Protesters Call on UK to #FreeAssange Outside British Embassy in DC
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-12
"It's totally backwards and we're calling for him to be freed. And I would like the people who got us into the wars to be the ones behind bars." – Codepink co-founder Medea Benjamin…
mintpressnews.com/protest-call-on-uk-to-freeassange-outside-british-embassy-in-dc/257345/

The Martyrdom of Julian Assange
Chris Hedges | commondreams.org | 2019-04-12
commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/assange_0.jpeg…

Open Letter to President Trump on the Arrest of Julian Assange
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
Mr. President, | Your Deep State handlers have finally managed to have WikiLeaks publisher and editor Julian Assange dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London and arrested. He faces extradition to the United States where more than a few people …
globalresearch.ca/open-letter-president-trump-arrest-julian-assange/5674203

Daniel Ellsberg: Assange's Arrest Is the Beginning of the End
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-12
The famed whistleblower and author warns that we are witnessing an assault on the First Amendment that spells the demise of a free press.
truthdig.com/articles/daniel-ellsberg-assanges-arrest-is-the-beginning-of-the-end/

John Pilger: The Assange Arrest Is a Warning From History
John Pilger | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-12
That this outrage happened in the heart of London, in the land of Magna Carta, ought to shame and anger all who fear for "democratic" societies, writes John Pilger,…
mintpressnews.com/john-pilger-julian-assange-arrest-warning-history/257337/

The Assange Arrest Is a Warning from History
John Pilger | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle against the law. Indecency against courage. Six policemen manhandled a sick journalist, his eyes wincing against his …
globalresearch.ca/assange-arrest-warning-history/5674239

The Assange Arrest is a Warning From History
John Pilger | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle against the law. Indecency against courage. Six policemen manhandled a sick journalist, his eyes wincing against his first natural light in almost seven years. That this outrage happened in the heart of London, in the land of Magna Carta, ought to shame and anger all who fear for "democratic" societies. Assange is a political refugee protected by international law, the recipient of asylum under a strict covenant to which Britain is a signatory. The United Nations made this clear…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/the-assange-arrest-is-a-warning-from-history/

JOHN PILGER: Assange Arrest a Warning from History
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-12
Real journalism is being criminalized by thugs in plain sight, says John Pilger. Dissent has become an indulgence. And the British elite has abandoned its last imperial myth: that of fairness and justice. By John Pilger The glimpse of Julian… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/12/assange-arrest-a-warning-from-history/

The Assange Arrest is a Warning From History
John Pilger | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-12
The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle against the law. Indecency against courage. Six policemen manhandled a sick journalist, his eyes wincing against his first natural light in almost seven years. | RELATED: | Ecuador Failed to Notify Assange's Defense of Asylum Withdrawal: Lawyer | That this outrage happened in the heart of London, in the land of Magna Carta, ought to sh…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Assange-Arrest-is-a-Warning-From-History-20190412-0017.html

Major Tulsi Gabbard says Assange's arrest is designed to send a 'dangerous' message to the press
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-04-12
Tulsi Gabbard has accused those involved in arresting Julian Assange of trying to send a "message" to "the people, especially journalists". Gabbard, a major … | Read more Major Tulsi Gabbard says Assange's arrest is designed to send a 'dangerous' message to the press | By Mohamed Elmaazi…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/04/12/major-tulsi-gabbard-says-assanges-arrest-is-designed-to-send-a-dangerous-message-to-the-press/

Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is "Scandalous" and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of U.S
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-12
Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are vowing to fight his possible extradition to the United States following his arrest in London, when British police forcibly removed Assange from the Ecuadorean Embassy, where he had taken asylum for almost seven years. On Thursday night, Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman spoke to Noam Chomsky about Assange's arrest, WikiLeaks and American power.
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/12/chomsky_arrest_of_assange_is_scandalous

Assange's Arrest Criminalizes Truth-Telling Journalism
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
In August 2012, Assange sought and was granted asylum in Ecuador's London embassy (by then-President Correa) to avoid arrest, extradition to Sweden on phony rape and sexual assault charges. | They were all about wanting him handed over to the US …
globalresearch.ca/assanges-arrest-criminalizes-truth-telling-journalism/5674248

USA v. Julian Assange: DOJ Indictment on Phony Charge Revealed
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
Following Assange's Thursday arrest by UK police in Ecuador's London embassy after his asylum status was illegally rescinded by President Lenin Moreno, acting in cahoots with the US and Britain, the DOJ confirmed what's widely known. | Its spokeswoman Nicole …
globalresearch.ca/usa-julian-assange-doj-indictment-phony-charge-revealed/5674255

