by barry | Nov 3, 2021 | Campaigns, freedom of information, international, media freedom, whistle blowing
The US appeal against the dismissal of its application to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, was heard over two days in London’s Royal Courts of Justice on 27 and 28 October, but the outcome may not be known for several weeks. The hearing arose from District...
by barry | Oct 4, 2021 | international, Tributes
An excellent Guardian obituary in the printed edition of the Guardian on 10 September by Pete Robinson covers the extraordinary life of Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/17/otelo-saraiva-de-carvalho-obituary).Otelo was a former army...
by admin | Aug 7, 2021 | international, Russia, whistle blowing
This week Index on Censorship, an organisation campaigning for freedom of expression, held a webinar ‘Whistle-blowers: the lifeblood of democracy’ to mark the launch of the summer 2021 edition of ‘Index on Censorship’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixGnSlTq-98 As the...
by admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Campaigns, freedom of information, international, whistle blowing
Saturday 3 July was WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s 50th birthday, but he did not have much to celebrate. The attempt to extradite Assange to the United States was rejected in January, but bail was refused and he continues to be held in Belmarsh prison pending an...
by admin | Feb 19, 2021 | Europe, Government, international
‘I believe the Union is over-democratised.’ Herman van Rumpuy EU President from 2009 to 2014 (quoted by Perry Anderson in ‘The European Coup’ London Review of Books, 17 December 2020) I was fourteen at the time when on 3 February 1960, Prime Minister and old Etonian...
by admin | Jan 6, 2021 | Campaigns, freedom of information, international, media freedom, whistle blowing
It’s been a week of mixed fortunes for Julian Assange. On Monday many were taken aback by the ruling of district judge Vanessa Baraitser not to allow the US to extradite Julian to stand trial on criminal charges of conspiracy, hacking and violations of the 1917...
