Espionage Act

Julian Assange Freed by the Prospect of Justice

July 8, 2024 UNAC Editor Featured, Journalism, Political Corruption, Political Prisoners, Press Freedom, US Politics, Whistleblowers

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July After seven years of asylum in Ecuador’s embassy in London and another five years imprisoned by the United Kingdom, Julian Assange is finally a free man. The prospect of justice, of Assange successfully fighting extradition to the United States, moved the Biden administration’s Department of Justice to offer him a plea[…]

The Case Against the Case Against Julian Assange

April 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Journalism, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Press Freedom

by Stephen Rohde, published on Socialist Action*, April 8, 2023 Like the Trump administration that preceded it, the Biden administration is seeking the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to stand trial on an indictment under the infamous Espionage Act of 1917. As the unprecedented U.S. prosecution of Assange reaches a critical stage, a growing number of elite media outlets,[…]

Why We Must Defend Julian Assange

December 29, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Political Prisoners, Press Freedom, Whistleblowers

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, December 14, 2021 Julian Assange is one of the political prisoners that the US claims not to have. The UK is again the good vassal, keeping him locked up until the Biden administration finds an opportune time to ship him off to a kangaroo court. Everyone who believes in press freedom and who[…]

Daniel Hale is a Hero, Not a Criminal

June 14, 2021 UNAC Editor Drones, Whistleblowers

by Chip Gibbons, published on The Jacobin, April 10, 2021 Former intelligence analyst Daniel Hale is being prosecuted for blowing the whistle on America’s drone program. It’s the latest in the topsy-turvy world of national security whistleblowers, who reveal illegal and immoral conduct by the US military yet face prison time as if they committed the real crimes. On Wednesday,[…]

UNAC Statement on the Persecution of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning

May 30, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Statement, Whistleblowers

The US has charged Julian Assange with espionage, and he now faces life in prison for telling the truth about U.S. war crimes. Assange is not a US citizen; so, if these charges hold, journalists anywhere in the world who tell the truth about the United States can be subject to prosecution if the U.S. decides the information is “classified.” […]