Daily Archives: April 27, 2020

2020-04-27: News Headlines

WSWS (2020-04-27). Application for delay in Assange extradition hearing as COVID-19 sweeps through UK prisons. wsws.org The vindictive suspension of the COVID-19 prisoner release programme demonstrates the criminal disregard of the British ruling class for the lives of prisoners.

RT (2020-04-27). Julian Assange's extradition hearing postponed amid Covid-19 pandemic, earliest available date November. rt.com WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange's US extradition hearing in London has been delayed, potentially till November, due to the coronavirus pandemic with his defense arguing it made the proceedings "medically dangerous." | Assange's extradition case has been delayed again after his defense lawyers said the coronavirus outbreak made his trial "impossible" and "medically dangerous." | A hearing, held by video link at Westminster Magistrates Court, heard that the case could be postponed until as late as November 2, the earliest date where three consecutive weeks are available. | Judge Vanessa Baraitser vacated the…

Glenn Greenwald (2020-04-27). The Ongoing Travesty of the Attempted Extradition of Julian Assange. zcomm.org The indictment pertains solely to those widely celebrated 2010 disclosures that revealed rampant war crimes, systemic corruption and official deceit by numerous governments around the world…

Colonel Ann Wright (2020-04-27). Video: The Criminal Indictments against Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. globalresearch.ca Last year we met in Florence on the 7th of April, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO. The theme of our conference last year was NATO EXIT. | On April 25, 2020, Commemorating the Liberation of Italy. …

graham (2020-04-26). Mission Creep — Yet more intrusive surveillance powers given to government. truepublica.org.uk By TruePublica: Back in 2016 — TruePublica wrote: "One should wonder where the universal surveillance system dubbed the 'snoopers charter' being installed by Britain's government is heading for eventually. Recently described by Edward Snowden in tweets as the "most intrusive and least accountable surveillance regime in the West" and its "a comprehensive record of your …

sputniknews (2020-04-27). Judge's Decision to Postpone Julian Assange's Extradition Case is 'Very Wise', His Father Says. sputniknews.com Julian Assange's lawyers renewed their application to adjourn the second part of his extradition proceedings on the basis that it would be impossible to have a fair hearing without the lawyers and the defendant being physically present in court as due to their inability to consult with their client during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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Video: The Criminal Indictments against Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
Colonel Ann Wright | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Last year we met in Florence on the 7th of April, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO. The theme of our conference last year was NATO EXIT. | On April 25, 2020, Commemorating the Liberation of Italy. …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-criminal-indictments-against-julian-assange-and-chelsea-manning/5710973

Julian Assange's extradition hearing postponed amid Covid-19 pandemic, earliest available date November
rt.com | 2020-04-27
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange's US extradition hearing in London has been delayed, potentially till November, due to the coronavirus pandemic with his defense arguing it made the proceedings "medically dangerous." | Assange's extradition case has been delayed again after his defense lawyers said the coronavirus outbreak made his trial "impossible" and "medically dangerous." | A hearing, held by video link at Westminster Magistrates Court, heard that the case could be postponed until as late as November 2, the earliest date where three consecutive weeks are available. | Judge Vanessa Baraitser vacated the…
rt.com/news/486993-assange-extradition-hearing-postponed-covid19/

Application for delay in Assange extradition hearing as COVID-19 sweeps through UK prisons
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
The vindictive suspension of the COVID-19 prisoner release programme demonstrates the criminal disregard of the British ruling class for the lives of prisoners.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/assa-a27.html

The Ongoing Travesty of the Attempted Extradition of Julian Assange
Glenn Greenwald | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
The indictment pertains solely to those widely celebrated 2010 disclosures that revealed rampant war crimes, systemic corruption and official deceit by numerous governments around the world…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-ongoing-travesty-of-the-attempted-extradition-of-julian-assange/

COVID-19 Must Radicalize Doctors: We Cannot Remain on the Political Periphery
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
Medical education is known for its stress, with high rates of mental illness and burnout often attributable to a toxic work environment

Judge's Decision to Postpone Julian Assange's Extradition Case is 'Very Wise', His Father Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
Julian Assange's lawyers renewed their application to adjourn the second part of his extradition proceedings on the basis that it would be impossible to have a fair hearing without the lawyers and the defendant being physically present in court as due to their inability to consult with their client during the COVID-19 lockdown.
sputniknews.com/interviews/202004271079108866-judges-decision-to-postpone-julian-assanges-extradition-case-is-very-wise-his-father-says/