He committed empire’s greatest sin. He exposed it as a criminal enterprise. And empires always kill those who inflict deep and serious wounds.
Chris Hedges: The Execution of Julian Assange
Category: Julian Assange
John Pilger: A Judicial Kidnapping
Julian Assange’s High Court judges offered no mitigation, no suggestion that they had agonised over legalities or even basic morality, writes John Pilger.
WATCH: The High Court Decides
Assange: The Masks are Crumbling
The U.S. and its allies don’t care about press freedom beyond the extent it can be used to conduct propaganda, writes Caitlin Johnstone after the High Court’s ruling against Julian Assange.
High Court Allows Assange Extradition, Quashing His Discharge
The High Court allowed the U.S. appeal to reverse an order not to extradite Julian Assange and to send the case back to magistrate’s court.
2021 Nobel Peace Prize: Freedom for the Press or the US?
The Nobel awarders will present the peace prize on Friday with full confidence they will once again get away with the betrayal of the antimilitarist purpose at the heart of Alfred Nobel’s testament in 1895, writes Fredrik S. Heffermehl.
How America’s Official Secrets Act Ensnared Julian Assange
If the U.S. wins its appeal, Julian Assange will face prosecution under a severe espionage law with roots in the British Official Secrets Act that is part of a history of repression of press freedom, reports Joe Lauria.
Assange’s Judge Is Longtime Friend of Minister Who Oversaw Arrest
Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis report on the personal ties between two men with major roles – one past and the other pending — in the case of the WikiLeaks publisher.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Obituary for Russiagate
Ruling Imminent on US Appeal on Assange, WikiLeaks Says
The High Court in London is to rule imminently in the U.S. appeal of a decision not to extradite Julian Assange to the United States, according to WikiLeaks.