U.K. Court to Decide Tuesday If Julian Assange Can Appeal Extradition
The decision will be issued at 10:30 am London time
The decision will be issued at 10:30 am London time
Julian Assange’s lawyers — in a final bid on Tuesday to stop his extradition — fought valiantly to poke holes in the case of the prosecution to obtain an appeal.
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter In addition to targeting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a CIA-linked private security company based in Spain allegedly spied on former Ecuador president Rafael Correa.…
The judicial proceedings against Julian Assange give a faux legality to the state persecution of the most important and courageous journalist of our generation.
By Mark Fiore / Original to ScheerPost With Julian Assange facing extradition to the United States, we’ll likely be hearing more about his case and see more protests around the…
“We are going to use every appeal avenue,” Stella Assange told a London press conference on Friday after the home secretary signed the extradition order, reports Joe Lauria.
The Assange persecution is the greatest threat to Western press freedoms in years. It is also a shining monument to the fraud of American and British self-depictions.
The imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher can now appeal her decision to the High Court, as well as the points of law he lost when the magistrate’s court initially blocked the extradition.
Read ScheerPost’s reporting on Julian Assange, including columns and reports by Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges and interviews by Editor in Chief Robert Scheer, here. By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams…
As the extradition to the United States looms large for the Wikileaks founder, progressive figures, movements and supporters have renewed calls for his release.
Lee Camp and John Pilger dive into the Assange trial, Russia and Ukraine, and the U.S. empire
On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges discusses the implications of the latest British High Court of England and Wales ruling for Julian Assange’s case with the documentary filmmaker and…
The High Court in London has allowed Julian Assange leave to appeal its own ruling to the U.K. Supreme Court. The High Court ruled in December that Assange can be…
"Until and unless they free Assange, the U.S., U.K., and Australia have no right to preach human rights and press freedom to the rest of us."