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Chelsea Manning released, faces new imprisonment for refusing to testify against Assange
After 62 days locked away in a jail cell in Virginia, whistleblower Chelsea Manning was released from detention on Thursday morning. Even before she got out of jail, however, the courageous whistleblower was served with a new subpoena to demand her testimony before another grand jury on May 17. Thus, she could be returned to… Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 9 May 2019
9 May 2019 — The New Dark Age Assange BULLETIN: Bay Watch star Pamela Anderson fears for Assange’s Life https://williambowles.info/2019/05/09/assange-bulletin-bay-watch-star-pamela-anderson-fears-for-assanges-life/ ICFI supporters in India to hold picket to free Assange http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/09/asan-m09.html Continue reading
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Assange BULLETIN: Bay Watch star Pamela Anderson fears for Assange’s Life
The former Baywatch star said she was “deeply concerned about his well being” and does not think the Wikileaks founder will “survive it”. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 7 May 2019
7 May 2019 — The New Dark Age On Venezuela and Corralling Mother Russia https://journal-neo.org/2019/05/07/on-venezuela-and-corralling-mother-russia/ Britain: National Union of Journalists World Press Freedom Day event ignores Julian Assange http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/07/free-m07.html Continue reading
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Britain: National Union of Journalists World Press Freedom Day event ignores Julian Assange By Paul Mitchell
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) held a meeting last Friday at the Free Word centre in London to mark World Press Freedom Day.The event was billed as “an opportunity to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom, assess the state of press freedom throughout the world and pay tribute to journalists who have lost… Continue reading
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After nearly two months in jail, Chelsea Manning submits powerful appeal for release By Niles Niemuth
Whistleblower and political prisoner Chelsea Manning submitted an appeal Monday to the federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia asking for her release from jail. Continue reading
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What’s Your Take on Assange? – Questions For Corbett
What’s your take on Assange? Have you heard of Unit 731? And just who is Percy Corbett, anyway? Get James’ answer to these and other important questions in this edition of Questions For Corbett. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 4 May 2019
4 May 2019 — The New Dark Age Disproportionate Sentences: Julian Assange, Bail, and Extradition https://www.globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-bail-extradition/5676479 Assange’s father slams US pursuit of Wikileaks founder as ‘revenge’ for exposing war destruction https://www.rt.com/news/458365-assange-dad-vindictive-revenge/ Continue reading
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Politicians celebrate “World Press Freedom Day” as Julian Assange languishes in prison
UNESCO holds the event, it avows, to celebrate “the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.”Those claims are hollow and duplicitous, as the facts… Continue reading
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Julian Assange’s extradition hearings begin
Today commenced UK extradition proceedings against Julian Assange, whom the United States is attempting to prosecute for publishing documents of its war crimes and diplomatic secrets in 2010. Continue reading
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Assange to Extradition Court: ‘I Won’t Surrender to the US for Doing Journalism’
Dressed in jeans, a dark jacket and a T-shirt, Assange appeared on a video screen inside a cramped courtroom in Westminster Magistrates Court in London. “I won’t surrender to the U.S. for doing journalism that has won many awards and protected lives,” Assange told the court, according to a tweet from a USA Today correspondent. Continue reading
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‘Shocking & vindictive’: WikiLeaks slams UK prison sentence for Assange over skipped bail
WikiLeaks has slammed a UK court’s sentencing of its co-founder Julian Assange as “vindictive.” It also raised major concerns about whether Assange will be treated fairly during an upcoming extradition hearing. Continue reading
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VIPS: Extradition of Julian Assange Threatens Us All
Retaliation against Julian Assange over the past decade plus replicates a pattern of ruthless political retaliation against whistleblowers, in particular those who reveal truths hidden by illegal secrecy, VIPS says. Continue reading
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Revealed: The British Government’s War on Assange and Media Freedom By Nina Cross
For nearly 10 years now, the British government has waged a war on Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. It has used every hard and soft power tool in its arsenal: the judiciary, government, international treaties, the media, diplomatic power and even the deprivation of health care. For his role in exposing US war crimes and… Continue reading
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Media Cheer Assange’s Arrest By Alan MacLeod
Julian Assange was arrested inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London on April 11. The Australian-born co-founder of Wikileaks had been trapped in the building since 2012 after taking refuge there. He was immediately found guilty of failing to surrender to a British court, and was taken to Belmarsh prison. An extradition to the United States… Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 28-29 April 2019
29 April 2019 — The New Dark Age White House correspondents’ tribute to press freedom silent on Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/29/whcd-a29.html UK’s Julian Assange Defence Committee holds public meeting http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/29/assg-a29.html Continue reading
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So Where is the Swedish Warrant? By Craig Murray
If the Swedish allegations against Julian Assange were genuine and not simply a ruse to arrest him for extradition to the United States, where is the arrest warrant now from Sweden and what are the charges? Continue reading
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If war is an industry, how can there be peace in a capitalist World? By Vijay Prashad
On 26 April 1937, twelve bombers of the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria flew low over the Basque country of Spain in the midst of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). They tore down over the small town of Guernica, where they let loose their fiery arsenal. Almost two thousand people died in… Continue reading
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Assange Expected to confirm Wikileaks source of DNC Emails was Seth Rich not Russians By Dr Michael Salla
The April 11 arrest of Julian Assange has resurrected the narrative that emails stored on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were not hacked by Russia, but leaked by a disenchanted employee, Seth Rich, who wanted to expose how Bernie Sanders was systematically undermined during the 2016 primaries by the DNC. According to this narrative, Rich… Continue reading
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Assange’s Imprisonment Reveals Even More Corruption Than WikiLeaks Did By Caitlin Johnstone
Consortium News has launched a new series titled “The Revelations of WikiLeaks”, geared toward helping readers come to a full appreciation of just how much useful information the outlet has made available to the world with its publications. Which is good, because there’s a whole lot of it. Understanding everything that WikiLeaks has done to shine light in areas… Continue reading
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