Civil Rights Groups and Pro-war Republicans–An unholy Alliance in the Soft War Against China
Julia Kassem | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
Last month, Mike Pompeo, amidst his soft war campaign to undermine the governments of Venezuela, Iran, and Lebanon, expressed concern for the 'abhorrent' allegations of Chinese Muslim internment. Pompeo, currently working to destabilize a number of Global South nations and groups, did not suddenly develop a moral consciousness for the plight of Muslims. Rather, his…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/civil-rights-groups-and-pro-war-republicans-an-unholy-alliance-in-the-soft-war-against-china/

Free Julian Assange! Stand Up for Press Freedom!
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
The arrest by British Metropolitan Police of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, dragged unceremonially out of the Ecuadoran Embassy in London on a charge of failure to appear for a court hearing on an expired (and trumped-up) accusation in Sweden of sexual assault, is a grave and terrible threat to independent journalism and to the US Constitution's First…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/free-julian-assange-stand-up-for-press-freedom/

Roaming Charges: Tongue-Tied and Twisted
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
The main difference between the anonymous leaks from US intelligence officials about RussiaGate peddled nightly on MSDNC, CNN, the NYT and the Washington Post and Julian Assange's exposure of US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan is that what Wikileaks published turned out to be true. In this system, you're only held accountable for exposing the truth about imperial power.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/roaming-charges-tongue-tied-and-twisted/

Assange Arrested for Exposing U.S. War Crimes — Paul Jay
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-12
Wikileaks released Manning's leaked documents and exposed multiple crimes committed by the U.S. government and armed forces — Jay says this is getting lost in the corporate media coverage of Assange's arrest; when he was arrested, Assange carried a copy of TRNN's book "Gore Vidal on the History of the National Security State" which was…
therealnews.com/stories/assange-arrested-for-exposing-u-s-war-crimes-paul-jay

Investigation Nation: Mueller, Russiagate, and Fake Politics
Jim Kavanagh | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
So the Mueller investigation is over. The official "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election" has been written, and is in the hands of Attorney General William Barr, who has issued a summary of its findings. On the core mandate of the investigation, given to Special Counsel Mueller by Rod Rosenstein as Acting Attorney General in May of 2017–to investigate "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump"–the takeaway conclusion stated in the Mueller report, as quoted in th…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/investigation-nation-mueller-russiagate-and-fake-politics/

US's Pompeo Visits Latam, Increases Pressure Against Venezuela
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-12
The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Friday in Santiago to meet Chile's President Sebastian Piñera and Foreign Affairs Minister Roberto Ampuero. | RELATED: | Mike Pompeo Plans Anti-Venezuela Tour in Latin America | Although th…
telesurenglish.net/news/USs-Pompeo-Visits-Latam-Increases-Pressure-Against-Venezuela-20190412-0009.html

Russia Warns Bolton: 'Monroe Doctrine' Remarks Insulting to Latin America
Andre Vltchek | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-12
The Trump administration is re-deploying old and fatal Cold War warriors, elevating them to high positions. The same people who were murdering, plotting and cheering assassins. The list reads like a "Wanted for Genocide" catalog: Elliott Abrams, Michael Pompeo and yes: John Bolton.
mintpressnews.com/russia-warns-bolton-monroe-doctrine-remarks-insult-latin-america/257331/

Women Will Face Disproportionately Negative Consequences from AI
Michelle Chen | thenation.com | 2019-04-12
Women Will Face Disproportionately Negative Consequences from AI…
thenation.com/article/women-artificial-intelligence-technology/

Video: Turkey Aims to Seize Tell Rifaat after Russian Forces Withdrawal
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
On April 11, the Syrian Military Intelligence Directorate prevented a terrorist attack in the city of Homs. Local sources said that intelligence agents dismantled a remotely-controlled heavy improvised-explosive device, which was attached to a civilian vehicle near the Akramah al-Makhzomeh …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-aims-seize-tell-rifaat-russian-forces-withdrawal/5674269

Pardoning Assange Would be the First Step Back Toward Rule of Law
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
On April 11, the ongoing saga of journalist and transparency activist Julian Assange took a dangerous turn. Ecuador's president, Lenin Moreno, revoked his asylum in that country's London embassy. British police immediately arrested him — supposedly pursuant to his "crime" of jumping bail on an invalid arrest warrant in an investigation since dropped without charges…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/pardoning-assange-would-be-the-first-step-back-toward-rule-of-law-2/

Shredding Asylum: The Arrest of Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-12
The man seemed like a bearded emissary, a holy figure nabbed in his sleep. He looked similarly pale as to how he did in 2013, but he cut a more shocking figure. Most prisoners would have had room to move in a compound. The Ecuadorean embassy in London only offered modest space and access to …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/shredding-asylum-the-arrest-of-julian-assange/

British Government Arrests WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange on Behalf of the American Empire
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
Today the UK government broke international law by arresting Julian Assange in the embassy of Ecuador at the behest of the United States. The British government has been ignoring for years demands from UN human rights experts to release Assange …
globalresearch.ca/british-government-arrests-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-behalf-american-empire/5674195

