by barry | Nov 27, 2022 | Campaigns, Climate Change, international, Press
The sand has settled following COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt – a country whose prisons are heaving with political prisoners including Egyptian-British pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah. Now it’s time to evaluate just how the press covered this most...
by barry | Jun 23, 2022 | Campaigns, Government, international, whistle blowing
Extradition to the US of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was approved on 17 June by Home Secretary Priti Patel. He has been given 14 days to appeal the decision which expires on 1 July. Mr Assange is wanted by the US authorities over documents leaked in 2010 and...
by barry | Jun 7, 2022 | censorship, international, media ownership, whistle blowing
Donald Trump’s former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (pictured) has been summoned by a Spanish court to explain an alleged CIA plot to assassinate Julian Assange according to a Spanish national daily newspaper ABC (see:...
by barry | Apr 20, 2022 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, whistle blowing
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks co-founder, is one step closer to being extradited to the United States, where he is set to be tried mainly under the Espionage Act, after a London court agreed an extradition order. The court issued a formal extradition order at a...
by barry | Mar 16, 2022 | Campaigns, freedom of information, international, media freedom, Press
On 14 March, Julian Assange’s defence lawyers issued a statement reporting that the Supreme Court had refused Assange permission to appeal on the basis that “the application does not raise an arguable point of law.” The case will now go back to District Judge Vanessa...
by barry | Dec 20, 2021 | Campaigns, censorship, freedom of information, Government, international, Uncategorized, whistle blowing
Two Liberal MP have backed calls for the Australian government to seek Julian Assange’s return to Australia “as quickly as possible” after deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce said the US extradition request was unfair. Liberal backbencher MPs Jason Falinski and...
