Before the judges rejected David McBride appeals on Wednesday, Joe Lauria, Jeff Morris, Bill Brown, Kathryn Kelly and John Shipton told a rally outside the court building in Canberra what is at stake in McBride’s case.
Blocking his ability to tell a jury his motive, a judge sentenced David McBride to 5 years & 8 months in prison, of which he spent his 365th day Wednesday, for leaking evidence of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.
Imprisoned whistleblower David McBride spoke to the Walkley Awards ceremony, Australia’s Pulitzers, in a nationally-televised address that was a challenge to the authorities who jailed him. Consortium News was there.
Julian Assange was born and raised in Queensland but made Melbourne his home as an adult, where his return to Australia was celebrated on July 3, his 53rd birthday.
Days before his son’s hearing in London, John Shipton, Julian Assange’s father. addressed a gathering at the National Assembly in Paris this week after a screening of the film Ithaka.
Julian Assange’s father John Shipton addressed a rally in Sydney, Australia on Human Rights Day Sunday, calling for his son’s immediate release.
CN Live! presents an exclusive interview with Australian Senator David Shoebridge, who was part of the six-member delegation from the Australian Parliament that visited Washington to lobby for the release of imprisoned publisher Julian Assange.
Top U.S. officials are speaking at cross purposes when it comes to Julian Assange. What is really going on? asks Joe Lauria.
Joe Biden was due in Sydney Wednesday where he’s facing increased pressure to let Julian Assange go. Biden cancelled the trip but a rally in Hyde Park sent him the message anyway.
