WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been denied bail after arguing that his release from a UK prison would mitigate his “high risk” of catching coronavirus. The Australian made the application in the Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday, with less than 15 people in attendance due to the coronavirus lockdown. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Assange had absconded before and said that Belmarsh prison is following […]
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Lawyers for Julian Assange are to make a bail application for the WikiLeaks co-founder, arguing that he is in imminent danger of contracting the deadly novel coronavirus at the center of a global pandemic while in prison. The Australian is currently being held in the notorious maximum-security Belmarsh prison in London on a US extradition warrant for publishing classified information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. […]
US 23:41 GMT 11.03.2020Get short URL US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, 32, formerly known as Bradley Manning, has been held inside a jail cell at the Alexandria Detention Centre in Virginia since May 2019 for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. According to The Daily Mail, citing sources, Manning attempted to hang herself with a sheet inside the detention […]
Former US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, jailed a year ago for refusing to testify before a federal jury investigating WikiLeaks, has attempted suicide ahead of a court hearing, her lawyers said. Manning is in the hospital and recovering, Gizmodo reported on Wednesday citing the imprisoned activist’s legal team. The 31-year-old reportedly used a sheet to hang herself inside the Alexandria Detention Center in Virginia, according […]
Federal prosecutors were unable to convince a jury on any of the spying-related charges against an ex-CIA engineer accused of stealing reams of classified material – in what may be a dry run for the case against Julian Assange. In a significant blow to prosecutors on Monday, jurors failed to come to a verdict on eight central counts against former CIA software engineer Joshua Schulte, who […]
Julian Assange published the DNC leaks in 2016 not because of links to Russia, but because he was always longing for truth, John Shipton said as he recalled key moments of his son’s life in an interview with RT Documentary. Claims by the US intelligence services that Assange received the leaked 2016 Democratic National Committee emails directly from the Kremlin are “absurd,” Shipton said. WikiLeaks published […]
Julian Assange Hearing Day Four February 28, 2020 Julian Assange Hearing Day Four2020-02-282020-02-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/julian-assange-court-sketch-e1582925581237.jpg200px200px Above photo: Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in the dock reading his papers as he appears at Belmarsh Magistrates’ Court in London for his extradition hearing. Please try this experiment for me. Try asking this question out loud, in a tone of intellectual interest and engagement: “Are you […]
UK Inexplicably Bars WikiLeaks Editor From Extradition Hearing February 26, 2020 UK Inexplicably Bars WikiLeaks Editor From Extradition Hearing2020-02-262020-02-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/5e554b5c203027625a1f0f19.jpg200px200px Above photo: Hrafnsson with Shipton outside Assange’s extradition hearing © Reuters / Henry Nicholls Wikileaks editor Kristin Hrafnsson was temporarily barred from the extradition hearing for publisher Julian Assange, who was reportedly handcuffed 11 times, stripped twice, and robbed of his legal papers after the first court day. […]
Julian Assange Hearing Day Two February 26, 2020 Julian Assange Hearing Day Two2020-02-262020-02-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/1582577594866-e1582728825862.jpg200px200px Above photo: Julian Assange (left) in a courtroom sketch during his extradition hearing in London on Monday. Photograph: Julia Quenzler/Reuters This afternoon Julian’s Spanish lawyer, Baltasar Garzon, left court to return to Madrid. On the way out he naturally stopped to shake hands with his client, proffering his fingers through the narrow slit in […]
Assange Court Report: Day Two February 25, 2020 Assange Court Report: Day Two2020-02-252020-02-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/day2-e1582670244416.jpg200px200px Defence complains about Assange “mistreatment.” The case against him is “Lies, lies and more lies.” Unredacted cables leaked after password “disclosed” by Guardian journalists. Assange personally warned the White House of the leak The second day of the extradition hearing of Julian Assange opened today with a discussion about how he is being […]
Assange Hearing Day One By Craig Murray, American Herald Tribune. February 25, 2020 Assange Hearing Day One2020-02-252020-02-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/assange_hearing_3d95e-e1582670554447.jpg200px200px London – Woolwich Crown Court is designed to impose the power of the state. Normal courts in this country are public buildings, deliberately placed by our ancestors right in the centre of towns, almost always just up a few steps from a main street. The major purpose of their […]
Wikileaks editor Kristin Hrafnsson was temporarily barred from the extradition hearing for publisher Julian Assange, who was reportedly handcuffed 11 times, stripped twice, and robbed of his legal papers after the first court day. Hrafnsson was pulled out of the crowd as he attempted to enter the public gallery of Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday morning, he told RT, after someone shouted “Where is the Wikileaks […]
