Liberties
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Julian Assange News Links 20-24 June 2022
Friday, 24 June 2022 — The New Dark Age Don’t Extradite Assange https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/06/dont-extradite-assange/ If Albanese Asks For Assange’s Freedom, Biden Ought To Agree https://popularresistance.org/if-albanese-asks-for-assanges-freedom-biden-has-every-reason-to-agree/ Stella Assange: ‘We Are Going To Fight This’ https://popularresistance.org/stella-assange-we-are-going-to-fight-this/ UK Government Approves Request To Send Assange To US For Trial https://popularresistance.org/uk-government-approves-request-to-send-assange-to-us-for-trial/ Continue reading
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Let’s Fight WW3 Over Lithuania: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
The problem with anti-imperialists who spend all their time criticizing the evil US empire is that there aren’t nearly enough of them. Continue reading
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Assange Is Doing His Most Important Work Yet
British Home Secretary Priti Patel has authorized the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to be tried under the Espionage Act in a case which seeks to set a legal precedent for the prosecution of any publisher or journalist, anywhere in the world, who reports inconvenient truths about the US empire. Continue reading
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UK Home Secretary Orders Julian Assange Extradition
“A SAD DAY FOR WESTERN DEMOCRACY” The co-chairs of The Assange Defense Committee – Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, and Alice Walker – released the following statement in response to Patel’s decision: Continue reading
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UK Government Approves Extraditing Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange To Same Country that “Plotted to Assassinate” Him
UK Home secretary Priti Patel has approved the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. Assange faces up to 175 years in prison in the United States if convicted of violating the Espionage Act for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading
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‘Another Dark Day’: UK Government Approves Assange’s Extradition To United States
Patel’s decision to hand over a journalist to the US government for prosecution was immediately condemned by human rights and press freedom organizations. The Assange legal team planned to submit an appeal in the High Court of Justice challenging the political nature of the case and how extradition law was interpreted. Continue reading
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Patel Responsible For Assange’s ‘Slow-Motion Execution’ If Extradited, Doctors Warn
A coalition of over 300 doctors warned UK Home Secretary Priti Patel that she may be responsible for the “slow-motion execution” of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if her office approves the United States government’s extradition request. Continue reading
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UK: Is dissent now illegal? How worried should we be?
The Government has changed the law to make it easier for the police to restrict where and how we protest, and it’s set to do so again in the coming months. For many, freedom of assembly is essential to a healthy democracy. Just how worried should we be about the new powers the Government has… Continue reading
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Major UK Political Parties Back ‘State Threats’ Bill That Would Restrict Press Freedom
All main political parties in the United Kingdom have called for immediate passage in Parliament of new measures to fight “state threats,” which would restrict press freedom and threaten civil liberties. Continue reading
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Serious Disruption Prevention Orders are the start of a new chapter of repressive police surveillance
Like previous government restrictions on an individual’s liberty to ‘protect the public’, Serious Disruption Prevention Orders are the end-point of increasing state repression Continue reading
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The Power of Lies
The comments on Peter Oborne’s excellent article on Julian Assange in the Guardian last week are a damning indictment of the media’s ability to instil near universal acceptance of “facts” which are easily proven lies. The Guardian chose as its “Guardian pick” to head the section a comment full of these entirely untrue assertions. Continue reading
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Stella Assange BBC Interview: “I will keep fighting until Julian is free.”
We just wanted to share Stella’s amazing appearance on BBC HARDtalk. In a wide-ranging interview that touched on Stella and Julian’s relationship, the U.S. allegations, and other topics, Stella spoke powerfully about what’s at stake and how she plans to keep fighting. Continue reading
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New draconian bill to increase police protest powers
Netpol has released an explainer on the new draconian Public Order Bill. It basically revives the amendments that were defeated in the Police, Crime and Sentencing Act in the Lords and puts them in new bill. Continue reading
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EXPLAINER: The Public Order Bill 2022
Having successfully passed one piece of vague, draconian public order legislation, the government is already embarking on the introduction of another. Continue reading
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Amnesty International Resists Calls To Designate Assange A ‘Prisoner Of Conscience’ As Extradition Looms
The international human rights organization Amnesty International has resisted calls to designate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a “prisoner of conscience,” even though the organization acknowledges he is the target of a “politically motivated prosecution” by the United States. Continue reading
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Campaign launch: Defend Dissent and resist new police powers!
Over a year after it was first introduced, and in spite of widespread opposition and public demonstrations against its draconian measures, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act has finally become law in England and Wales. Continue reading
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The persecution of Julian Assange
According to UN torture expert, the UK and US have colluded to publicly destroy the WikiLeaks founder – and deter others from exposing their crimes The British home secretary, Priti Patel, will decide this month whether Julian Assange is to be extradited to the United States, where he faces a sentence of up to 175 years –… Continue reading
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The Police Bill has received Royal Assent. Get ready to resist!
On 28th April, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill received Royal Assent. Thousands of us took to the streets to resist this draconian legislation. But the battle against the bill was never going to be won in parliament, and it’s now down to all of us to make it unenforceable on the streets. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 