Will Julian Assange be extradited to the United States?
Journalist and press freedom advocate Kevin Gosztola speaks to Peoples Dispatch about the latest ruling in Assange’s case and what comes next
Journalist and press freedom advocate Kevin Gosztola speaks to Peoples Dispatch about the latest ruling in Assange’s case and what comes next
The UK High Court has granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange provisional permission to appeal his extradition to the US, on grounds including the risk of the death penalty.
The motion in parliament, which was supported by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, has called for the return of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to his family in Australia. Assange is days away from a final court hearing in the UK against his extradition to the US.
The whistleblowing journalist is currently being held at Britain’s Guantanamo Bay—Belmarsh Prison
As the Wikileaks founder is brought “dangerously close” to being extradited to the US, Assange and his family will attempt a last-ditch effort with a renewed appeal to the UK High Court
Peter Mertens of the Workers’ Party of Belgium spoke to Stella Assange ahead of the four year anniversary of the unjust imprisonment of Julian Assange
The NGO was barred from visiting Assange in Belmarsh after months of preparation because Prison Governor Louis “received intelligence” that they were journalists
It is as if you can measure Australia’s extraordinary surrender of sovereignty by the way it treats Julian Assange, says renowned journalist John Pilger
Kristinn Hrafnsson, Editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, talks about the deterioration of press freedom in the last fifty years and how it affected a free press
The news of Julian Assange contracting COVID-19 emerged just days after a massive global action took place demanding his release
Thousands of people formed a human chain around the UK Parliament on October 8 to demand freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Actions in solidarity with the imprisoned journalist were held across the world, including in Morocco, Brazil, Australia, and the US
Julian Assange’s father John Shipton and his brother Gabriel Shipton accepted the key on his behalf and thanked the people and government of Mexico for standing in solidarity