Category: Articles
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WATCH: CN Live! New Episode: ‘Drama in the Court’ with Defense Witness Trevor Timm (and Kim Dotcom) Sept. 13, 2020
Timm was interviewed by journalists Stefania Maurizi, Keven Gosztola and legal Timm was interviewed by journalists Stefania Maurizi, Keven Gosztola and legal analyst Alexander Mercouris. Kim Dotcom made a surprise appearance on the program. CN Live! recapped and analyzed the first week of the resumption of the extradition hearing of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange…
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UN Rapporteur on torture: “Julian Assange is a political prisoner.”
Remember the cold-blooded shooting of Iraqi civilians in Collateral Murder? Remember torture in Guantanamo Bay? Remember the political corruption revealed by the diplomatic cables? Those were some of the stories that broke the news back in 2010 as major international papers from The New York Times to The Guardian to Der Spiegel teamed up with…
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Trump’s ‘War On Journalism’ Takes Centerstage At Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing
In the last half-century, journalists James Bamford, Ben Bradlee, Seymour Hersh, and Neil Sheehan were each threatened with prosecution under the Espionage Act. But the U.S. government never followed through with Espionage Act charges against a journalist until 2019, when WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested and charged. Trevor Timm, the executive director for the…
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US prosecutors disrupt Spanish probe into alleged CIA-linked firm which spied on Assange
11 Sep, 2020 14:43 US prosecutors are reportedly refusing to cooperate with a Spanish investigation into the company accused of spying on Julian Assange while he sought asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy, unless the judge accedes to a list of demands. Judge Jose de la Mata of Spain’s High Court is conducting an ongoing investigation…
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ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Lawyer’s Covid-19 Test is Negative; Trial Resumes on Monday Morning
The extradition trial of Julian Assange had been adjourned on Thursday morning amid fears that a member of the prosecution legal team may have been infected with Covid-19. The trial of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to determine whether he will be extradited to the United States will resume on Monday morning after the Coronavirus…
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DAY TWO OF ASSANGE HEARING: US Tries to Narrow its Espionage Charge to Only Naming Informants; Defense Witness Crumbles Under Cross Examination
Julian Assange was also warned by Judge Baraitser that he would be removed if he makes another outburst. U.S. crimes abroad and at home on display. Old Bailey (Wikimedia Commons) 2:50 pm EDT: Day 2 of Assange’s substantial hearing has ended. Consortium News followed every moment of the hearing that went about 20 minutes over…
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ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Craig Murray: Your Man in the Public Gallery–Day One
Here is Craig Murray’s report on the first day of the resumption of Julian Assange’s hearing, the fifth day overall continuing from the start of the substantive hearing in February. By Craig MurrayCraigMurray.org.uk I went to the Old Bailey today (Monday) expecting to be awed by the majesty of the law, and left revolted by…
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EDITORIAL: A Trial Begins in London September 7,
Judging by the first week of hearings in February, it doesn’t seem to be important whatever the prosecution says or does, or how the defense responds. The decision already appears to have been made. Consortium News There can surely be a surprise when the next three to four weeks of hearings in the extradition case…
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As British judge made rulings against Julian Assange, her husband was involved with right-wing lobby group briefing against WikiLeaks founder
By Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis• 4 September 2020 The husband of the chief magistrate overseeing Julian Assange’s extradition case was closely associated with a lobby group publicly criticising the WikiLeaks founder around the time his wife was ruling against Assange, it can be revealed. Westminser chief magistrate Lady Emma Arbuthnot made two key legal…
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For years, journalists cheered Assange’s abuse. Now they’ve paved his path to a US gulag 2 September 2020
2 September 2020 Court hearings in Britain over the US administration’s extradition case against Julian Assange begin in earnest next week. The decade-long saga that brought us to this point should appall anyone who cares about our increasingly fragile freedoms. A journalist and publisher has been deprived of his liberty for 10 years. According to…