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Assange extradition decision to be made on 26 March
Monday, 25 March 2024 — MintPress News At 10:30 AM, 26 March, the High Court will issue its ruling Will Assange be extradited to the United States? The final decision regarding Assange’s extradition will be made tomorrow in London, England, at the Royal Courts of Justice. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Waits For High Court Decision On Permission To Appeal
Join Kevin Gosztola, author of “Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange,” as he discusses the hearing before the British High Court of Justice, where the WikiLeaks founder requested permission to appeal extradition. Continue reading
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Elite Fear Of The Public: Ukraine, Gaza and Assange
It is a historical fact that powerful elites do not wish to be diverted from pursuing their selfish interests by the public. Minimal, unthreatening expressions of dissent may be tolerated in ostensible ‘democracies’. But public opinion needs to be managed, manipulated or, if necessary, simply ignored. Continue reading
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#FreeAssange Update: Defense gives UK one more chance to stop extradition
Julian Assange’s permission-to-appeal hearing has concluded in London. Within a matter of weeks, Julian could be allowed a full reevaluation of his extradition ruling, or he could be ordered to be sent to the United States. Continue reading
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“Wiki-Gate”: Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him
Wednesday, 21 February 2024 — Michel Chossudovsky Michel Chossudovsky We must act decisively in support and in solidarity with Julian Assange. In this regard, we must understand the history: On how Assange was betrayed and misled by those who allegedly supported him. Continue reading
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Assange Appeal Hearing Plagued By Media Access Issues
Journalists trying to cover the biggest world press freedom case of the 21st century have struggled to do their jobs. In a high-profile extradition case widely regarded as a threat to global press freedom, administrators of the United Kingdom’s courts have repeatedly shown that they are incapable and unwilling to ensure open justice for journalists. Continue reading
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Assange judge has ties to MI6
An investigation by DeclassifiedUK has uncovered that one of the two High Court judges entrusted with deciding Julian Assange’s extradition case has prior ties to the UK’s External Intelligence Agency (MI6) and the Ministry of Defence, both entities whose activities WikiLeaks has exposed. Continue reading
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RAY MCGOVERN: THE MAN WHO GOT RUSSIAGATE RIGHT AND TRIED TO WARN THE PUBLIC—TO NO AVAIL
FOR YEARS, RAY MCGOVERN, GEORGE H.W. BUSH’S CIA BRIEFER, TRIED TO WARN THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RUSSIAGATE FRAUD BUT WAS SHUT OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA AS NEW EVIDENCE COMES TO LIGHT, WILL THE 27-YEAR CIA VETERAN EVER RECEIVE THE CREDIT HE DESERVES? OR WILL THE MEDIA CONTINUE TO SPOTLIGHT THE LIARS AND CHARLATANS WHO… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 31 October – 1 November 2021
1 November 2021 — The New Dark Age If Assange dies in UK prison it would mean he’d been ‘tortured to death,’ UN special rapporteur on torture tells RT https://www.rt.com/news/538997-assange-torture-uk-melzer/ Human Rights are for Everyone! Including Julian Assange https://countercurrents.org/2021/10/human-rights-are-for-everyone-including-julian-assange/ Continue reading
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Watch: CIA Plans To Kill Julian Assange ‘UNFATHOMABLE’
Going Underground’s Social Media Producer Farhaan Ahmed speaks to Jeremy Corbyn MP, Wikileaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson and Richard Burgon MP at the Belmarsh Tribunal, which featured some of the biggest names in international politics and journalism speaking in solidarity with Julian Assange, who faces 175 years in a super-max prison in the United States should… Continue reading
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‘If they destroy the free press, they destroy the world,’ Roger Waters says after UK court adjourns to rule on Assange extradition
Julian Assange’s extradition case could deal a fatal blow to free press worldwide, Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters told RT as a British court weighed final arguments on whether to transfer the WikiLeaks co-founder to US custody. Continue reading
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DAY TWO — ‘CIA Tried to Kill Assange;’ US: ‘He’s Only Moderately Depressed & Won’t Go to Isolation’
The United States vowed that only a “moderately depressed” Julian Assange would serve time in a humane U.S. prison if he is extradited, while lawyers for Assange told the High Court that the Central Intelligence Agency plotted to assassinate him, as a two-day U.S. appeal hearing came to a close on Thursday in London. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 28 October 2021
28 October 2021 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age Defense chronology surrounding Assange’s family and Dr Kopelman https://defend.wikileaks.org/2021/10/28/defense-chronology-surrounding-assanges-family-and-dr-kopelman/ Declaration of Assange attorney Gareth Peirce on Prof Kopelman https://defend.wikileaks.org/2021/10/28/declaration-of-assange-attorney-gareth-peirce-on-prof-kopelman/ Continue reading
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DAY ONE: Assange Lawyer in Fiery Rebuttal at Day’s Conclusion
A lawyer for Julian Assange responded forcefully to the U.S. presentation at the High Court in London on Wednesday, sweeping aside arguments that the lower court judge had followed the lead of a biased expert witness and that Assange was faking his suicidal urges. Continue reading
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We’re Live Blogging the Assange Appeal
It’s been more than 10 months since a UK court rejected the U.S. government’s request to extradite Julian Assange and ruled that he should be freed. Tomorrow, Britain’s High Court will hear the U.S. appeal of that stinging defeat. Access to the proceedings is restricted, but Assange Defense will be observing and live blogging at our website and on our social media accounts (Facebook | Twitter). Continue reading
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The CIA’s Chinese Walls
It is not in dispute that the CIA is in possession of Julian Assange’s legal and medical files seized from the Ecuadorean Embassy, including correspondence and drafting by his lawyers on his defence against extradition to the USA on Espionage charges. The defence submitted evidence of this in court. After Julian was arrested in the… Continue reading
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WATCH: CN Live! — 2 Yrs After Arrest: ‘Lawmakers for Assange’; Exclusive: Labor Party Resolution of Support
On the 2nd anniversary of the arrest, Australian MPs joined CN Live! to tell PM Scott Morrison to pick up the phone and tell Joe Biden to release Julian Assange. Watch the replay here. Continue reading
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Sunshine Week & #FreeAssangeTelethon
Our latest blog post is a round-up of recent coverage of Biden administration developments that may impact Julian’s case, with important contributions from the ACLU, Jameel Jaffer, Dan Froomkin, and others. Continue reading
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Both Tortuous and Torturous
Magistrate Vanessa Bararitser walked into Westminster Magistrates Court No.1 at 10.12am this morning with the sunniest smile and most carefree disposition I have ever seen her adopt. Her shoulders appeared visibly lifted. She positively beamed at Clair Dobbin, counsel for the US government, as she invited her to put the case for the prosecution as… Continue reading
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