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by Chris Hedges, published on Socialist Action, May 21, 2024 (Original to Scheerpost) The ruling by the High Court in London permitting Julian Assange to appeal his extradition order leaves him languishing in precarious health in a high-security prison. That is the point. The May 20 decision by the High Court in London to grant Julian Assange the right to[…]
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Fox News to Pay Dominion $787.5 Million for 2020 Election Lies While African People’s Socialist Party Persecuted and Julian Assange Jailed For Telling the Truth Recent developments exposed the hypocrisy of the oligarchy owned Mainstream Media. We shouldn’t forget that while all this Trump related BS was airing on Fox, the supposedly ‘left’ stations were busy covering for Joe Biden[…]
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by Stephen Rohde, published on Socialist Action, December 1, 2022 I can’t give too much credit given that these same publishers sat back and watched Julian Assange be persecuted on these accounts for a decade. However, better late than never. We can, at this point, hope that the demands of these paragons of capitalism get more respect than the rest[…]
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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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by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, December 22, 2021 Imprisoned Wikileaks founder, journalist, free speech champion and world-renowned social critic Julian Assange today faces life imprisonment for telling the truth about U.S. war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and at the U.S. torture base in Guantanamo, Cuba. Assange’s legal team has announced his appeal of the December 2021 UK High[…]
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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[…]
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British High Court decision to extradite Julian Assange is a miscarriage of justice … and a threat to freedom of speech and freedom of the press United National Antiwar Coalition Statement, December 12, 2021 Below is a statement from the Julian Assange Defense Committee (assangedefense.org) on the egregious decision[…]
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by Chris Hedges, published on SheerPost.com, October 28, 2021 I think we need, as we follow these proceedings focused solely on Julian Assange’s state of mind and ability to tolerate torture, to look at his incredible accomplishments (not crimes) and the hideous brutality of his accusers. Thank you Chris Hedges for bringing us back to the source. [jb] WASHINGTON, D.C[…]
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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[…]
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By Bruce Lesnick, Published on Socialist Action, August 5, 2019 On April 11, the Ecuadorian government revoked asylum protection for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Within minutes, British gendarmes entered the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, arrested Assange, and seized his computers, documents, and other materials. He is now being held in London’s Belmarsh prison for bail violation. That spurious charge stems[…]
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