Category: WikiLeaks

WATCH: CN Live! — Due Process Violations in Assange Case

May 25, 2022

Deepa Driver, who was a legal observer in Assange’s courtroom throughout the process, enumerates the ways his due process rights have been violated.

Caitlin Johnstone: They Fear Information, Not Disinformation

May 23, 2022

All the safeguards being setting up now to manipulate information online are not there to eliminate lies, they’re there to eliminate truth.

New Australian PM Squandering Leverage on Assange

May 23, 2022

UPDATE: The new Australian PM met Joe Biden Tuesday with no sign he raised Julian Assange, while committing Australia to U.S. security policy in the Pacific, reports Joe Lauria.

Pressure Mounts on Patel Over Assange Decision

May 22, 2022

The British home secretary is under pressure as she’s about to decide whether to extradite WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.

US National Press Club Still Refuses to Defend Assange

May 20, 2022

Consortium News has asked the National Press Club in Washington to join other leading press freedom organizations in calling for Julian Assange’s release.

WATCH: CN Live! — The Latest in Assange Case

May 17, 2022

Consortium News is in London as the home secretary decides whether to extradite Julian Assange. Watch Stella Assange’s address at the Home Office plus a CN Live! interview with Kristinn Hrafnsson.

WATCH: Assange Defended at PEN International

May 15, 2022

CN Editor Joe Lauria spoke out in defense of Julian Assange and against growing press censorship in the West at a meeting of Pen International in Bled, Slovenia.

WATCH: PayPal, Censorship & Democracy

May 5, 2022

Watch British rapper and activist LowKey, MintPress News Editor Mnar Adley and Consortium News Editor Joe Lauria as they discuss the state of Western democracy and a free press in light of PayPal’s bans on independent media.

A Reader Sounds Off on PayPal’s Ban on CN

May 3, 2022

As with Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, journalism that tells some truths that might undermine the case for war can’t be tolerated, writes Jim Kavanagh.