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Category: Press Freedom

‘End the War on Journalism and Free Assange’: Thousands Demand Release of WikiLeaks Founder

Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Press Freedom

by Kenny Stancil, published on Common Dreams, October 8, 2022 Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange held a massive transatlantic protest on Saturday to demand freedom for the incarcerated journalist.  In London, thousands of people formed a giant human chain around Britain’s parliament and called for Assange’s immediate release from the nearby maximum-security Belmarsh prison, where he has suffered for[…]

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The UK’s Decision to Extradite Assange Shows Why The US/UK’s Freedom Lectures Are a Farce

Political Prisoners, Press Freedom

by Glenn Greenwald, published on Glenn’s Substack, June 17, 2022 The eleven-year persecution of Julian Assange was extended and escalated on Friday morning. The British Home Secretary, Priti Patel, approved the U.S.’s extradition request to send Julian Assange to Virginia to stand trial on eighteen felony charges under the 1917 Espionage Act and other statutes in connection with the 2010[…]

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‘A Chilling Message to Journalists the World Over’: UK Approves Assange Extradition to US

Free Speech, Journalism, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Press Freedom

by Jake Johnson, published on Common Dreams, June 17, 2022 Julian Assange’s wife, Stella, slammed the U.K. government for moving to send the WikiLeaks publisher “to the country that plotted his assassination.” The U.K. government on Friday formally approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face espionage charges, a decision that human rights groups[…]

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Political Repression in Ukraine

Censorship and Propaganda, Neo-Nazis, Political Prisoners, Press Freedom, Right Wing Extremism, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Ukraine

by Phil Wilayto, March 29, 2020 The U.S. media is full of stories about what it calls political repression in other countries, but it’s strangely silent when it comes to Ukraine. Here’s one example: In the early morning of March 19, 2022, agents from the federal Security Service of Ukraine, the SBU, showed up at the apartment of Yuri Tkachev,[…]

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U.S. Drastically Undercounted Civilian Deaths Due To Airstrike, Finds Investigation

Drones, Press Freedom, U.S. Aggression, War and Weapons

by Countercurrents Collective, published on Countercurrents, December 20, 2021 Nice quick summary of what is in the report.  We should all read it. [jb] The U.S. military drastically undercounted civilian deaths caused by airstrikes in the Middle East since 2014, according to a New York Times investigation published Saturday. The New York Times reviewed a hidden Pentagon archive comprised of the military’s confidential[…]

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New York Times Reporting on Airstrikes Should Give Daniel Hale More Credit

Lawfare, Press Freedom, Whistleblowers

by Sam Carliner, published on Common Dreams, December 20, 2021 The New York Times recently came through with a display of reporting that should be commended. On December 18, the paper announced its release of hundreds of the Pentagon’s confidential reports of civilian casualties caused by U.S. airstrikes in the Middle East. This follows its high profile investigations into the[…]

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