Julian Assange

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Thu, 14/03/2024 - 14:18

“Europe and Australia are facing a common existential threat: a creeping irrelevance caused, on the one hand, by our failure properly to invest and, on the other hand, by our ill-considered slide from a strategic dependence on the United States to a non-strategic, self-defeating servility to Washington’s policy agenda.” Yanis Varoufakis’s address at the National […]

The post Reversing Europe’s and Australia’s slide into irrelevance & insecurity – National Press Club of Australia speech appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

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Wed, 06/03/2024 - 09:18

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal interviews Gabriel Shipton, film producer and brother of Julian Assange, during his latest visit to Washington DC, where he was pushing lawmakers to oppose the Biden administration’s prosecution of the jailed Wikileaks publisher.

The post Assange’s brother: “Julian could receive the death penalty” if extradited first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post Assange’s brother: “Julian could receive the death penalty” if extradited appeared first on The Grayzone.

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Sat, 10/02/2024 - 08:58

Under a repressive new act, British nationals could face prison for undermining London’s national security line. Intended to destroy WikiLeaks and others exposing war crimes, the law is a direct threat to critical national security journalism. It was the afternoon of May 17 2023 and I had just arrived at London’s Luton Airport. I was on my way to the city of my birth to visit my family. Before landing, the pilot instructed all passengers to have their passports ready […]

The post UK steps up war on whistleblower journalism with new National Security Act first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post UK steps up war on whistleblower journalism with new National Security Act appeared first on The Grayzone.

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Mon, 11/12/2023 - 10:16

In early 2024, a new, grim chapter may be written in the annals of journalistic history. Julian Assange, the publisher of Wikileaks, could board a plane for extradition to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison on espionage charges for the crime of publishing newsworthy information. The persecution of Assange is […]

The post By continuing the persecution of Julian Assange, Biden jetissons the 1st Amendment – The Nation appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

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Fri, 10/11/2023 - 04:32

The bravery of those who dare to resist has allowed many of us, who might despair, to understand the real meaning of a resistance we all share if we want to prevent the conquest of us, our conscience, and our self-respect if we prefer freedom and decency to compliance and collusion. In this, we are all Spartacus.

The post John Pilger: We are Spartacus appeared first on MintPress News.

Created
Tue, 17/10/2023 - 17:33

The former diplomat’s detention is just the latest example of British terror laws being used to harass and intimidate dissidents, while brazenly prying into their private affairs. On the morning of October 16, counter-terror police in Glasgow Airport detained journalist, whistleblower, human rights campaigner, and former British diplomat Craig Murray upon his return from Iceland. After grilling him intensively about his political beliefs, officers seized Murray’s phone and laptop.  Murray, a proud Scottish nationalist, flew back to Glasgow after several […]

The post Former ambassador and Assange advocate Craig Murray detained under UK terror laws first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post Former ambassador and Assange advocate Craig Murray detained under UK terror laws appeared first on The Grayzone.

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Sat, 22/07/2023 - 01:15

Lowkey catches up with legal expert and human rights defender Stella Assange to talk about her battle to free her husband Julian, the world's most famous political prisoner.

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