Liberties
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No Time to Wait: We Must Act Now to Save Julian Assange By Charlotte Gracias
Why are the general public not outraged by the psychological torture and deterioration in Julian’s Assange’s health? The answer is as simple as it is abominable: because the corporate and state media oracles have conducted an eight-year campaign of vilifying Julian Assange. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 4 June 2019
4 June 2019 • 13:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day In legal victory for Assange, Swedish court rules against extradition The Murdering of Julian Assange Continue reading
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XY Chelsea: A deeply flawed portrait of US Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning By Jean Shaoul
XY Chelsea, directed by Tim Travers Hawkins, charts the life of former United States Army soldier Chelsea Manning, following President Barack Obama’s unexpected commutation in January 2017 of her vindictive 35-year jail sentence. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 3 June 2019
3 June 2019 • 18:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Britain and Australia dismiss UN report that Assange has been tortured Swedish court rejects request to detain Assange in absence over rape allegation https://on.rt.com/9vog Julian Assange: Swedish judge rejects detention Continue reading
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UN Torture Report: ‘Demonized’ Assange Has Faced ‘Psychological Torture’
The UN special rapporteur on torture has issued a stinging rebuke to the United States, Great Britain, Sweden and Ecuador for “deliberately” exposing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to years of “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,” which can only be described as “psychological torture.” Continue reading
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BBC, Sky News Have Hidden Their Interviews With UN Expert On The Torture Of Assange By Cailin Johnson
UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer has said that on the 31st of May he gave video interviews with both Sky News and the BBC on his findings that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is the victim of psychological torture. As of tis writing, footage of those interviews is nowhere to be found. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 2 June 2019
2 June 2019 • 15:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day National Referendum on Elections: A Way Forward for Venezuela (3/7) https://therealnews.com/stories/national-referendum-on-elections-a-way-forward-for-venezuela-3-7 Sweden’s probe made it impossible for Assange to ‘defend himself’ – UN rapporteur to RT https://www.rt.com/news/460885-nilz-melzer-assange-sweden/ Continue reading
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UK Foreign Secretary Defends Torturing Journalists, Then Says We Must Protect Journalists by Caitlin Johnstone
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has just given a speech extolling the virtues of a free media, praising the journalists who’ve been brave enough to expose the truth about wicked governments in the face of tyrannical oppression. While he was preparing to give this speech, without any indication of any self-reflection at all, he defended… Continue reading
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Jeremy Hunt Works That Rogue State Status By Craig Murray
When Jeremy Hunt decided to attack the United Nations on twitter yesterday, he didn’t expect them to respond. He got owned. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 1 June 2019
1 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day How the persecution of Julian Assange by US could spectacularly backfire, explains lawyer UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Exposes Anti-Assange Smear Campaign https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/06/01/un-special-rapporteur-on-torture-exposes-anti-assange-smear-campaign/ Continue reading
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UN Special Rapporteur On Torture Exposes Anti-Assange Smear Campaign By Caitlin Johnson
Democracy Now has conducted a thorough interview with the UN Special Rapporteur who found that a collaboration between multiple governments in “a relentless and unrestrained campaign of public mobbing, intimidation and defamation” has placed such severe stress on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and done so much damage to his psychological well being that it can only… Continue reading
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The UN Torture Report On Assange Is An Indictment Of Our Entire Society By Caitlin Johnstone
On the eighth of April, shortly before London police forcibly carried WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian embassy, a doctor named Sondra S Crosby wrote a letter to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights requesting that the office look into Assange’s case. Today, following a scorching rebukeof multiple governments by UN Special Rapporteur… Continue reading
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UN Torture Expert: “collective persecution” of Julian Assange must end now
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzner, has published a scathing condemnation of the “deliberate and concerted abuse inflicted for years” on Julian Assange, calling on the UK government not to extradite him to the United States, where Melzner fears Assange “would be exposed to a real risk of serious violations of his human rights.” Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 31 May 2019
31 May 2019 • 20:15 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day The Noir Detective, Julian Assange and What Comes Next https://ghionjournal.com/the-noir-detective-julian-assange-and-what-comes-next/ The UN Torture Report On Assange Is An Indictment Of Our Entire Society https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/05/31/the-un-torture-report-on-assange-is-an-indictment-of-our-entire-society/ Continue reading
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Assange psychologically tortured to ‘breaking point’ by ‘democratic states,’ UN rapporteur tells RT
Jailed WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange shows clear signs of degrading and inhumane treatment which only adds to his deteriorating health, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer told RT. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks ambassador Joseph Farrell: “Going into prison is a big, ominous, oppressive feeling”
Joseph A. Farrell is a WikiLeaks ambassador and a Centre for Investigative Journalism board member. He spoke to the World Socialist Web Site outside Westminster Magistrates Court. Continue reading
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The Unrelenting State By Craig Murray
We are seriously worried about the condition of Julian Assange. He was too unwell to appear in court yesterday, and his Swedish lawyer, Per Samuelson, found him in a state where he was unable to conduct a conversation and give instructions. There are very definite physical symptoms, particularly rapid weight loss, and we are not… Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 30 May 2019
30 May 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Unequal Justice: Julian Assange Is an Enemy in Trump’s War on the First Amendment https://www.globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-enemy-trumps-war-first-amendment/5679024 Human Rights Hypocrisy: Defending Billionaires, Destroying Journalists http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2019/05/human-rights-hypocrisy-defending.html Julian Assange ‘too ill’ to appear for court hearing, says Continue reading
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Pray and Weep By Karen Kwiatkowski
There is great evil being perpetrated by Washington D.C. here and around the world. A persistent terrible hate for life, liberty and humanity arrived on little cat feet and has taken over our country. This did not begin with Trump, but sadly it also is not going to end with him either. Continue reading
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Assange BULLETIN: The journalist can barely talk, moved to prison hospital
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder now imprisoned in the UK, has been moved to the hospital wing of the Belmarsh prison in the UK, prompting concerns about his health pending the hearing on his extradition to the US. Continue reading
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