WATCH: Consortium News visited Sydney University where the anti-genocide encampment is continuing without a thought of police intervention.
Meanwhile in Australia, Campus Protests Undisturbed
Category: Australia
Assange Assurances: An Australian Response
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 Case Moves Forward as CIA Covers Its Tracks
Caitlin Johnstone on moves by U.S. authorities to shield the system from political fallout over the Assange case.
Opening the Devil’s Door in Asia-Pacific
Mick Hall on indications that New Zealand, Japan and the Philippines are moving towards greater integration with the U.S.-led military bloc in the region.
Secrets of the Weapons Trade
The Australian government is obscuring weapons exports to Israel despite the World Court’s ruling to oppose “plausible genocide,” writes Michelle Fahy.
How Britain Would Be Obliged to Free Julian Assange As 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.
Caitlin Johnstone: Australia’s Silence on Israel Arms Deal
The denial of a Freedom of Information request on the grounds that such information “could harm Australia’s international standing and reputation,” suggests the details must be pretty damning.
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.
Report: Assange in Plea Deal Talks
UPDATED: The report in The Wall Street Journal makes public what Consortium News had learned off the record, namely that the U.S. is engaging Julian Assange’s lawyers about a deal that could set the imprisoned publisher free.
WATCH: Death Penalty for Assange?
Australian Sen. David Shoebridge spoke of the danger of the death penalty for Julian Assange in this discussion after a Sydney screening of the new film, The Trust Fall. (w/transcript)