British courts for five years have denied due process to Julian Assange as his physical and mental health deteriorates. That is the point of his show trial.
Chris Hedges: A Mockery of British Justice
Category: Julian Assange
Assange’s ‘Reprieve’ Is Another Lie
The U.S. has had years to clarify its intention to give Assange a fair trial but refuses to do so, writes Jonathan Cook. The real goal is to keep him endlessly locked up.
Chris Hedges: PEN America Self-Destructs
In May 2013 Hedges resigned from PEN America when it appointed former State Department official Suzanne Nossel to run it. A decade later, PEN America has become a propaganda arm of the state, including on Julian Assange.
Craig Murray: Assange, Truth & UN Shenanigans
At the U.N. Human Rights Committee’s periodic review of the U.K., the author raised the U.S. war crimes exposed by WikiLeaks and British violations of the publisher’s political and civil rights.
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)
Last Days of Julian Assange in the United States
The WikiLeaks publisher may soon be on his way to the U.S. to face trial for revealing war crimes, Matt Kennard reports. What he would face there is terrifying beyond words.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Assange & the Sickness of US Prisons
Speaking from his own experience as an imprisoned whistleblower, Kiriakou reflects on the grim medical outlook for the WikiLeaks publisher if he gets extradited.
Craig Murray: US Case & Assange Rebuttal
On the second day, Feb. 21, the U.S. and Home Office responded to Assange’s legal team in rather disjointed fashion, essentially just reiterating the accusations.
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.
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Covering Assange in Court
The press needs its own street, the way traders still have Wall Street. A tribe needs a common territory, writes Joe Lauria.