London’s mayor, 50 Labour MPs and Winston Churchill’s grandson have joined widening calls to defy Israel’s impunity by demanding the U.K. stop sending it arms, reports Joe Lauria.
British Rebellion Grows Against Arming Israel
Category: WikiLeaks
Can Assange’s Extradition Be Stopped?
The WikiLeaks publisher could have his appeal against extradition heard if the U.S. does not give “satisfactory assurances” of rights and protection against the death penalty, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Craig Murray: UK Legal Shambles in Case of Assange
The British establishment continues to move inexorably towards ordering the WikiLeaks’ publisher’s extradition at the time of its choosing.
WATCH: CN Live! — The Assange Dilemma for the US
Watch the show on the High Court’s ruling this week on WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Guests: Chris Hedges, Craig Murray, Marjorie Cohn and Bruce Afran. (With timeline.)
Slowly Suffocating Assange, Like its Other Enemies
The U.S. empire hunts not like a tiger, killing its prey with a fatal bite to the jugular; but more like a python: slowly suffocating the life out of it until it perishes, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Chris Hedges: A Mockery of British Justice
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.
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.
Assange’s Fate Awaits US ‘Assurances’
The High Court on Tuesday rejected six Assange grounds for a new appeal, agreeing he had only three legitimate arguments but that the U.S. could nullify them with new “assurances,” reports Joe Lauria.
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.