Julian Assange Message Is to "Resist!"
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
In a shameful public lynching of Julian Assange after his arrest, ladies and gentlemen of the media in "civilized" America are carrying their torches high and calling him the "America's number one enemy". | The fact is that these media mercenaries …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-resist/5674230

After 7 Years of Deceptions About Assange, the US Readies for Its First Media Rendition
Jonathan Cook | commondreams.org | 2019-04-12
From the moment he sought asylum, Assange was cast as an outlaw. (Photo: newsonline/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/julian-assange_0_1.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/12/after-7-years-deceptions-about-assange-us-readies-its-first-media-rendition?cd-origin=rss

Shredding Asylum: The Arrest of Julian Assange
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
The man seemed like a bearded emissary, a holy figure nabbed in his sleep. He looked similarly pale as to how he did in 2013, but he cut a more shocking figure. Most prisoners would have had room to move …
globalresearch.ca/arrest-julian-assange/5674217

After 7 Years of Deceptions About Assange, the US Readies for Its First Media Rendition
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
For seven years, from the moment Julian Assange first sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, they have been telling us we were wrong, that we were paranoid conspiracy theorists. We were told there was no real threat of Assange's extradition to the United States, that it was all in our fevered imaginations. For…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/after-7-years-of-deceptions-about-assange-the-us-readies-for-its-first-media-rendition/

The U.S. Government's Indictment of Julian Assange Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom
Glenn Greenwald, Micah Lee | commondreams.org | 2019-04-12
Thursday's arrest of Assange is clearly the culmination of a two-year effort by the U.S. government to coerce Ecuador—under its new and submissive president, Len√≠n Moreno. (Photo: Reuters) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/assange5.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/12/us-governments-indictment-julian-assange-poses-grave-threats-press-freedom?cd-origin=rss

Espionage? Computer Crimes? The DOJ's Cast Against Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange
Kevin Gosztola | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-12
The United States Justice Department dramatically escalated its political prosecution of WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange. Their efforts are aimed at criminalizing a journalist–and more broadly, a media organization–for allegedly aiding and abetting the disclosure of classified information and publishing that information on the internet. | Assange was expelled from the Ecuador embassy in the United Kingdom and arrested by British police on April 11. The expulsion and arrest was linked to an indictment and extradition request that was filed many months ago by the United States government. | He…
mintpressnews.com/espionage-computer-crimes-the-dojs-cast-against-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange/257353/

Glenn Greenwald lays into fellow journalists for celebrating Assange's arrest
Bryan Wall | thecanary.co | 2019-04-12
Julian Assange has been arrested by the Met Police. Police entered the Ecuadorian embassy after its government withdrew his asylum. Journalists filmed Assange being … | Read more Glenn Greenwald lays into fellow journalists for celebrating Assange's arrest | By Bryan Wall…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/04/12/glenn-greenwald-lays-into-fellow-journalists-for-celebrating-assanges-arrest/

Video: Assange's Lawyer Says Wikileaks Founder's Life in Danger if Extradited to the U.S
Defend Democracy Press | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
According to a report by Reuters, on Thursday, Julian Assange's lawyer said that the life of the Wikileaks founder would be in danger if he is extradited to the United States following his arrest in London. Assange's lawyer, Carlos Poveda…
globalresearch.ca/assanges-lawyer-says-wikileaks-founders-life-danger-extradited-u-s/5674257

Why Julian Assange's Extradition Must Be Opposed at All Costs
Nozomi Hayase | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
On Thursday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by the UK police inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he was granted political asylum in 2012. This termination of asylum by Ecuador in violation of international law comes a week after WikiLeaks warned the public it had received information from two high-level Ecuadorian government sources…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/why-julian-assanges-extradition-must-be-opposed-at-all-costs/

Shredding Asylum: the Arrest of Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
The man seemed like a bearded emissary, a holy figure nabbed in his sleep. He looked similarly pale as to how he did in 2013, but he cut a more shocking figure. Most prisoners would have had room to move in a compound. The Ecuadorean embassy in London only offered modest space and access to…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/shredding-asylum-the-arrest-of-julian-assange/

Julian Assange: The Age of Injustice
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
April 11, 2019, brought us a new word for Judas: Moreno–the puppet president of Ecuador who sold Julian Assange to Washington for his 30 pieces of silver. | This morning's arrest of Assange inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London is the …
globalresearch.ca/age-injustice/5674215

Julian Assange arrested: The warmakers' assault on free press
ANSWER Coalition | liberationnews.org | 2019-04-12
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's arrest by UK authorities on behalf of the United States is a craven attempt by the Pentagon war machine and the rest of the imperial establishment to silence one of their most prominent critics.
liberationnews.org/julian-assange-arrested-the-warmakers-assault-on-free-press/

