Chris Hedges: Julian Assange’s Final Appeal
Julian Assange will make his final appeal this week to the British courts to avoid extradition. If he is extradited it is the death of investigations into the inner workings…
Australian PM Albanese and 85 Other MPs Vote to End Assange Incarceration
"Enough is enough," PM Albanese said.
Much like Prison Visiting Rules, The Use of the Espionage Act is Arbitrary and Punitive
By Jeffrey Sterling / Progressive Hub In Mid-December 2023, Charles Glass, the esteemed writer, journalist, broadcaster, and publisher visited with Julian Assange, an inmate at Belmarsh Prison in the U.K.…
Assange’s Very Life Is at Stake
Julian Assange will soon find out whether he will be granted a final appeal in the U.K. in his fight against extradition, or will soon face the cruel vengeance of…
A Radically Different World Since Assange’s Indictment
The Assange case is a centerpiece of an emerging, global challenge to U.S. dominance that did not exist in 2010 when the U.S. began its legal pursuit of the publisher,…
Julian Assange Excluded From Jailed Journalist Index Again
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released its census report for 2023. Three hundred and twenty detained or imprisoned journalists were counted by the…
Bill Introduced in House Calls for US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange
Call your representative and tell them to support H.Res. 934
Assange Appeal Hearing Set for February
Julian Assange’s wife Stella Assange confirmed that the hearing will take place at the Royal Courts of Justice in the middle of February.
Resolution in US Congress Calls for End to Assange Case as Extradition Nears
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A resolution in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on December 13. Cosponsored by eight…
The US Condemned Stalin’s Prosecution of Journalists. Now It Uses His Playbook.
The prosecution of Julian Assange in 2023 mirrors the prosecution of journalist Bill Oatis during the Cold War.
US Says If CIA-Backed Embassy Security Opened Phones of Assange Visitors, It Was Constitutional
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter An attorney for the United States government contended CIA-backed contractors had not violated the privacy rights when they allegedly opened the physical structure of…
Lawsuit Against Alleged CIA Spying on Assange Visitors: A Rare Court Hearing
A federal judge pushed back when a government attorney refused to confirm or deny whether the CIA had engaged in warrantless surveillance.
Republicans and Democrats Unite to Push for Assange’s Freedom
Sixteen members of Congress signed a letter to President Biden urging him to drop the case against the WikiLeaks founder.
Detained Under UK Terrorism Law, Whistleblower Says Police Questioned His Support for Assange
By Mohamed Elmaazi / The Dissenter On his way back home from Iceland, British whistleblower and former diplomat Craig Murray was stopped by police and interrogated at Scotland’s Glasgow Airport…
Australians Call to End Long Persecution of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
By Robin Andersen / Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting As WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange has nearly exhausted his appeals to British courts against a US extradition order,…