Assange Extradition Denial Indicts US Prison System But Imperils Journalism
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-06
Julian Assange's legal victory this week was bittersweet. In a stunning decision, British judge Vanessa Baraitser denied Donald Trump's request for extradition of Assange to the United States, ruling that he was at high risk of suicide if he were …
globalresearch.ca/assange-extradition-denial-indicts-us-prison-system-but-imperils-journalism/5733687
UK judge justifies CIA spying on Assange citing debunked CNN report based on… CIA spying
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2021-01-06
UK judge Vanessa Baraitser justified CIA spying on Julian Assange by citing a falsehood-filled CNN report. Her judgment highlighted corporate media's enthusiastic role in a state-sponsored assault on press freedom. The British judge ruling in the US government's extradition against journalist Julian Assange justified a CIA spying operation targeting both the WikiLeaks publisher and the Ecuadorian government by pointing to debunked accusations published by CNN. Yet in a self-referential loop, the American media outlet's dubious claims about Assange themselves ironically …
thegrayzone.com/2021/01/05/uk-judge-cia-spying-assange-ecuador-cnn/
Journalists, Activists Condemn UK Decision to Keep Assange Locked Up without Charge
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2021-01-06
"To us, that is nothing more than a pretext to keep him detained. This seems unnecessarily punitive and adding insult to injury after the 10 years of hell that he has endured" — Rebecca Vincent, Reporters Without Borders…
mintpressnews.com/journalists-activists-condemn-uk-bail-decision-julian-assange/274066/
Chris Hedges: The Empire is not done with Julian Assange
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-01-06
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.
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UN human rights expert 'cautiously' welcomes UK court's refusal to extradite Julian Assange
news.un.org | 2021-01-06
An independent UN human rights expert has welcomed a British court's refusal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on the basis that he would be exposed to oppressive conditions of imprisonment.
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Assange decision welcome but sullied by legal chicanery
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-01-06
The ruling that Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States is welcome, but it comes after the charade in which British authorities held an unconvicted person in a top security prison and made his defence as difficult as possible, argues Stuart Rees.
greenleft.org.au/content/assange-decision-welcome-sullied-legal-chicanery
Assange decision welcome but sullied by legal chicanery
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-01-06
The British judge's ruling that Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States is welcome, but it comes after the charade, called justice, in which British authorities have held an unconvicted person in a top security prison and made his defence as difficult as possible.
greenleft.org.au/content/assange-decision-welcome-sullied-legal-chicanery
WikiLeaks founder Assange denied bail by UK judge
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-01-06
London, Jan 6 (efe-epa).- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail on Wednesday after British judge Vanessa Baraitser deemed him a flight risk, despite having blocked his extradition to the United States on health grounds earlier this week. Baraitser ruled that Assange — who was born in Queensland, Australia — cannot be extradited to the …
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Julian Assange's bail plea denied
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-01-06
A British judge denied Julian Assange's plea for bail on Wednesday, January 6. Judge Vanessa Baraitser rejected the bail request filed by Assange's legal team on the grounds that he still has "incentive" to abscond. Assange will continue to remain in the high security prison in Belmarsh pending the appeal filed by the United States on his extradition. The same judge on Monday had rejected the appeal for his extradition to the United States. | The judge, on Wednesday, stated that…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/01/06/julian-assanges-bail-plea-denied-2/
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange must be released after 'inhumane' bail refusal
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2021-01-06
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's hopes for freedom have been dashed after a judge refused him bail despite a decision to block his extradition to the United States. | District judge Vanessa Baraitser rejected an application for Assange's release with strict conditionals over concern he would abscond. | It follows a decision that he should not be extradited to the US on mental health grounds due to the risk of suicide. | Assange will have to remain in custody as the US government is appealing against Monday's extradition ruling. | Announcing her bail decision at Westminster Magistrates' Court, Baraitser said: "A…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2021/01/06/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-must-be-released-after-inhumane-bail-refusual/
The Empire is Not Done with Julian Assange
Chris Hedges | zcomm.org | 2021-01-06
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…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-empire-is-not-done-with-julian-assange/
A prominent ISIL leader arrested in S Baghdad
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-01-06
TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) — The Iraqi intelligence service announced on Wednesday the arrest of a prominent leader of the ISIL terrorist group in the south of Baghdad.
