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U.S. authorities have been given permission from Ecuador to question activist and programmer Ola Bini. Bini has been detained for over two months and was arrested on the same day … Continue Reading U.S. Seeking to Question Detained Activist Ola Bini in Ecuador
Julian Assange’s lawyer Per E Samuelson spoke to the press in Uppsala on Monday regarding a Stockholm court’s decision to reject a request from prosecutors to detain the WikiLeaks co-founder. … Continue Reading Video: Assange Lawyer Hopes Detention Denial Will Be ‘New Start for Him’
Sweden’s state prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson announced a ruling rejecting a request from prosecutors to detain WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in Stockholm on Monday. “The district court has decided that right … Continue Reading Video: Swedish Court Rejects Detention Request for Julian Assange
Sweden has rejected the detention request for Julian Assange and will not be petitioning the United Kingdom for his extradition. The Uppsala district court in Sweden rejected the request of … Continue Reading Sweden Refuses to Detain Julian Assange, Says Extradition Would Be “Disproportionate”
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden said Thursday that people in systems of power have exploited the human desire to connect in order to create systems of mass surveillance. Snowden appeared at Dalhousie University … Continue Reading Edward Snowden: With Technology, Institutions Have Made ‘Most Effective Means of Social Control in the History of Our Species’
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer said that the way Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been treated has cumulatively had “the effects of psychological torture,” during an interview with … Continue Reading Video: Assange Is Victim of ‘Psychological Torture’ Says UN Expert
After visiting Julian Assange in the London prison where he is serving a 50-week sentence for skipping bail, a United Nations expert warned Friday that the WikiLeaks founder is showing “all symptoms … Continue Reading UN Expert Calls Treatment of Julian Assange ‘Psychological Torture,’ Demands End to US Extradition
Robert C. Koehler, Common Dreams The U.S. government protects itself, not democracy. That’s what is most apparent about its 18-count indictment of Julian Assange, not to mention the ongoing imprisonment of … Continue Reading Assange Indictments Hide the Context of War
An Ecuadorian judge denied bail for Swedish net-activist Ola Bini, who is suspected of having links to WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, at a hearing that took place in Quito on … Continue Reading Video: Judge Denies Bail for Ola Bini in Ecuador
Alarming news from London suggests that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is “gravely ill” and has been admitted to the hospital wing of the high-security Belmarsh Prison. Assange’s Swedish lawyer Per … Continue Reading Julian Assange Said to Be “Gravely Ill” in Belmarsh Prison’s Hospital Wing
The contrast between media coverage of two women, Hope Hicks and Chelsea Manning, who are each refusing to cooperate with federal investigations did not go unnoticed on Memorial Day Weekend. … Continue Reading Different Media Standard for Hope Hicks and Chelsea Manning Draws Backlash
The FBI has been hit with a new lawsuit over access to the bureau’s files on Adrian Lamo, the hacker who famously hacked the New York Times in 2003 before … Continue Reading FBI Hit With Lawsuit Over Dead Hacker Who Betrayed Chelsea Manning
Ofer Raban, University of Oregon Julian Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks, has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with a slew of Espionage Act violations that could keep … Continue Reading Assange’s New Indictment: Espionage and the First Amendment
Though many Democrats have so far remained silent, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Bernie Sanders are among the few high-profile party members to join free press advocates in condemning … Continue Reading Sanders, Warren, Wyden Join Free Press Advocates in Denouncing Assange Prosecution as Grave Threat—But Others Are Silent
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently serving a 50-week sentence in London’s Belmarsh prison, interviewed the then Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki for his third episode of ‘The Julian Assange … Continue Reading Video Special: The Julian Assange Show – Assange Interviews Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki
Journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been hit with 17 Espionage Act charges by the United States. If convicted, Assange could be sentenced to up to 170 years in … Continue Reading Amnesty International Hangs Julian Assange Out to Dry — or Possibly Just Hang
