T.J. Coles interviews the world-renowned journalist and filmmaker, John Pilger, about the coronavirus crisis in the context of propaganda, imperialism, and human rights.
JOHN PILGER: Freedom From Fear
Tag: Julian Assange
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.
‘Collateral Murder’ and the My Lai Massacre
Comparing the reaction to the evidence of two war crimes reveals how much the United States has changed in the past 50 years, writes Joe Lauria.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Assange Won’t Be Released Amid Virus Crisis, Australian Newswire Reports
The British Ministry of Justice has told the Australian Associated Press that Julian Assange is not eligible for early release from prison in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis.
CN Live! Documentary: ‘The Extradition of Julian Assange’
NEW: Watch an expanded documentary by CN Live! Executive Producer Cathy Vogan based on Consortium News‘ reporting from London on the first week of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.
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.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: An Extension of the US War on Terror
Nozomi Hayese looks back at the calamitous events and tyrannical forces that, since 9-11, have turned a whistleblower and her publisher into the enemies of empire.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Assange Denied Bail, Further Visits, Despite Virus Risk
UPDATED: Despite fears by his lawyers and doctors that Julian Assange is at high risk of being infected in prison, his judge on Wednesday denied him bail, reports Joe Lauria.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: The Armoured Glass Box is an Instrument of Torture
Judge Vanessa Baraitser had a hand-written judgement ready even before she heard the defence argument that Assange be allowed to leave his glass cage, as Craig Murray observed.
Free Assange Banner Passes America’s Symbol of Freedom
UPDATED: A video has appeared showing activists flying a banner reading “#Free Assange” past the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.