This is the speech I gave at a demonstration last night in Melbourne for Julian Assange, whose extradition trial begins February 24th. Julian Assange started a leak outlet on the premise that corrupt and unaccountable power is a problem in our world, and that problem can be fought with the light of truth. Corrupt and unaccountable power responded by detaining, silencing and smearing him. His persecution has proved his […]
Extradition Hearing Against Julian Assange Begins Amid Protests And False Claims By US Government By Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance February 24, 2020 Extradition Hearing Against Julian Assange Begins Amid Protests And False Claims By US Government2020-02-242020-02-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/free-assange-graffitti-outside-westminister-magistrates-court-in-london.-by-kristy-wigglesworthy-ap..jpg200px200px Above: A pedestrian passes pro-Assange graffiti outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) In what has been described by many as the most important case for Freedom of […]
The bombshell admission was revealed at the initial hearing on a potential extradition of the detained WikiLeaks activist to the United States amid numerous protests outside the courthouse and across the world. No physical harm had occurred to any individuals as a result of documents published by Wikileaks, courts heard on Monday. The statement was made by US officials during the extradition trial for WikiLeaks founder […]
It is “outrageous” that Julian Assange stands trial in London on “hollow US claims” that haven’t changed in the last ten years, Kristinn Hrafnsson said, promising the defense has some strong arguments to avert the extradition. “There’s absolutely nothing new that is being presented here this morning by the Crown Prosecution Service on behalf of US prosecution,” Hrafnsson told a crowd of journalists who gathered outside […]
Marchers Support Assange Ahead Of London Extradition Hearing By Jill Lawless, AP. February 23, 2020 Marchers Support Assange Ahead Of London Extradition Hearing2020-02-232020-02-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/2020_02_23_87175_1582424469._large-e1582511281925.jpg200px200px Above photo: Former Greek Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, editor in chief of WikiLeaks Kristinn Hrafnsonn, Assange’s Father John Shipton and singer Roger Waters attend a protest against the extradition of Julian Assange outside the Australian High Commission in London, Britain, […]
Julian Assange Extradition: Our Freedom On Trial Starts Monday In London By Angel Fox, Angel of Truth February 23, 2020 Julian Assange Extradition: Our Freedom On Trial Starts Monday In London2020-02-232020-02-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-as-he-is-driven-into-a-london-court-on-may-1.-by-daniel-leal-olivas-for-getty-images..jpeg200px200px Above: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he is driven into a London court on May 1. By Daniel Leal-Olivas for Getty Images. There were protests in support of Julian Assange in the lead up to his […]
Julian Assange Did What All Journalists Should Aspire To Do By Patrick Coburn, The Independent February 23, 2020 Julian Assange Did What All Journalists Should Aspire To Do2020-02-232020-02-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/12/assange_xcuartasclau.jpg_1718483346.jpg200px200px Assange has been the target of repeated official attempts to discredit him or, at the very least, to muddy the waters in a case that should be all about freedom of speech I was in Kabul in 2010 […]
Assange Defence Team: “The Empire Calls It Espionage. We Call It Journalism” By Thomas Scripps, Wsws.org February 22, 2020 Assange Defence Team: “The Empire Calls It Espionage. We Call It Journalism”2020-02-222020-02-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/jjjjkkkkjkjhk.jpg200px200px Above Photo: WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, lawyer Jennifer Robinson, Deborah Bonetti and Australian MPs Andrew Wilkie and George Christensen Australian parliamentarians Andrew Wilkie and George Christensen visited WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange Tuesday, February 18th in London’s Belmarsh Prison. […]
Dear friends and colleagues, Julian Assange, publisher of Wikileaks, has been charged under the US espionage act for publishing the Afghanistan and Iraq war diaries and US embassy cables, important documents that many of us around the world used and helped to publicise. This sets an extremely dangerous precedent for journalists, media organizations and freedom of the press. We do not want to be silent […]
Chelsea Manning’s attorney has filed a new motion requesting her release from jail, where she has been for nearly a year for continuously refusing to testify before a grand jury against WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. Manning’s incarceration has “exceeded its lawful scope” by moving from being a coercive tactic to a criminal punishment, her lawyer Moira Meltzer-Cohen said in a motion requesting her release filed on […]
LONDON—President Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange if he agreed to cover up the involvement of Russia in hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee, which were later published by WikiLeaks, a London court was told on Wednesday. Lawyers acting for Assange have argued that the Australian should not be extradited to the U.S. because the case is political not criminal. Edward Fitzgerald, Assange’s lawyer, said […]
A strange set of characters from some of the highest and lowest positions in the American right gathered one morning in September 2017 at an affluent neighborhood outside of Dallas. One of their topics was responding to online critics of wealthy Texas businessman Ed Butowsky, who had recently been outed as a driving force behind a retracted Fox News story about murdered Democratic National Committee staffer […]