by barry | Apr 14, 2024 | Campaigns, freedom of information, international, media freedom, Press, Uncategorized
In response to pressure from the Australian Government and around the world, President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday 10 April that he is considering dropping the prosecution against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The date also marked the fifth anniversary of the...
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...
by admin | Aug 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
My close friend and comrade Geraldine Alferoff died suddenly at her home in Knighton, Wales on 21 July. Last Friday at her cremation in Hereford I gave the following address. We will be celebrating her life at an event in Walthamstow, London E17 on 8 October....
by admin | Dec 19, 2014 | media freedom, Turkey, Uncategorized
It’s now becoming clear the wide extent of the attack on freedom of expression resulting from the Zaman arrests recently reported. A number of scriptwriters of a soap opera were also banged up! In fact it was more than scriptwriters, those arrested on Sunday also...
by admin | Sep 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last Saturday was a real highlight for me. I travelled the three miles on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal between Marsden in West Yorkshire to Diggle in Greater Manchester. What’s so special about that – it’s all underground – in the longest canal tunnel in...
by admin | Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
Turkish prime minister, Tayyip Erdoğan (pictured left) is the clear winner in the local elections held yesterday. With about 98% of votes counted by early this morning, his party, the AKP, in power since 2002, had 45.6% of the vote whiled the opposition CHP trailed...