Selected Articles: Assange's Extradition to the US Is Imminent
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
globalresearch.ca/assanges-extradition-us-imminent/5674235

Julian Assange Should be Lauded and Protected, Not Persecuted and Destroyed
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
Julian Assange is a hero. He defied the globalizing apparatus of fascist repression to expose the war criminals in our midst. Now, the same war criminals and their agencies who commit supreme international war crimes as policy have apprehended him….
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-lauded-protected-not-persecuted-destroyed/5674246

Why Julian Assange's Extradition Must Be Opposed at All Costs
Nozomi Hayase | commondreams.org | 2019-04-12
"Any prosecution by the United States of Mr. Assange for Wikileaks' publishing operations would be unprecedented and unconstitutional." (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1136256458.jpg…
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Ash Sarkar shuts down David Starkey after he accuses Corbyn of siding with 'enemy' Julian Assange
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-04-12
Novara Media senior editor Ash Sarkar shut down historian David Starkey on 12 April. Starkey had accused Jeremy Corbyn of siding with Julian Assange, … | Read more Ash Sarkar shuts down David Starkey after he accuses Corbyn of siding with 'enemy' Julian Assange | By James Wright…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/04/12/ash-sarkar-shuts-down-david-starkey-after-he-accuses-corbyn-of-siding-with-enemy-julian-assange/

$4.2 Billion IMF Bailout for Ecuador Paved the Way for Assange's Arrest
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-04-12
(ANTIWAR.COM) — WikiLeaks has long reported that the $4.2 billion IMF bailout [in addition to another $6 billion from other U.S.-dominated financial institutions like the World Bank] for Ecuador was closely related to complying with US demands, in particular on revoking the asylum of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. On Thursday, that appeared to come to pass. Following recent days of …

$4.2 Billion IMF Bailout for Ecuador Paved the Way for Assange’s Arrest

'I Felt Americans Needed to Know': Insurance Industry Whistleblower Gives Glimpse of Effort to Crush Medicare for All
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-04-12
"The business model of for-profit health insurance depends on denying care to people who need it. These corporations can't be reasoned with, only defeated." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/steve_nelson_0.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/04/12/i-felt-americans-needed-know-insurance-industry-whistleblower-gives-glimpse-effort?cd-origin=rss

7 Years of Lies About Assange Won't Stop Now
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-12
One of the few towering figures of our time was reduced to nothing more than a sex pest and scruffy bail-skipper, writes Jonathan Cook. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net For seven years, from the moment Julian Assange sought refuge in the Ecuadorean… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/12/7-years-of-lies-about-assange-wont-stop-now/

Worldwide outrage over arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-12
After nearly seven years of confinement to the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Assange now faces the possibility of a year in a UK prison and extradition to the United States.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/12/wiki-a12.html

Ecuadorian Ombudsman's Office Questions Decision on Assange
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-04-12
Quito, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) The Ecuadorian Ombudsman's Office questioned Friday the national executive"s decision to withdraw diplomatic asylum and suspend the nationality of Australian Julian Assange.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=40859&SEO=ecuadorian-ombudsmans-office-questions-decision-on-assange

The U.S. Government's Indictment of Julian Assange Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom
Glenn Greenwald | theintercept.com | 2019-04-12
The indictment of Julian Assange unsealed today by the Trump Justice Department poses grave threats to press freedoms, not only in the U.S. but around the world. The charging document and accompanying extradition request from the U.S. government, used by the U.K. police to arrest Assange once Ecuador officially withdrew its asylum protection, seeks to crim…
theintercept.com/2019/04/11/the-u-s-governments-indictment-of-julian-assange-poses-grave-threats-to-press-freedoms/

Demonstrators Doubt AG Barr's Trustworthiness, Protest in El Cerrito
Text: RR Photos: Mary DeShaw, Pro Bono Photo | indybay.org | 2019-04-12
On April 4, demonstrators in El Cerrito responded to a call for action to demand Attorney General Barr turn over the Mueller report in its entirety. | Photos by Mary DeShaw, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/09/18822654.php

Demonstration in Palo Alto Raises Public Awareness About Mueller Report
Text: RR Photos: Teri Vershel | indybay.org | 2019-04-12
On April 4, a coalition of organizations activated a nationwide protest in response to Attorney General William Barr's failure to meet a deadline set by House Democrats to release special counsel Robert Mueller's full Russia report to Congress. Amongst many participating locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Palo Alto was one. | Photos by Teri Vershel, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/10/18822678.php

Amid corruption scandals and deals with IMF and Washington, Ecuador's government betrays Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-12
The handing over of Assange to his British and US persecutors is part of a sharp drive to the right by the corruption-stained government of Lenín…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/12/ecua-a12.html