(2020-03-02). Brisbane rally calls for freedom for Assange and Manning. wsws.org Participants applauded and cheered the speakers as they denounced the Australian government's complicity in the abuses of Assange's basic legal rights.
(2020-03-02). Jeremy Corbyn's criminal silence during Julian Assange's extradition hearing. wsws.org Corbyn said nothing when he could have raised Assange's fate in Parliament every single day, informing millions of the fundamental violation of his democratic rights.
(2020-03-02). Rally in defence of Julian Assange held in Zurich. wsws.org In Zurich, Marianne Arens spoke on behalf of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party—SGP) and called for the mobilisation of the working class in Assange's defence.
(2020-03-02). US Election; Delhi Clashes; Syria; Assange; Coronavirus. sputniknews.com Join George Galloway on the new home for the Mother of All Talk Shows – this week we talk about US election, Delhi clashes, Syria, Assange's Extradition Hearing, coronavirus.
(2020-03-02). Drone Spotted at Frankfurt Airport, Flights Currently Suspended – Aviation Authority. sputniknews.com Last month, the operations at Frankfurt airport were temporarily suspended due to what police described as "targeted disruptive action" by drones in the area.
(2020-03-01). Assange Hearing Descends from Tragedy to Farce — George Galloway. dissidentvoice.org Attorneys for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange are citing a 20-year-old extradition treaty between the US and UK at day four of the embattled journalist's extradition hearing. The treaty prohibits extradition for political offenses. Former UK MP and friend of Julian Assange George Galloway discusses the implications.
(2020-03-01). Freedom of the Press on Trial: 10 Reasons Why Assange Is Lawfully in the Right. globalresearch.ca Freedom of the press is on trial right now in London, as the Assange case has now gone 3 days. As this massive case begins, Julian Assange has been subjected to yet more intimidation, depravation and abuse. In just the …
(2020-03-01). Your Man in the Public Gallery — Assange Hearing Day Four. globalresearch.ca Please try this experiment for me. | Try asking this question out loud, in a tone of intellectual interest and engagement: "Are you suggesting that the two have the same effect?" | Now try asking this question out loud, in a tone …
(2020-03-01). Seth Rich, Julian Assange and Dana Rohrabacher — Will We Ever Know the Truth About the Stolen DNC Files? globalresearch.ca The media is doing its best to make the Seth Rich story go away, but it seems to have a life of its own, possibly due to the fact that the accepted narrative about how Rich died makes no sense. …
(2020-02-29). Protest demands reversal of decision in Chicago police torture survivor case. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – In an attack on the human rights movement to stop police torture in Chicago, a Cook County judge ordered a torture survivor back to prison for life on February 14. In doing so, Judge Thomas Hennelly ignored irrefutable X-ray evidence of Gerald Reed's torture at the hands of the infamous Jon Burge "midnight crew," flouted the findings of the governor-appointed Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission — which affirmed Gerald's claim of torture — and overturned the ruling of the judge formerly assigned to the case, who vacated Reed's original conviction before retiring. | In response to Hennel…
(2020-02-29). Torture, Still: You Will Never See Your Child Again (Or If You Do She/He Will Be Unrecognizable). commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/further/child_tease_guillermo_arias_getty_b7549111-5ada-4bf3-9227-33ea37abdd97_0.jpg …
(2020-02-28). Julian Assange, the Glass Cage and Heaven in a Rage: Day Four of Extradition Hearings. dissidentvoice.org Thursday, February 27, Woolwich Crown Court. The first round of extradition hearings regarding Julian Assange's case concluded a day early, to recommence on May 18th. It ended on an insensible note very much in keeping with the woolly-headed reasoning of Judge Vanessa Baraitser, who is of the view that a WikiLeaks publisher in a cage …
(2020-02-28). Judge Orders Assange Held in Glass Box During Extradition Trial. mintpressnews.com In the United Kingdom, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces extradition to the U.S., a magistrate court judge decided he must remain isolated in a glass box at the back of the courtroom.