en.mehrnews.com/news/168177/A-prominent-ISIL-leader-arrested-in-S-Baghdad
Julian Assange wins victory as extradition denied
Gloria La Riva | liberationnews.org | 2021-01-05
The U.S. government has pursued Assange since at least 2012, for his work exposing hundreds of thousands of U.S. military and intelligence documents and video that show outright war crimes, included targeted murders of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.
liberationnews.org/julian-assange-wins-victory-as-extradition-denied/
Chris Hedges: The Empire Is Not Done With Julian Assange
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-05
Shortly after WikiLeaks released the Iraq War Logs in October 2010, which documented numerous US war crimes — including video images of the gunning down of two Reuters journalists and 10 other unarmed civilians in the Collateral Murder video, the routine torture of Iraqi prisoners, the covering up of thousands of civilian deaths and the killing of nearly 700 civilians that had approached too closely to US checkpoints — the towering civil rights attorneys Michael Ratner and Len Weinglass, who had defended Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon Papers case, met Julian Assange in a studio apartment in Central L…
popularresistance.org/chris-hedges-the-empire-is-not-done-with-julian-assange/
"It's not as bad as Iwo Jima, I suppose": The Julian Assange Extradition Verdict
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-05
The barrister-brewed humour of Edward Fitzgerald QC, one of the solid and stout figures defending a certain Julian Assange of WikiLeaks at the Old Bailey in London, was understandable. Time had worn and wearied the parties, none more so than …
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"It's not as bad as Iwo Jima, I suppose": The Julian Assange Extradition Verdict
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-01-05
The barrister-brewed humour of Edward Fitzgerald QC, one of the solid and stout figures defending a certain Julian Assange of WikiLeaks at the Old Bailey in London, was understandable. Time had worn and wearied the parties, none more so than his client. Fitzgerald had asked for water, but then mused that its absence could hardly …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/01/its-not-as-bad-as-iwo-jima-i-suppose-the-julian-assange-extradition-verdict/
The Julian Assange Extradition Verdict
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-05
The barrister-brewed humour of Edward Fitzgerald QC, one of the solid and stout figures defending a certain Julian Assange of WikiLeaks at the Old Bailey in London, was understandable. Time had worn and wearied the parties, none more so than …
globalresearch.ca/its-not-as-bad-as-iwo-jima-i-suppose-the-julian-assange-extradition-verdict/5733583
Assange Wins. The Cost: Press Freedom Is Crushed
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-05
The unexpected decision by Judge Vanessa Baraitser to deny a US demand to extradite Julian Assange, foiling efforts to send him to a US super-max jail for the rest of his life, is a welcome legal victory, but one swamped by larger lessons that should disturb us deeply. | Those who campaigned so vigorously to keep Assange's case in the spotlight, even as the US and UK corporate media worked so strenuously to keep it in darkness, are the heroes of the day. They made the price too steep for Baraitser or the British establishment to agree to lock Assange away indefinitely in the US for exposing its war crimes and its…
popularresistance.org/assange-wins-the-cost-press-freedom-is-crushed/
"Every journalist should be concerned about what was said today in court. Because the political arguments provided by the United States were upheld by the British judicial system"
wsws.org | 2021-01-05
Assange's closest associates hailed the court's decision as a victory but warned that the fight to secure his freedom was far from over.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/05/cour-j05.html
UK judge denies US request to extradite Assange
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2021-01-05
"I find that the mental condition of Mr. Assange is such that it would be oppressive to extradite him to the United States of America."
