Julian Assange to find out in weeks if he can appeal against extradition to US
Julian Assange’s application for leave to appeal his extradition to the United States was heard over two days in court five at London’s Royal Courts of Justice, last week. If it fails he could find himself on a flight to the US unless the European Court of Human...
Police must come clean on media surveillance
Journalism and the right to protect sources from state snooping, face another test on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 February when journalists and NUJ members Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey will attend an open court hearing of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in...
Assange faces last chance to escape extradition with the right to report under threat
Julian Assange’s hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, which takes place on 20 and 21 February will consider an appeal against the UK’s decision to extradite him, and a previous ruling by Judge Baraitser in January 2021 which rejected arguments presented...