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

June 17, 2022 UNAC Editor 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[…]

Assange Displayed Signs of Torture in Courtroom Farce

October 27, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Whistleblowers

By Craig Murray, Published on Consortium News, October 22, 2019 I was deeply shaken while witnessing yesterday’s events in Westminster Magistrates Court. Every decision was railroaded through over the scarcely heard arguments and objections of Assange’s legal team, by a magistrate who barely pretended to be listening. Before I get on to the blatant lack of fair process, the first[…]