by admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Campaigns, media freedom, whistle blowing
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has had his application for bail denied and has been sent back to HMP Belmarsh in London. His application was rejected by District Judge Vanessa Baraitser at a hearing in Westminster Magistrates Court on 25 March. His lawyers argued...
by admin | Feb 5, 2020 | Campaigns, Europe, media freedom, whistle blowing
Citizens, journalists, artists, human rights organisations and journalists’ unions gathered on January 29th in Brussels to call on the Belgian government to do its utmost to protect Julian Assange and impede his extradition to the United States. The International and...
by admin | Jan 4, 2020 | Campaigns, international, whistle blowing
The following statement was published on the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) web site on 2 January 2020. “Julian Assange, publisher of Wikileaks, is currently detained in Belmarsh high-security prison in the United Kingdom. He faces extradition to the United...
by admin | Dec 7, 2019 | BBC, Campaigns, media ownership, media plurality, Public Service Broadcasting, Reviews
The central role the media has played in the General Election Campaign is undeniable. So is the pro Conservative party dominance of much of the national press together with its anti-Labour party bias. Social media has again offered alternative platforms for the...
by admin | Oct 26, 2019 | Campaigns, international, whistle blowing
It was some 15 years ago that Craig Murray first became a thorn in the flesh of the British State. He’d had a distinguished career in the UK diplomatic service, but his last posting in 2002-2004 as British Ambassador, Uzbekistan brought him into conflict...
by admin | Sep 17, 2019 | Campaigns, media freedom, whistle blowing
Julian Assange is to remain in prison when his jail term ends because of his “history of absconding”, a judge has ruled. He was due to be released on 22 September after serving his sentence for breaching bail after fleeing to the Ecuadorian Embassy in...
