserves… Continue reading
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