(2019-12-19). Growing demands for Australian government to intervene in defence of Assange. wsws.org Labor and the Coalition have not responded to calls that they defend Assange, in keeping with their nine-year involvement in his persecution.
(2019-12-19). Julian Assange lawyers will challenge the 'political' framing of charges against him. thecanary.co WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's legal team will argue he should not be extradited to the US because his alleged offences are being framed as "political" in nature, a court heard. | His lawyers believe that a 2007 extradition treaty agreed between the UK and US offers the 48-year-old protection. | Assange appeared via video-link at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 19 November for a case management hearing to set the timetable leading up to a full extradition hearing in February. | He's being…
(2019-12-19). US Hardliners Want Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning Crucified. globalresearch.ca Mass incarceration in the US is a national disgrace, a crime against humanity, including countless numbers of political prisoners — pesecuted behind bars for their beliefs and activism, for resisting the dirty system, judged guilty by accusation. | Julian Assange and …
(2019-12-19). Queen's Speech unveils Boris Johnson's hardline plans to curtail Britain's democracy. thecanary.co Boris Johnson has unveiled a Queen's Speech with measures to toughen up criminal justice, limit parliamentary democracy and potentially weaken the scrutiny of government. | The government will look at whether the Official Secrets Act needs overhauling, which determines what protections and punishments whistleblowers are given. Whistleblowers are a critical check on power. It will also consider whether there is a case for updating the treason laws. | Work will be taken forward to repeal the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act — a move which would enable the prime minister to call an election without the consent of pa…
(2019-12-18). Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Spends Her Birthday Imprisoned. mintpressnews.com Military whistleblower Chelsea Manning spent her 32nd birthday behind bars yesterday for continuing to refuse to testify against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange. She has been in prison since May after a U.S. District Judge ordered her incarceration for not recognizing the legitimacy of the grand jury. She tweeted that she was grateful for t…
(2019-12-18). Torture exposed in Cobb County Detention Center. workers.org 
By Arielle Robinson Marietta, Ga. Formerly incarcerated people from the Cobb County Adult Detention Center and loved ones of those currently incarcerated spoke out about the horrid conditions at a town hall meeting at Life Church here on Dec. 9. Seven people have died in the jail since last December. . . . | Continue reading Torture exposed in Cobb County Detention Center at Workers.org
(2019-12-18). Snowden has to hand book profits over to US govt, judge rules. rt.com 
Whatever profits Edward Snowden's book "Permanent Record" has earned since its September release will need to be handed over to the US government, thanks to a new ruling from a federal judge. | Profits from Edward Snowden's memoir, 'Permanent Record,' must be handed over to the US government, a federal judge has ruled, all because the whistleblower didn't let intelligence agencies vet the work before its publication. | Judge Liam O'Grady ruled in federal court in Virginia this week that because Snowden did not first submit his book to the NSA or CIA for approval — something government employees with high…
(2019-12-17). Mormon Church hiding $100bn from the IRS as contingency plan for End of Days, whistleblower claims. rt.com 
The Mormon Church has $100 billion socked away in a secret cash stash for the Second Coming, its former money manager has told the IRS. He claims that the massive nest-egg, unknown even to rank-and-file Mormons, is illegal. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), as it is officially called, is sitting on an eye-popping sum of money that was donated with the expectation it would be used for charitable works, David Nielsen claimed in a whistleblower complaint to the Internal Revenue Service last month. The 41-year-old is the former senior portfolio manager of the Church's investment firm, Ensign…
(2019-12-15). US Threatens To Attack Iran Over Rockets Fired In Iraq & Assange Blocked From Seeing Key Evidence. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/14/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2019-12-12). Latin America says 'No to neoliberalism': Ecuador's ex-foreign minister talks uprisings and Assange. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone premieres its new show Red Lines with Anya Parampil with an interview with the former foreign minister of…
(2019-12-11). The Washington Post's 'Afghanistan Papers' Examines the Root Failures of the Longest Armed Conflict in US History. therealnews.com 
Reporting from the Washington Post confirms what many have known for years: Much of what top officials told the public about the United States' 18-year war in Afghanistan was false, wildly exaggerated to portray success, and concealed a very different reality than what Afghan civilians and U.S. troops experienced on the ground. | The multi-part report is titled "The Afghanistan Papers," and was written by Craig Whitlock. Released Monday, it is based on 2,000 unpublished pages of notes from interviews conducted by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which was tasked…
(2019-10-24). Julian Assange's Extradition Case is a Show Trial. zcomm.org Interview on the lack of mainstream media coverage of Julian's persecution, his health and conditions in Belmarsh prison, CIA spying on Julian Assange and more…