Liberties
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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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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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