Liberties
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Julian Assange Newslinks 29 May 2019
29 May 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Endless Procedural Abuses Show Julian Assange Case Was Never About Law https://www.globalresearch.ca/endless-procedural-abuses-show-julian-assange-case-was-never-about-law/5678884 Despite Assange’s ill-health, Swedish court rejects delay to hearing http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/29/assa-m29.html Continue reading
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Assange Is Reportedly Gravely Ill, And Hardly Anyone’s Talking About It by Caitlin Johnstone
Julian Assange’s Swedish lawyer Per Samuelson has told the press that “Assange’s health situation on Friday was such that it was not possible to conduct a normal conversation with him.” Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 28 May 2019
28 May 2019 • 18:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day ‘Free Assange’: Irish politician wears t-shirt supporting WikiLeaks founder as she becomes MEP https://www.rt.com/news/460484-clare-daly-elected-free-assange/ Idiocracy https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/05/28/idiocracy/ Continue reading
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Write to your MP: Protect Julian Assange
If you’re in the UK, writing to your MP is an important way you can help Julian Assange in his fight against extradition to the United States. An email written in your own words will be noticed. Your opinion matters. Regardless of what your MP thinks about this issue, they should pass on your concerns… Continue reading
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Abuses show Assange case was never about law By Jonathan Cook
It is astonishing how often one still hears well-informed, otherwise reasonable people say about Julian Assange: “But he ran away from Swedish rape charges by hiding in Ecuador’s embassy in London.” Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 27 May 2019
27 May 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day As Assange faces 170-year sentence, Trump proposes pardoning US war criminals http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/27/pers-m27.html Attend UK public meetings to demand freedom of Assange and Manning! http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/27/meet-m27-1.html Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 24-25 May 2019
25 May 2019 20:18 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Julian Assange prosecution should be dropped, says specialist extradition lawyer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/r7SzorhQeeI/ Continue reading
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Professional Assange Smearers Finally Realize His Fate Is Tied To Theirs by Caitlin Johnstone
Rachel Maddow has aired a segment condemning the new indictment against Julian Assange for 17 alleged violations of the Espionage Act. Yes, that Rachel Maddow. Continue reading
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‘Everyone else must take my place’: Assange in letter from British prison
© Reuters/Henry Nicholls In a handwritten letter from Belmarsh prison, WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange says he is being denied a chance to defend himself and that elements in the US that “hate truth, liberty and justice” want him extradited and dead. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 24 May 2019
24 May 2019 20:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Julian Assange’s Attorney Decries Espionage Charges as Threat to Press Freedom MintCast Episode 3: Iran, Chelsea Manning, ElectionGuard and the Embassy Protection Collective New charges against Julian Assange under the Espionage Continue reading
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Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange’s Espionage Charges
The US Department of Justice issued an 18-count indictment against Julian Assange for violating the 1917 Espionage Act. We speak to Daniel Ellsberg about the dangerous implications this move has for journalism in the United States Continue reading
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Julian Assange charged under Espionage Act in unprecedented attack on First Amendment
Today federal prosecutors unsealed a new, 18-count superseding indictment charging Julian Assange with violating the Espionage Act, the first use of the 1917 law against a publisher. Continue reading
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Swedish hearing to extradite Julian Assange delayed until June 3 By Mike Head
An extraordinary bid by Swedish authorities to rush a hearing into the possible extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden has been delayed by a court until June 3. That is because Assange’s lawyers have not even been able to consult the jailed journalist and publisher. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 20-21 May 2019
21 May 2019 21:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Hosting Assange in Ecuadorian embassy in London cost $800,000 http://tass.com/world/1059356 Russia-Gate as Count Dracula https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/05/21/russia-gate-as-count-dracula/ Continue reading
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US media silent on re-jailing of Chelsea Manning By Genevieve Leigh
Imagine the following scenario: A dissident soldier in Iran, Venezuela, China or Russia leaks classified information on war crimes committed by his or her government, including video footage of soldiers mowing down innocent civilians, secret cables revealing plots to subvert governments around the world, and reports of suspects being indefinitely held and tortured in notorious… Continue reading
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Ecuador to hand over Assange’s entire legal defense to the United States
Three weeks before the U.S. deadline to file its final extradition request for Assange, Ecuadorian officials are travelling to London to allow U.S. prosecutors to help themselves to Assange’s belongings. Continue reading
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Assange: The Missing Step By Craig Murray
The European Arrest Warrant must be issued from one country to another by a judicial authority. The original Swedish request for Assange’s extradition was not issued by any court, but simply by the prosecutor. This was particularly strange, as the Chief Prosecutor of Stockholm had initially closed the case after deciding there was no case to… Continue reading
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Why Assange Is Now Likely to Be Freed By Eric Zuesse
The meticulous journalist John Helmer reported on May 14th that the UK will likely extradite Julian Assange not to the U.S. but to Sweden, and Helmer gave reasons why Sweden almost certainly would never extradite him to the U.S. Continue reading
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Open Rights Group: Let’s meet up in London next week
Join us in London on Tuesday 21 May for a special election week event spotlighting the nexus between data and democracy. Continue reading
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