nationofchange.org/2021/01/05/uk-judge-denies-us-request-to-extradite-assange/
Julian Assange verdict: Good day for human rights, bad day for journalism
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-01-05
Renata Avila talks about the verdict in the Julian Assange extradition trial. She says that while it was historic in being the first positive verdict from UK courts in 10 years, the implications for journalism are dangerous due to the statements the judge made…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/01/05/julian-assange-verdict-good-day-for-human-rights-bad-day-for-journalism/
'Victory for Julian": UK blocks WikiLeaks founder Assange extradition to US on espionage charges
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2021-01-05
While the decision is a "very significant victory" for Assange, the judge has largely sided with the U.S. prosecution.
nationofchange.org/2021/01/04/victory-for-julian-uk-blocks-wikileaks-founder-assange-extradition-to-us-on-espionage-charges/
Journalists Angered by Assange Ruling
RT | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-01-05
A London court has ruled against those seeking Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the US. Assange is charged with 17 counts of espionage as well as hacking.
dissidentvoice.org/2021/01/journalists-angered-by-assange-ruling/
Australian Labor Party Urges US to Drop Charges Against Assange
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-01-05
The opposition argues the case must "be brought to an end" as the prime minister says the WikiLeaks founder will be "free to return home" if extradition battle won. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/assange_coronavirus.jpg …
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#TheCanaryLive — Julian Assange extradition hearing decision: what next?
Pablo Navarrete | thecanary.co | 2021-01-05
On the day a UK court ruled that Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US where he would face 175 years in prison, we discuss the verdict and what happens next. Speakers include: Journalists John McEvoy and Mohamed Elmaazi, Maxine Walker from the UK-based Committee to Defend Julian Assange, Trade unioni…
thecanary.co/video/2021/01/05/thecanarylive-julian-assange-extradition-hearing-decision-what-next/
"Victory for Julian"
Jennifer Robinson | zcomm.org | 2021-01-05
U.K. Blocks WikiLeaks Founder Assange Extradition to U.S. on Espionage Charges…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/victory-for-julian/
Ruling Assange Can't Be Extradited Is an Indictment of US Prisons
Charles Glass | thenation.com | 2021-01-05
Ruling Assange Can't Be Extradited Is an Indictment of US Prisons…
thenation.com/article/activism/assange-extradition-judgement-uk/
Dietro il verdetto di Londra su Julian Assange
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-05
Da un processo ingiusto — quello di Londra a Julian Assange, fondatore di WikiLeaks — è scaturita una sentenza che a prima vista appare giusta: la non-estradizione del giornalista negli Stati uniti, dove lo attende una condanna a 175 anni …
globalresearch.ca/dietro-il-verdetto-di-londra-su-julian-assange/5733632
Pakistan's top court orders reconstruction of Hindu temple razed by Islamists
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-01-05
Islamabad, Jan 5 (efe-epa).- The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday ordered the reconstruction of a temple of the marginalized Hindu minority that had been destroyed by an Islamist mob last week, after which more than a hundred people have been arrested and 92 police officers suspended over the incident. "The Chief Justice (Gulzar Ahmed) …
laprensalatina.com/pakistans-top-court-orders-reconstruction-of-hindu-temple-razed-by-islamists/
Chris Hedges: The Empire is Not Done with Julian Assange
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2021-01-04
By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Shortly after WikiLeaks released the Iraq War Logs in October 2010, which documented numerous U.S. war crimes — including video images of the gunning down of two Reuters journalists and 10 other unarmed civilians in the Collateral Murder video, the routine torture of Iraqi prisoners, the covering up of thousands of civilian deaths and the killing of nearly… | Source…
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Chris Hedges: The Empire is Not Done with Julian Assange
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2021-01-04
By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Shortly after WikiLeaks released the Iraq War Logs in October 2010, which documented numerous US war crimes — including video images of the gunning down of two Reuters journalists and 10 other unarmed civilians in the Collateral Murder video, the routine torture of Iraqi prisoners, the covering up of thousands of civilian deaths and the killing of nearly… | Source…
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Non-extradition ruling a win for Assange, not for press freedom
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-01-04
A U.K. judge's ruling has spared Julian Assange for now, but advocates warn the court's rejection of Assange's free speech defense could stifle investigative journalism.
