Biden isn’t just upholding Trump’s assault on press freedoms, he’s rejecting Obama’s decision not to charge Assange due to First Amendment concerns, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Biden Continues Trump’s War on the Press
Category: Assange extradition
Press Freedom Groups Urge Biden DOJ to Drop ‘Disastrous’ Charges Against Assange
The coalition says Trump abused U.S. prosecutorial powers and that Biden should back away from a dangerous precedent.
In Search of Tomorrow
Ahead of Ecuador’s Feb. 7 presidential elections, Vijay Prashad describes the measures the U.S. and local oligarchy have taken to suffocate any progressive government.
WATCH: A Decade of Arbitrary Detention & Torture
A UN body determined five years ago today that Julian Assange was being arbitrarily detained in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Watch this live simulcast about that assessment & Assange’s current status as he awaits a U.S. appeal in his…
WATCH: ‘WikiLeaks on Trial’ Theater Piece Live!
CN Live! simulcasted a production by Hot Potato of ‘WikiLeaks on Trial’ where the public formed the jury.
WATCH: ‘The Trial of Julian Assange: Implications for Press Freedom’
Watch CN Live!‘s simulcast on Sunday of the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee’s production of Nils Melzer & Ray McGovern discussing the Julian Assange case and its impact on press freedom.
WATCH: Chris Hedges and Joe Lauria Discuss Julian Assange
Chris Hedges and CN Editor Joe Lauria discuss Judge Vanessa Baraitser’s decisions to both block WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States and to deny him bail.
US & UK May Not Will Assange’s Death, But Everything They Are Doing Makes It More Likely
If Washington presses an appeal, the WikiLeaks founder faces many more months in Covid-infested prison conditions he may not survive, writes Jonathan Cook.
ASSANGE DENIED BAIL DESPITE BEING ‘DISCHARGED’
Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser on Wednesday did not grant bail to WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange after she blocked a U.S. extradition request on Monday.
The Assange Verdict: What Happens Now
Craig Murray expects Assange to be freed on bail and argues the weakness of a U.S. appeal.