Government finally responds to the Cairncross Review
Almost a year after it was published, the government has finally responded the recommendations of Dame Frances Cairncross’s review into the sustainability of the UK news industry (see my 20 February 2019 blog at: http://thespark.me.uk/?p=1074 ) . Whilst accepting most...
“Assange, Snowden, Manning and Harrison are the resistance fighters of the 21st century”
Citizens, journalists, artists, human rights organisations and journalists’ unions gathered on January 29th in Brussels to call on the Belgian government to do its utmost to protect Julian Assange and impede his extradition to the United States. The International and...
International journalist statement in defence of Julian Assange
The following statement was published on the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) web site on 2 January 2020. “Julian Assange, publisher of Wikileaks, is currently detained in Belmarsh high-security prison in the United Kingdom. He faces extradition to the United...