by barry | Jan 2, 2024 | Campaigns, freedom of information, international, whistle blowing
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange’s likely final UK legal challenge to stop his extradition to the United States will be held at public hearing in London’s High Court, on 20-21 February.Two judges will review an earlier ruling review the decision by...
by barry | Jan 24, 2023 | Campaigns, censorship, international, media freedom, Press, whistle blowing
Julian Assange still awaits his legal appeal against extradition to the United States to face charges under the 1917 Espionage Act. He has already spent nearly four years languishing in London’s high security Belmarsh Prison. Meanwhile, leading free press and human...
by barry | Nov 30, 2022 | Campaigns, censorship, international, media freedom, whistle blowing
The editors and publishers of the five media organisations who partnered with WikiLeaks – The Guardian, Le Monde, El País, Der Spiegel and New York Times – have called for end to the prosecution of Julian Assange. The New York Times reports...
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:...