The Australian government has been relatively quiet on the U.S. assurances on Julian Assange. CN Live! speaks to an Australian senator, lawyer and former diplomat for their views.
Assange Assurances: An Australian Response
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WATCH: Murray on Assange’s Non-Assurance & Mideast Crisis
The former British diplomat Craig Murray discusses the meaning of the U.S. “assurances” on Julian Assange and the brewing disaster in the Middle East on CN Live!
Revolt in Northern England: No Ceasefire, No Vote
WATCH: Independent candidates and voters and the Workers’ Party of Britain join forces to tell both Labour and Tories to stop the genocide in Gaza or face a revolt at the polls.
How Britain Would Be Obliged to Free Julian Assange While Biden ‘Considers’ Ending the Case
UPDATED: The High Court ruled the U.S. must assure free speech and no death penalty for Julian Assange or the court might have to free the publisher who marked five years in prison today, reports Joe Lauria.
WATCH: CN Live! — The Assange Dilemma for the US
Watch the show on the High Court’s ruling this week on WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Guests: Chris Hedges, Craig Murray, Marjorie Cohn and Bruce Afran. (With timeline.)
WATCH: Nabbed Stopping Military Shipment to Israel
Consortium News was in Port Botany in Sydney, Australia on Sunday to capture these dramatic images of police aggressively arresting protestors trying to block export of military aid to Israel.
WATCH: CN Live! — Miners March 40 Yrs After Strike
Miners in a once bustling South Yorkshire coal region marched with their champion, Arthur Scargill, at the weekend to mark 40 years since their war with Margaret Thatcher.
WATCH: Mr. Galloway Goes to London
After his election last week, George Galloway returned to Parliament Monday. On Tuesday he backed a local candidate from his Workers’ Party, a movement that is spooking the British establishment. Two videos.
WATCH: Sights & Sounds Outside Assange Court
Consortium News was outside the Royal Courts of Justice for Julian Assange’s two-day hearing on Feb. 20-21. This is what we saw and heard.
MSM Target Galloway at Victory Party
A victory bash for the people of Rochdale descended into chaos when hit teams of MSM reporters took the prime minister’s cue to go after the newly elected member of Parliament.