Donald Trump’s administration is targeting Julian Assange as “an enemy of the America who must be brought down” and his very life could be at risk if he is sent to face trial in the US, the first day of the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition hearing has been told.Lawyers for Assange intend to call as a […]
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The US is finally making its pitch in a UK court to have Julian Assange extradited, but with Assange, nothing is simple.Today, Andrew Wilkie’s face-to-face encounter with the Wikileaks founder in a London prison, and the last minute twists complicating the case. Source: Julian Assange’s last stand – The Signal – ABC Radio
The 48-year-old Australian is the figurehead of the whistleblowing website that exposed government secrets worldwide, notably the explosive leak of US military and diplomatic files. … Now, he will finally get his day in court as a British judge will this week hear the case for sending him to the US to face charges relating […]
The controversy surrounding Julian Assange depends daily and his case goes to a US extradition hearing in London on Monday. Many Australians are demanding that the UK Government immediately release the Australian Journalist and publisher.The Brisbane Assange Action Queensland is a community group formed by Queenslanders fighting for the WikiLeaks journalist’s immediate release.They will stage a protest […]
I have dreaded the beginning of the extradition hearing because I do not want Assange back in this country to be tried under the Espionage Act. So that’s my general point of view. I do not think that he should be tried under the Espionage Act because the act was designed for espionage and not […]
The parents of a British teenager killed in a car crash has called for Julian Assange not to be extradited as long as the US refuses to send the American suspect in their son’s death back to the UK. Source: Call for UK extraditions to US to stop | The Weekly Times
The prosecution is working to extradite Assange to the US under a US-UK extradition treaty, a treaty whose contents the prosecution now says we should ignore because they explicitly forbid political extraditions. The prosecution says it doesn’t matter anyway because Assange is not a political actor, yet in 2010 the US government that’s trying to […]
Like virtually always in the modern era, Britain is in cahoots with the Trump regime to crucify Assange for the “crime” of truth-telling journalism — revealing US high crimes of war and against humanity both right wings of its war party want suppressed.Last week, John Pilger stressed that “if there is any sense of justice […]
Part one of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing has finished, a day early. The case being heard in London’s Woolwich Crown Court has been adjourned until May 18, when it’s scheduled to resume for another three weeks. It’s expected witnesses will be called to the stand during this second part of the hearing. Earlier in court, […]