by barry | Oct 4, 2021 | Campaigns, censorship, media ownership, nuj, whistle blowing
As Julian Assange began his fifth year sheltering in Ecuador’s London based embassy in 2017, the CIA plotted to kidnap the WikiLeaks founder, according to a new investigative report by Yahoo News published on Sunday 26 September...
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 | 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...
by admin | Aug 16, 2020 | freedom of information, whistle blowing
‘A popular government, without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and the people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power...
by admin | Aug 15, 2020 | Campaigns, censorship, international, media freedom, Press, whistle blowing
The US government has made a late request to have Julian Assange extradited based on a new indictment, prosecutor Claire Dobbin told Westminster magistrates’ court at yesterday’s hearing. Washington is seeking to expand the charges against him, including by...
