High Court Allows Assange to Appeal to Supreme Court
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…
Hedges: PEN America and the Betrayal of Julian Assange
Careerists and Democratic Party apparatchiks successfully leverage corporate money and backing to seize and deform historic rights organizations into appendages of the ruling class.
Hedges: The Execution of Julian Assange
He committed empire’s greatest sin. He exposed it as a criminal enterprise. He documented its lies, callous disregard for human life, rampant corruption and innumerable war crimes. And empires always…
Hedges: UK High Court Overturns Assange Win
Next step for defense team after rejection of lower court ruling is likely appeal to UK Supreme Court.
Hedges: The Most Important Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time
If he is extradited and found guilty of publishing classified material it will set a legal precedent that will effectively end national security reporting.
Chris Hedges and John Pilger on the ‘Show Trial’ of Julian Assange
Investigative journalism is also on trial with WikiLeaks' founder.
Chris Hedges: The Empire is Not Done with Julian Assange
As is clear from the memoir of one of his attorneys, Michael Ratner, the ends have always justified the means for those demanding his global persecution.
Assange Extradition and the War on Journalism
A timely discussion with Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, James Goodale and Sue Udry.