Category: Articles
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Kenneth Roth: “Core principles like freedom of the media are at stake in the Assange case”
As the Julian extradition hearing enters its crucial phase, Il Fatto Quotidiano discussed it with the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, one of the most prominent human rights organisations in the world di Stefania Maurizi | 3 Settembre 2020 It’s the judicial case that will establish the boundaries of freedom of the press in…
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Assange Travesty Continues
The travesty that is Julian Assange’s extradition hearing resumes fully on 7 September at the Old Bailey. I shall be abandoning my own legal team and going down to London to cover it again in full, for an expected three weeks. How this is going to work at the Old Bailey, I do not know.…
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Julian Assange in ‘a lot of pain’ says partner after first prison visit in nearly six months
Julian Assange’s partner has said he is in ” a lot of pain” as she visited him in prison for the first time in almost six months. Stella Moris took the couple’s two children to meet their father, who is being held at Belmarsh Prison in south-east London. The WikiLeaks founder is awaiting an extradition…
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Julian Assange’s partner launches crowdfund campaign to fight his extradition to United States
The partner of Julian Assange has launched an appeal to crowdfund his fight against the US Government’s bid to extradite him over WikiLeaks publications exposing war crimes and human rights abuses. Launching the appeal to fund his defence via the Crowdjustice platform, his partner Stella Moris, the mother of their two young children, said: “Julian…
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WISE Up Action – A Solidarity Network for Manning and Assange
Open Letter to the Lord Chancellor and the Lord chief Justice concerning chief Magistrate Arbuthnot Posted on July 16, 2020 by greekemmy Please read this open letter concerning chief Magistrate Arbuthnot and if you agree with the contents please sign or/and comment in the available comments section below where is says “Leave a reply” .…
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Open Letter to the UK Prime Minister, Mr Boris Johnson, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Robert Buckland QC, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Dominic Raab and UK Home Secretary Priti Patel
Lawyers for Assangee Independent international legal observers ofthe proceedings in the case of Julian Assange 14 August 2020 Dear Prime Minister, Dear Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Dear Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Dear Home Secretary, We write to you as legal practitioners and legal academics to express our collective concerns…
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ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Confusion Over Superseding Indictment May Delay Hearing
Julian Assange’s defense team asked for a possible delay until next week in a procedural hearing after the United States introduced a superseding indictment to the court. y Joe LauriaSpecial to Consortium News The defense for imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has asked for a possible delay in a procedural hearing on Friday after the…
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Press Release: Chaos in Assange case management hearing
DONTEXTRADITE ASSANGE 14. 08. 2020 Attorney General William Barr issued a replacement extradition request just two days after Julian Assange’s defence team submitted their full and final evidence for the extradition hearing due in September, Westminster Magistrates court heard today (Friday 14th August). The clear attempt to blindside the defence by US Attorney General William…
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Debunking The Smear That Assange Recklessly Published Unredacted Documents
February 26, 2020 author: Caitlin Johnstone This is a new section for my newly updated ongoing mega-article Debunking All The Assange Smears, a resource for debating 30 of the most common smears against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Use it, share it, and let me know if there’s anything you think should be changed or added.…
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US seeks to arrest Julian Assange with new extradition request 01/08/2020|10min
01/08/2020|10min Julian Assange’s lawyers have suggested the WikiLeaks founder may soon be re-arrested in London after a new extradition request citing the same 18 offences, according to Sky News host Brent O’Halloran. American authorities are seeking to have Mr Assange, who is currently imprisoned in England, sent to the United States to face trial for…