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The UK Government’s new “action plan” to protect journalists will do little to burnish the credentials of a would-be champion of media freedom that continues to imprison the world’s most famous dissident journalist. Continuing to promote itself as the soi-disant global defender of journalistic freedom, the UK Government has just grandly unveiled a National Action…

A cross-party group of MPs who requested a video meeting with remand prisoner Julian Assange has received a dismissive response from Justice Secretary Robert Buckland QC. Assange, the WikiLeaks co-founder who spent seven years as a fugitive in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, is being held at Belmarsh whilst the United States seeks his extradition…

Tom Coburg It’s been reported that the US authorities will appeal the recent UK ruling that Julian Assange should not be extradited to the US. However, in the meantime, the case against WikiLeaks founder Assange has met resistance. A former Conservative cabinet minister has made a statement to parliament regarding the UK Extradition Act which…

If this happens, the hearing at the High Court in London will acquire epochal importance,  writes Alexander Mercouris.  The Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand, home to the High Court in London. (Sjiong, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons) By Alexander Mercourisin LondonSpecial to Consortium News Julian Assange’s lawyers are considering bringing a cross appeal…

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Julian Assange has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. We think he deserves to win. There is an incredibly long list of actions that Julian has taken toward a more peaceful world. As Julian has said, “If wars can be started by lies, peace can be started by truth.” More than one individual can nominate…

Declassified UK As US prosecutors lodge an appeal in their resolve to jail Julian Assange for espionage, a former British Cabinet minister has delivered a stinging attack on Britain’s extradition treaty with the US. David Davis has told Declassified UK that the British legal establishment is “blinkered” to the one-sidedness of the UK/US extradition treaty…

It seems perverse that, a judgement against extradition having been made, Julian Assange should continue to be held in high security prison pending the U.S. government appeal, writes Craig Murray. January 7, 2021 By Craig MurrayCraigMurray.org.uk Magistrate Vanessa Bararitser walked into Westminster Magistrates Court No.1 at 10.12am Wednesday morning with the sunniest smile and most carefree…

By Jonathan Cook There was a hope in some quarters after Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled on Monday against an application to extradite Julian Assange to the US, where he faced being locked away for the rest of his life, that she might finally be changing tack. Washington has wanted Assange permanently silenced and made an…

“As far as Mr. Assange is concerned, this case has not been won,” Judge Vanessa Baraitser declared. She said the United States government “must be allowed to challenge [her] decision.” Kevin Gosztola—The Dissenter A British district judge denied bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after a hearing in which the prosecution argued he had helped…