Part four of a six-part series on Julian Assange and the Espionage Act.
Category: Legal
The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 3: Passing the Espionage Act
Desperate to Get Assange, US Promises No SAMS & Prison Time in Australia
To fight its appeal, the U.S. is now promising not to put Julian Assange in Special Administrative Measures isolation and to allow him to be imprisoned in Australia if convicted.
The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 2: The Espionage Act’s UK Origins
UK High Court Allows US to Appeal Ban on Assange Extradition
The High Court in London on Wednesday accepted the U.S. application to appeal the Jan. 4 Magistrate Court’s judgement that Julian Assange should not be extradited because of his health and the condition of U.S. prisons.
UN Report Calls for Reparations for Victims of Systemic Racist Police Violence
The UN high commissioner for human rights grounded her analysis in the long-overdue need to confront the legacies of enslavement, Marjorie Cohn reports.
The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 1: A History of Prosecuting Speech
Consortium News begins today a six-part series on Julian Assange and the Espionage Act.
LETTER FROM LONDON: The Twisted Case of Craig Murray
Alexander Mercouris says the U.K. Supreme Court should grant the whistleblower and blogger permission to appeal since there are serious questions about journalism to consider.
Revealing the Pentagon Papers in Congress — 8: Why Gravel Did It
In the eighth and final part of this series, a look at the significance of Mike Gravel reading the Pentagon Papers in Congress.
Craig Murray: FBI Fabrication Against Assange Falls Apart
Thordarson was always the most unreliable of witnesses, and it seems impossible to believe FBI cooperation with him was ever any more than deliberate fabrication of evidence by the FBI, says Craig Murray.