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Consortium News is virtually “inside” the courtroom at Old Bailey, viewing the proceedings by video-link and will file updates throughout the day on Day Twelve of Julian Assange’s resumed extradition hearing. Lewis Challenges Diagnosis ofAssange’s Autism as Suicide Risk By Joe LauriaSpecial to Consortium News 5:05 am EDT:  Court is in session. Today’s defense witnesses…

Shadowproof — September 21, 2020 Diagnosing why establishment media institutions are not covering WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition trial in London has become increasingly widespread among persons known for their political commentary. Aaron Maté, a journalist with the Grayzone who hosts the “Pushback” show, complained, “U.S. media outlets across a wide spectrum have spent far…

By Laura Tiernan and Thomas Scripps22 September 2020 Alt-right media personality Cassandra Fairbanks’ witness testimony was read out in court yesterday, providing evidence that Julian Assange’s April 2019 arrest at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London was politically motivated and directed by United States President Donald Trump. Fairbanks testified that Arthur Schwartz, a wealthy Republican Party…

Signatories of an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson included the president of Argentina and two former presidents of Brazil. Sept. 21, 2020, 10:51 AM EDTBy Rachel Elbaum and Michele Neubert LONDON — More than 160 current and former world leaders, lawmakers and diplomats have endorsed a call for the U.K. to free WikiLeaks…

Heads of state, prime ministers, parliamentarians, members of Congress, ministers and other politicians demand Assange be set free. Thirteen Former Presidents Urge United KingdomGovernment to Immediately Free Julian Assange Check here for the latest update to this list.  As Julian Assange fights U.S. extradition at the Old Bailey in London, over one hundred eminent political…

Consortium News is virtually “inside” the courtroom at Old Bailey, viewing the proceedings by video-link and we will file live updates on Day Ten of Julian Assange’s resumed extradition hearing. Old Bailey (Wikimedia Commons) Follow our Twitter feed for up to the minute updates. 9:38 am EDT: Prosecution argued it only learned in the morning…

See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here See today’s video about the Suppression of Truth here Nicky Hager: Assange’s redactions protected informants New Zealand investigative journalist Nicky Hager took to stand to testify about using WikiLeaks…

The gloves were off on Tuesday as the US Government explicitly argued that all journalists are liable to prosecution under the Espionage Act (1917) for publishing classified information, citing the Rosen case. Counsel for the US government also argued that the famous Pentagon Papers supreme court judgement on the New York Times only referred to…

Court resumes in the extradition hearing of Julian Assange Monday morning. Consortium News is watching the proceedings and providing live updates throughout the day. Stay with Consortium News all day for continuous updates as we have remote video access to watch every moment of court proceedings. Follow our live Tweeting.  And tune in to CN…