therealnews.com/non-extradition-ruling-a-win-for-assange-not-for-press-freedom
"Victory for Julian": U.K. Blocks WikiLeaks Founder Assange Extradition to U.S. on Espionage Charges
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-01-04
In a stunning decision, a British judge has blocked the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, saying he would not be safe in a U.S. prison due to his deteriorated mental state. In 2019, Assange was indicted in the United States on 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act related to the publication of classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. The United States has already announced plans to appeal the ruling. Press freedom advocates have campaigned against Assange's prosecution for years, arguing it would set a dangerous precedent for prosecut…
www.democracynow.org/2021/1/4/julian_assange_uk_extradition_trial
Decision Is Good News for Assange But Sets Grave Precedent for Other Journalists
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-01-04
In a stunning decision, a British judge has blocked the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, saying he would not be safe in a U.S. prison due to his deteriorated mental state. In 2019, Assange was indicted in the United States on 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act related to the publication of classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. The United States has already announced plans to appeal the ruling. Press freedo…
truthout.org/video/decision-is-good-news-for-assange-but-sets-grave-precedent-for-other-journalists/
Father Takes Assange's Fight To New York
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-04
The father of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has turned his focus from the UK to the US where he hopes a change of president could advantage his son. | Assange is being held at London's Belmarsh Prison, pending a court decision on a warrant for his extradition to the US to face charges. | A judgment is due to be handed down at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, but Assange's father John Shipton won't be there. | Mr Shipton says there's too much uncertainty about his ability to travel amid a series of border closures in the UK due to a mutant strand of coronavirus. | "It's all up in the air like it is for everybody…
popularresistance.org/father-takes-assanges-fight-to-new-york/
Mexico's Lopez Obrador Wants to Give Asylum to Julian Assange
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-01-04
"Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance," the Mexican president said Monday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mexico-asylym-assange.jpg …
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Taliban trying to move leadership from Pakistan to Afghanistan, Kabul says
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-01-04
Kabul, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- The Taliban are looking to transfer its top leadership from Pakistan to Afghanistan, a strategy which has led to the insurgent group increasing its attacks in the country's south in order to increase the area under its control, Afghan intelligence claimed on Monday. Zia Sara, the director of the National Directorate …
laprensalatina.com/taliban-trying-to-move-leadership-from-pakistan-to-afghanistan-kabul-says/
A victory for Assange but long battle ahead
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-01-04
Hundreds of people, who had gathered outside the London Central Criminal Court, celebrated the denial of the US plea to extradite Julian Assange. The verdict was a relief to Assange's family and supporters There were also voices of caution due to the judge accepting most of the prosecution's arguments.
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/01/04/a-victory-for-assange-but-long-battle-ahead/
Chris Hedges: The Empire is Not Done with Julian Assange
Chris Hedges | mintpressnews.com | 2021-01-04
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.
mintpressnews.com/chris-hedges-the-empire-is-not-done-with-julian-assange/274042/
Mexico: AMLO Offers Political Asylum to Julian Assange
telesurenglish.net | 2021-01-04
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) Monday offered political asylum to Australian journalist Julian Assange after Britain's Crime Court refused to extradite him to the U.S. | RELATED: | Mexico Saves $26 Billion by Fighting Corruption, AMLO Says | "Our Foreign Affairs Ministry will ask the U.K. government to release Assange so that Mexico can offer him political asylum," AMLO said. | "The court's verdict is a triumph of justice. Assange is a journalist who compli…
telesurenglish.net/news/AMLO-Offers-Political-Asylum-to-Julian-Assange-in-Mexico-20210104-0013.html
US Imperialism Defeated: UK Court Blocks Extradition of Julian Assange
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-04
Today at the Old Bailey in London Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States. The judge sided with all of the American claims against Assange. However, she justified her …
globalresearch.ca/us-imperialism-defeated-uk-court-blocks-extradition-of-julian-assange/5733513
A victory for Assange but long battle ahead
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-01-04
Hundreds of people, who had gathered outside the London Central Criminal Court, celebrated the denial of the US plea to extradite Julian Assange. The verdict was a relief to Assange's family and supporters . However, there were also voices of caution due to the judge accepting most of the prosecution's arguments.
