Julian Assange

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On The Listening Post this week: To extradite or not to extradite: Julian Assange's trial and its consequences for journalism. Plus, prison journalism in the US. On trial: Julian Assange and journalism  We begin with the legal fate of Julian Assange. This past week saw the commencement of a court case…

By Andrew MacAskillLONDON (Reuters) - Julian Assange complained he was struggling to follow his extradition hearing on Wednesday as his legal team argued Britain should not send him to the United States because the charges against him were politically motivated.Assange, 48, faces 18 counts in the U.S. including conspiring to…

Home | Wire | Trump's Betrayal of Julian Assange 0 Views Tags Anti-PoliticsBig GovernmentLegal SystemWar and Foreign PolicyOne thing we’ve learned from the Trump presidency is that the “deep state” is not just some crazy conspiracy theory. For the past three years we’ve seen that deep state launch plot after…

Assange in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, 2017.Photo: Jack Taylor (AP)Defense lawyers for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder facing possible extradition to the U.S. from the UK on 18 charges related to his leaks of U.S. military and security secrets, plan to argue they have evidence new acting Director of…

The WikiLeaks founder's extradition hearing began in London on Monday.February 24, 2020, 5:23 PM8 min readLONDON -- The family of a British teenager killed in a crash involving the wife of an American diplomat has called for the United Kingdom to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to…