(2020-02-28). Assange Extradition: Can a French Touch Pierce a Neo-Orwellian Farce? globalresearch.ca It's quite fitting that the — imperially pre-determined — judicial fate of Julian Assange is being played out in Britain, the home of George Orwell. | As chronicled by the painful, searing
(2020-02-28). Connecticut prison warning: Prolonged solitary confinement may 'amount to torture', UN expert warns. news.un.org The "excessive use" of solitary confinement by the prison service in the US state of Connecticut, prompted an independent UN human rights expert to voice alarm on Friday.
(2020-02-28). Protesters demand Julian Assange be set free. greenleft.org.au 
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(2020-02-28). Relentless campaign to smear Assange. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-02-27). Julian Assange, Political Offences and Legal Restraints: Day Three of Extradition Hearings. dissidentvoice.org Wednesday, February 26, Woolwich Crown Court. Today, the focus shifted to the protagonist himself and the nature of the US-UK Extradition Treaty of 2003, a contentious document that shines all too favourably for US citizens. Julian Assange, whose deteriorating condition has been noted for months by psychologists, doctors and UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils …
(2020-02-27). Headlines for February 27, 2020. democracynow.org Fears of Coronavirus Pandemic Grow as U.S. Cites First "Community Spread" of Pathogen, Trump Blames "Caronavirus" Fears on Democrats and Fake News Reporting, Trump Taps VP Mike Pence, Who's Blamed for Indiana HIV Outbreak, to Lead Coronavirus Response, Gunman Kills 5 at Molson Coors Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Physicians Group Calls U.S. Migrant Family Separations "Torture", U.S. Drops Charge Against Scott Warren, Who Aided Migrants Crossing Desert, House Approves Emmett Till Act to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime, Feds Arrest Five Neo-Nazis for Threatening Journalists and Activists, ABC Suspends David Wr…
(2020-02-27). John Pilger: Llegó el momento para que Julian Assange sea liberado, no traicionado. thegrayzone.com La verdad es que Australia podía haber rescatado a Julian Assange, y todavía puede. Los líderes de su tierra natal…
(2020-02-27). The Chicago Police Department's History of Torture. thenation.com The Chicago Police Department's History of Torture…
(2020-02-26). Julian Assange Against the Imperium: Day Two of Extradition Hearings. dissidentvoice.org The second day of extradition hearings against Julian Assange and by virtue of that, WikiLeaks, saw Mark Summers QC deliver a formidable serve for the defence at Woolwich Crown Court. "It's difficult to conceive of a clearer example of an extradition request that boldly and blatantly misstates the facts as they are known to be …
(2020-02-25). Headlines for February 25, 2020. democracynow.org Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty of Rape, 2020 Democratic Candidates Gear Up for Debate as More Damning Comments by Bloomberg Surface, Bernie Sanders Defends Praise for Fidel Castro's Literacy Program, Protests in India Kill At Least 7 as Trump Continues Visit, Former Egyptian Dictator Hosni Mubarak Dies, U.K. Court Opens Deliberations on Julian Assange's Extradition Case, As Coronavirus Spreads Around the Globe, White House Requests Emergency Funding, China Sentences Bookseller Critical of Chinese Government to 10 Years in Prison, Clashes Between Haitian Police and Soldiers Leave One Dead as Anti-Gov't Protests Rag…
(2020-02-25). As Assange's trial begins, his lawyers highlight risk of extradition with CIA spying operation's 'extreme measures'. thegrayzone.com Assange's lawyers pointed to CIA surveillance by a Sheldon Adelson-backed private contractor and the Trump administration's public contempt for the…
(2020-02-24). From Being Tortured in Sri Lanka to the U.S. Supreme Court. aclu.org 
On a frigid day in early February, Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam | stands under an awning on a street corner in lower Manhattan along with one of | his attorneys, Celso Perez of the ACLU. Both are bundled in heavy winter | jackets. Perez is holding his phone up and squinting as he concentrates on the | tinny voice of a translator emanating from its speaker. | "I want them to be aware that you're traveling," Perez says | into the phone. | The voice on the other line translates what Perez said into | Tamil, the native language of Sri Lanka's largest ethnic minority. Thuraissigiam, | heavyset in his late 40s with a…
(2020-02-24). Julian Assange extradition hearing sees US attack bravery, press freedom. thegrayzone.com As Julian Assange's US extradition hearing begins in London, Randy Credico on the targeting and demonization of the Wikileaks publisher….
