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.
US Deceptions at the Heart of Assange Case
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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.
JOHN PILGER: Justice for Assange Is Justice for All
John Pilger, whose funeral was in London on Tuesday, wrote this account of the extradition trial of his friend Julian Assange in November 2021.
The World Has Lost John Pilger
One of the greatest journalists and filmmakers of any generation has died at age 84, his family announced on Sunday.
Assange Appeal Hearing Set for February
Julian Assange’s wife Stella Assange confirmed that the hearing will take place at the Royal Courts of Justice in the middle of February.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Assange & the DC Six’
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.
Aussie MPs Headed to Washington to Lobby For Assange
The MPs will face obstinate views about Assange entrenched in the U.S. political establishment, with two days to educate Congressional, State and Justice officials about the threat to the Constitution and a free press, reports Joe Lauria.
Blinken Slams Door on Australian Bid for Assange
The U.S. secretary of state confirmed Australia has lobbied the U.S. to end the WikiLeaks publisher’s prosecution, but said unequivocally that it would continue, reports Joe Lauria.
Chris Hedges: Media Abandon Assange & Slit Their Own Throats
The failure by journalists to mount a campaign to free Julian Assange, or expose the vicious smear campaign against him, is one more catastrophic and self-defeating blunder by the news media.
WATCH: The Death of Journalism
Chris Hedges, Stella Assange and Matt Kennard discuss the implications of the Julian Assange case and the demise of mainstream journalism.