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‘Lies, lies and more lies’: Lawyer slams day 2 of Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing, here is how it went down
Day two of Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing saw his lawyers argue he made great efforts to ensure his leaks endangered no lives and even warned the White House when media outlets were about to dump unredacted files. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 25 February 2020
25 February 2020 • 23:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back UK inexplicably bars WikiLeaks editor from extradition hearing day after Assange handcuffed 11 times & STRIPPED twice Assange lawyer brings up claim US mulled ‘kidnapping and… Continue reading
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Defense debunks US claims of reckless dump and Assange-Manning conspiracy
Mark Summers QC, arguing for Julian Assange’s legal defense, spent the second day of Assange’s extradition hearing at Woolwich Crown Court thoroughly debunking two key allegations the US government makes against Assange in its extradition request. The US has alleged that Assange attempted to help Manning conceal her identity, and it has alleged that Assange… Continue reading
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Doctors treating Julian Assange in London faced intimidation and state surveillance
This week’s edition of the Lancet—the world’s pre-eminent peer-reviewed medical journal—carries a letter from 117 medical doctors in 18 countries, renewing their call for urgent action to save the life of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Their letter appears less than one week before the start of the US extradition hearing in London that may decide… Continue reading
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Bid to free Manning launched as explosive new evidence threatens to end Assange extradition
Lawyers acting on behalf of imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning have lodged a motion, arguing for her release. This comes as WikiLeaks tweeted that Julian Assange‘s lawyers intend to produce ‘bombshell’ evidence at next week’s extradition hearing. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 24 February 2020
24 February 2020 • 21:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Note the BBC headlines below (and elsewhere of course); they invariably emphasise the negative aspects, negative for Assange of course. So, ‘Julian Assange ‘put lives at… Continue reading
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REVEALED: Chief magistrate in Assange case received financial benefits from secretive partner organisations of UK Foreign Office
The senior judge overseeing the extradition proceedings of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange received financial benefits from two partner organisations of the British Foreign Office before her appointment, it can be revealed. Continue reading
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We’re Asking One Question In Assange’s Case: Should Journalists Be Punished For Exposing War Crimes?
Tomorrow in the UK a judge will start the process of answering a very important question. It’s a question that many of us knew was the heart of this debate back in 2010, ten years ago, when this all started. It’s a question that they have been obfuscating, bloviating, huffily denying, smearing, gaslighting, and distracting from–basically doing… Continue reading
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USA v Julian Assange Extradition Hearing
The US is seeking to imprison Julian Assange for obtaining and publishing the 2010/2011 leaks, which exposed the reality of the Bush Administration’s “War on Terror”: Collateral Murder (Rules of Engagement), Afghan War Diaries, Iraq War Logs, Cablegate, and The Guantanamo Files. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 23 February 2020
23 February 2020 • 19:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Veteran Journalist Andrew Fowler Denounces Australian Government’s Refusal to Defend Assange https://www.globalresearch.ca/andrew-fowler-denounces-australian-government-refusal-defend-assange/5704408 Julian Assange “Stop Extradition Protest” in London https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/julian-assange-stop-extradition-protest-in-london/ Continue reading
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Roger Waters on Julian Assange
Roger Waters has become one of the most eloquent and persistent supporters of Julian Assange. He is prepared to challenge the propagandists of the mainstream media head-on in a way that many more people should do. Continue reading
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UK Welfare Weekly 22 February 2020
22 February 2020 — Welfare Weekly Disabled gran ‘virtually housebound’ after DWP slashed her vital benefits lifeline She says the cruel decision has left her feeling “anxious” and “isolated” after she was also forced to return her mobility car. Continue reading
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Labour’s next leader has already betrayed the left
In declaring their support for Zionism, the three contenders for Corbyn’s crown are offering only the cynical politics of old Continue reading
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UK: Grenfell fire inquiry finalises moves to grant corporations immunity from prosecution
The official inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in June 2017 stands ever more exposed as a sordid whitewash of those responsible for the catastrophe. Continue reading
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Jewish Chronicle to pay damages over anti-Semitism libel
The Jewish Chronicle on Thursday apologized to a Labour activist for libeling her over “anti-Semitism.” The UK newspaper admitted on its website it had published “allegations about Mrs Audrey White” which were “untrue.” Continue reading
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Is the ‘consequences room’ for our children a bit ‘Orwellian’?
By TruePublica Editor: I was shocked to see the instructions of a “consequence Room” for school children and had no idea that even primary schools are using isolation rooms to punish pupils as young as five years old, with some secondaries admitting they are willing to put older pupils into seclusion for up to five… Continue reading
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The Assange Hearing: A Reticent Request
Julian Assange will stand next week in the armoured dock, accused of the “crime” of publishing. It is worth recalling that Wikileaks has a 100% record of accuracy. Nothing it has published has ever been shown to be inauthentic. Julian stands accused of the crime of telling the truth – more than that, of telling… Continue reading
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Immigration, and How People Are Valued
Craig Murray’s take on Johnson’s irrational (and racist) new immigration ‘policy’. Must read. Continue reading
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“Leave Our Bloke Alone”: A Little Mission for Julian Assange
“I think that now it is time that the government I am a part of needs to be standing up and saying to both the UK and the US: ‘enough is enough, leave our bloke alone and let him come home.’” George Christensen, Australian conservative MP, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 19, 2020 Continue reading