Liberties
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Julian Assange and the Problem of ‘Solidarity’ by Ash Sarkar
It’s been almost a week since Julian Assange had his asylum revoked by the Ecuadorian government. As a result, he was arrested by the Metropolitan policefor his failure to appear in court in June 2012 regarding allegations made by two Swedish women in which they accused him of sexual molestation, coercion and rape. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Assange Arrest – Part 1: ‘So Now He’s Our Property’
If ‘journalism’ meant what it is supposed to mean– acting as the proverbial ‘fourth estate’ to challenge power and to keep the public informed – then Julian Assange and WikiLeaks would be universally lauded as paragons. So would Chelsea Manning, the brave former US Army whistleblower who passed on to WikiLeaks more than 700,000 confidential… Continue reading
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It’s worse than we thought
Last week the Government unveiled ambitious new plans to protect UK Internet users from digital threats including “behaviours which are harmful but not necessarily illegal.” Open Rights Group agrees that companies deal with material that is illegal or breaks their own community guidelines, but the way the White Paper on Online Harms is pushing is a huge step… Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 16 April 2019
16 April 2019 20:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Julian Assange’s Victory https://journal-neo.org/2019/04/16/julian-assange-s-victory/ From Tribe, to King, to ‘Democracy’ to Mafia. The Criminalization of US Politics https://www.globalresearch.ca/tribe-king-democracy-mafia/5674526 Continue reading
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Julian Assange’s Nightmarish Future
The WikiLeaks publisher is in a maximum-security prison that has been called the UK’s Guantanamo Bay, Elizabeth Vos reports. Continue reading
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Assange BULLETIN – 2: 15 April 2019
15 April 2019 — Countercurrents Assange and Lula the same case to silence their voices, says Chomsky If Assange is criminalized & incarcerated, you’ll never be free again, says George Galloway Assange must face Swedish justice first: 70 UK MPs and peers The US case against Assange could change the future of journalism Journalists in the… Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 14-15 April 2019
15 April 2019 18:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Demonstrators denounce the arrest of Julian Assange outside Belmarsh prison http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/bafDE32BJuE/ Today’s links http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/04/todays-links_15.html Continue reading
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In his own words: Assange’s statement By Philip Roddis
Do you know the Swedish Chief Prosecutor initially handling the allegations of rape against Julian Assange found no case to answer? Are you aware she was succeeded by Marianne Ny, who has pursued a legally dubious course? Have you read Assange’s detailed statement? Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 14 April 2019
14 April 2019 15:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting WikiLeaks’ Publication of the Collateral Murder Video, Documents on the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, US Diplomatic Cables: Why Assange’s Extradition Must be Opposed at All Costs https://www.globalresearch.ca/julian-assanges-extradition-opposed-all-costs/5674347 The Arrest of Julian Assange: “Send a Chill into the… Continue reading
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You have the right to always remain silent! By Pepe Escobar
WikiLeaks editor Kristinn Hrafnsson, right, and Assange’s UK lawyer Jennifer Robinson, left, outside Westminster Magistrate’s Court. Photo: AFP/WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto Continue reading
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Tell the UK not to extradite Julian Assange
13 April 2019 — Roots Action Tell the UK not to extradite Julian Assange! Share this action on Facebook Share this action on Twitter The U.S. government will be arguing in a London court for the United Kingdom to extradite WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to the United States to stand trial. Click here to urge the… Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 12-13 April 2019
13 April 2019 16:39 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Noam Chomsky takes apart the ‘scandalous’ arrest of Julian Assange http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/_fn-HBiV-iE/ After 7 Years of Deceptions About Assange, the US Readies for Its First Media Rendition https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/04/13/after-7-years-of-deceptions-about-assange-the-us-readies-for-its-first-media-rendition/ Continue reading
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XR-CONSCIENTIOUS PROTECTORS APPROACH
If you are arrested and charged as an XR activist you may wish to use the Conscientious Protector approach in a criminal court as a way of ensuring you get to fully express the reasons WHY you have taken non-violent direct action. By doing this you are also taking part in a wider narrative of… Continue reading
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The Assange Arrest is a Warning from History by John Pilger
The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle against the law. Indecency against courage. Six policemen manhandled a sick journalist, his eyes wincing against his first natural light in almost seven years. Continue reading
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Assange BULLETIN – 1 12 April 2019
12 April 2019 — Countercurrents No fair trial awaits Assange, says CIA whistleblower Ecuador failed to notify Assange’s defense of asylum withdrawal, says lawyer Violation of principles of human rights protection Impartial trial? UK judge brands Assange ‘narcissist’ Hillary chuckles over Assange’s arrest “Our property now”: (Most) US lawmakers rejoice over Assange arrest Arrest of Assange… Continue reading
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Assange’s Extradition to the US Is Imminent: Selected Stories
13 April 2019 — Global Research Chelsea and Julian Are in Jail. History Trembles. By Craig Murray Tonight both Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange are in jail, both over offences related to the publication of materials specifying US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, and both charged with nothing else at all. Read more… Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 11-12 April 2019
12 April 2019 15:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Video: Assange’s Lawyer Says Wikileaks Founder’s Life in Danger if Extradited to the U.S. https://www.globalresearch.ca/assanges-lawyer-says-wikileaks-founders-life-danger-extradited-u-s/5674257 USA v. Julian Assange: DOJ Indictment on Phony Charge Revealed https://www.globalresearch.ca/usa-julian-assange-doj-indictment-phony-charge-revealed/5674255 Continue reading
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Worldwide outrage over arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange By Niles Niemuth
Outrage is mounting after the arrest Thursday morning of journalist and WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Assange was dragged from the embassy by a mob of British police officers and thrown into a jail cell after his political asylum was illegally cancelled by Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno. Continue reading
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Chelsea and Julian are in Jail. History Trembles By Craig Murray
Tonight both Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange are in jail, both over offences related to the publication of materials specifying US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, and both charged with nothing else at all. No matter what bullshit political and MSM liars try to feed you, that is the simple truth. Manning and Assange… Continue reading
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How You Can Be Certain That The US Charge Against Assange Is Fraudulent by Caitlin Johnstone
Julian Assange sits in a jail cell today after being betrayed by the Ecuadorian government and his home country of Australia. A British judge named Michael Snow has found the WikiLeaks founder guilty of violating bail conditions, inserting himself into the annals of history by labeling Assange “a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interest.” So… Continue reading
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