Craig Murray, Chris Hedges, Mohamed Elmaazi and Consortium News‘ Cathy Vogan and Joe Lauria discussed the first day’s hearing on the Truth Defence channel.
WATCH: Reporter’s Roundtable on Assange Hearing Day 1
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Grand Delusions
This year’s Munich Security Conference was predictably all about the imaginary danger that Russians intend to proceed westward into Europe as soon as they finish in Ukraine.
US Again Vetoes UN Cease-Fire Resolution
Algeria’s ambassador, who brought the resolution, said Washington’s lone opposing vote should be understood as “approval of starvation as a means of war against hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.”
WATCH: LIVE Stream at Assange Courthouse — Day 1 & 2 LIVE!
Follow all of the activities in the street outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday, the first day of Julian Assange’s hearing before the High Court of England and Wales.
Analysis, Assange extradition, Biden Administration, Britain, Intelligence, Julian Assange, Legal, War Crimes, WikiLeaks
WATCH: Facing Injustice
Chris Hedges interviewed Stella Assange, Jen Robinson and Kristinn Hrafnsson Monday about the hearing this week in Julian Assange’s extradition case.
Assange extradition, Julian Assange, Legal, U.S., United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, WikiLeaks
Assange Judge Worked for MI6 & Defence Ministry
As with previous judges who have ruled on the WikiLeaks publisher’s case, Justice Jeremy Johnson raises concerns about institutional conflicts of interest, write Mark Curtis and John McEvoy.
American Empire, Assange extradition, Australia, Civil Rights, Commentary, Julian Assange, Legal, Press Freedom, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept., United Kingdon, WikiLeaks
The Assange ‘Death Plots’
Now that the WikiLeaks publisher faces imminent extradition to the United States, another death risk arises, Kellie Tranter reports.
Assange extradition, Biden Administration, Civil Rights, Commentary, Human Rights, Intelligence, Julian Assange, Legal, Press Freedom, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept., United Kingdon, War Crimes, WikiLeaks
US Deceptions at the Heart of Assange Case
Lawyers for the WikiLeaks publisher charge that while British courts looked the other way, the U. S. has been distorting and withholding evidence to engineer his extradition, Cathy Vogan reports.
Censorship, Commentary, Intelligence, Legal, Press Freedom, Secrecy, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept., United Kingdon, War Crimes, WikiLeaks
Chris Hedges: Julian Assange’s Final Appeal
The WikiLeaks publisher will make his final appeal this week to the British courts. If he is extradited it is the death of investigations into the inner workings of power by the press.
Coverage of Julian Assange Hearing
Consortium News will be inside the Royal Courts of Justice this week for what could be Julian Assange’s last hearing in Britain. Journalists overseas have been barred from remote coverage.
Civil Rights, Human Rights, Julian Assange, Legal, Press Freedom, Right Wing, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept., United Kingdon, War Crimes, WikiLeaks
The Tory Appointee Holding Assange’s Life in Her Hands
Mark Curtis provides an introduction to Dame Victoria Sharp, who will rule next week on the WikiLeaks publisher’s bid to stop his extradition to the U.S.
Analysis, Column, Commentary, History, Intelligence, Military, Military Industry, Russia, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United Nations, WMD
SCOTT RITTER: Mike Turner’s Folly
Rep. Mike Turner’s release of raw intelligence about a Russian satellite system has compromised U.S. intelligence including likely its sources and methods.
Weaponizing Anti-Semitism Against the World Court
Antony Lerman says Israel’s response to the ICJ ruling continues a decades’ old ploy for neutralizing criticism of, and generating sympathy for, the Jewish state
Throwing Good Money After Bad in Ukraine?
Ray McGovern and Lawrence Wilkerson argue the U.S. should accept that no amount of U.S. funding will change Russia’s will and means to prevail in Ukraine.
Civil Rights, Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Legal, Palestine, United Nations, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, War Crimes
Imperiled Gazans Do Have Somewhere to Go
The place where they can go, writes Sam Husseini, is back to the homes in what is now Israel, from which they were forced out in 1948.
Caitlin Johnstone: Israel Needs to be Hated
Perceived anti-semitism is cited as evidence for why Israel needs to be even more violent, militaristic and tyrannical than it already was, and why its brutal treatment of Palestinians is justified and correct.
Israel’s Big Game Propaganda
Israel took advantage of 123 million TV viewers — the most since the 1969 Moon landing — to ply its propaganda during Sunday’s U.S. football championship match, writes Alan MacLeod.
How the CIA Destabilizes the World
Jeffrey Sachs regrets that the C.I.A.’s rogue operations did not end after the crimes exposed by the 1975 Church Committee.
Biden Administration, China, Column, Commentary, Human Rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Legal, Middle East, Palestine, South Africa, United Nations, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Arabs Divided on ICJ Ruling
The liberal Arab camp thinks the ICJ ruling will lead to a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question, while the popular camp has lost faith in international organizations, including the ICJ.
The Killing Fields of Gaza
Throughout, and to its eternal shame, the West along with Arab governments in the region have stood by and offered nothing in the way of serious and meaningful intervention, writes John Wight.