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/01/04/a-victory-for-assange-but-long-battle-ahead/
Judge turns down plea to extradite Julian Assange to US; bail hearing on Wednesday
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-01-04
Judge Vanessa Baraitser refused the plea to extradite WikiLeaks founder to the US on the grounds that there was a high chance of his committing suicide due to the brutal prison conditions there. She accepted most of the other contentions of the prosecution…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/01/04/judge-turns-down-plea-to-extradite-julian-assange-to-us-bail-hearing-on-wednesday/
Assange Wins. The Cost: The Crushing of Press Freedom
Jonathan Cook | commondreams.org | 2021-01-04
The labeling of dissent as mental illness cannot be seen as a victory. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/julian_assange_espionage_cult_of_personality_0.png …
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CPJ Welcomes UK Decision Not to Extradite Julian Assange, Urges DOJ to Drop Charges
commondreams.org | 2021-01-04
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UK judge blocks WikiLeaks founder Assange's extradition to US
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-01-04
London, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- A British court on Monday rejected a request by the United States to extradite the founder of whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, on the grounds that it would be detrimental to his mental health and that he would be a suicide risk. Assange, an Australian citizen, is accused by the US …
laprensalatina.com/uk-judge-blocks-wikileaks-founder-assanges-extradition-to-us/
Assange: Judge Denies United States' Extradition Request
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-04
Citing harsh federal prison conditions in the United States, a British district court judge rejected the United States government's extradition request against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | Judge Vanessa Baraitser accepted that Assange was diagnosed with a "recurrent depressive disorder." Although he functions at a high level, she accepted he was diagnosed with autism as well. | She accepted that he would likely be imprisoned at a supermax prison in the U.S. under special administrative measures (SAMs) and would find a way to commit suicide. | "I am satisfied that, in these harsh conditions, Mr. Assange's m…
popularresistance.org/assange-judge-denies-united-states-extradition-request/
UK Judge Rules Against Extradition of Assange To US
telesurenglish.net | 2021-01-04
British Judge Vanessa Baraitser on Monday ruled that Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face charges of espionage and hacking government computers, as reported by The Guardian. | RELATED: | Press Freedom On Trial With Assange, Ruling Expected | In making her decision, the British judge argued that the U.S. prison system has terrible and repressive characteristics, which puts Assange at risk of suicide. | "The rejection by the U.K. court of the US Govt's request…
telesurenglish.net/news/UK-Judge-Rules-Against-Extradition-of-Assange-To-US-20210104-0001.html
'We'll give him protection': Mexican president promises asylum for Julian Assange
rt.com | 2021-01-04
Mexico's president has offered asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, hours after a British judge refused to extradite Assange to the US to face espionage charges. | "Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance, I am in favor of pardoning him," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters on Monday, saying "we'll give him protection." | "Our tradition is protection," Obrador added. | Also on rt.com | | Assange WON'T be extradited to US on spying charges in shock decision at London's Old Bailey | Earlier on Monday, Judge…
rt.com/news/511512-mexico-offers-assange-asylum/
Protesters Gather In DC In Solidarity With Assange
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-04
Press freedom activists and independent journalists endured the cold and rain outside the British Embassy in Washington D.C. on Sunday Jan. 3. With less than 24 hours until a potential blow to the future of press freedom, the crowd of free speech advocates was there to make as much noise as possible. | On Monday, Jan. 4, U.K. judge Vanessa Baraitser will announce if the U.K. government will extradite Australian journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. Assange faces up to 175 years in prison for charges under the Espionage Act. Leading press freedom and human rights groups have acknowl…
popularresistance.org/protesters-gather-in-dc-in-solidarity-with-assange/