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Roger Waters’ ‘This Is Not A Drill’ Show Is A Revolutionary Concert Experience
Kevin Gosztola reviews Roger Waters’ “This Is Not A Drill” show, which is touring North America from August to October. Continue reading
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The US is ‘close to getting its hands on Julian Assange. An interview with John Pilger
http://johnpilger.com/articles/the-us-is-close-to-getting-its-hands-on-julian-assange-an-interview-with-john-pilger Continue reading
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Ithaka
Away from the Tory Babel over who will be the top “world-leading” sociopath, I spent the last two evenings in the company of decent people. John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian’s father and brother, were in Glasgow and Edinburgh for the screening of “Ithaka”, the documentary that follows the fight by Julian Assange’s family to have… Continue reading
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Assange Fights Extradition To United States With Two Appeals
Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange separately appealed decisions by Home Office Secretary Priti Patel and a United Kingdom district court, which authorized his extradition to the United States. 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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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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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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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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Assange Extradition: On To The Next Hurdle
With Julian still, for no rational reason, held in maximum security, the legal process around his extradition continues to meander its way through the overgrown bridlepaths of the UK’s legal system. Today the Supreme Court refused to hear Julian’s appeal, which was based on the grounds of his health and the effect upon it of… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 25 January 2022
Tuesday, 25 January 2022 — The New Dark Age Assange Hearing Day https://popularresistance.org/assange-hearing-day/ British High Court Opens Door For Assange To Appeal To Supreme Court https://popularresistance.org/british-high-court-opens-door-for-assange-to-appeal-to-supreme-court/ Julian Assange can ask Supreme Court to consider extradition casea https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60108379 Continue reading
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day Oh God It Never Ends
It feels like a recurring nightmare. On the sadly misnamed sleeper train once again, down to London and a dash to the Royal Courts of Justice to hear yet another judgement intoned. Julian not in court again and not in good health; Stella battling on but fighting to keep her health as well; Gareth Peirce… Continue reading
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Viral Video Circulates as Julian Spends 1,000th Day in Belmarsh
We’re making noise and calling out the hypocrisy of the U.S. government. They condemn China and other nations for infringing on “press freedom,” but we know the sad truth: the U.S. government’s commitment to press freedom is shaky, at best. Continue reading
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Chris Hedges: PEN America and the Betrayal of Julian Assange
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (Scheerpost) — Nils Melzer, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, is one of the very few establishment figures to denounce the judicial lynching of Julian Assange. Melzer’s integrity and courage, for which he has been mercilessly attacked, stand in stark contrast to the widespread complicity of many human rights and press organizations, including PEN America, which… Continue reading
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BREAKING: Julian Assange Files Appeal to UK Supreme Court
I know we just sent out an update yesterday, but we wanted to alert you to some breaking news. Just hours ago, Julian Assange filed an appeal in his extradition case. We’ve included the official statement from Stella Moris and the UK’s Don’t Extradite Assange campaign. Continue reading
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