An international symposium of parliamentarians, including Jeremy Corbyn, spoke on Saturday in a Don’t Extradite Assange production simulcast by CN Live! Watch the replay here.
WATCH: Worldwide Members of Parliament Back Assange
Tag: Belmarsh Prison
US & UK May Not Will Assange’s Death, But Everything They Are Doing Makes It More Likely
If Washington presses an appeal, the WikiLeaks founder faces many more months in Covid-infested prison conditions he may not survive, writes Jonathan Cook.
John Pilger: The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange
The extradition hearing beginning this week is the final act of an Anglo-American campaign to bury Julian Assange. It is not due process. It is due revenge, said John Pilger in a speech Monday outside the court building.
UK Refuses to Release Information on Assange Judge Who Has 96 Percent Approval Rate in Extradition Cases
Britain’s Ministry of Justice is blocking the release of basic information about the judge who is to rule on Julian Assange’s extradition, reports Declassified UK.
State Dept-Funded Transparency International Silent on Jailed Transparency Activist Julian Assange
Patrick Maynard connects U.S. and U.K. influence to the indifference of the West’s top anti-corruption NGO toward the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Spread of Coronavirus in Belmarsh Prison Brings Death Sentence to Free Speech
With the British state’s failure to provide basic medical care and safety to inmates, and its often punitive and cruel policies, the disease of disdain for human life and rule of law has now become pandemic, writes Nozomi Hayase.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Assange Not Sick With Covid-19, But Says Many in Belmarsh Are
In a phone conversation with Vaughan Smith, Julian Assange, apparently uninfected, says the virus is “ripping through” Belmarsh prison and that he spends 30 minutes a day in a crowded prison yard.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: The Deadly Vanessa Baraitser
Even before Covid-19 began sweeping through Belmarsh Prison, Craig Murray thought the British government was seeking Assange’s death in jail. Now he finds the evidence overwhelming.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Doctors Warning on Assange in a Covid-19 Breeding Ground
In a prison cited for failing to curb infections, Doctors4Assange warn that Julian Assange is at high risk of contracting the deadly coronavirus.
Belmarsh Prisoners Show Duty to Civil Disobedience
This is a trial of the First Amendment as a foundation of our society and it calls for popular participation, writes Nozomi Hayase.