2021-11-01: News Headlines

RT (2021-11-01). US Extradition: "If Julian Assange Dies, He Would Have Been Tortured to Death!" — Nils Melzer. dissidentvoice.org We speak to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer on the trial of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. He discusses his assessment that Julian Assange has been psychologically tortured by UK authorities, why it has become harder for the UK courts to refuse the US extradition request, the parallels between the video of the …

Marjorie Cohn (2021-11-01). Biden's DOJ Downplayed Suicide Risk for Assange in Appeal of Extradition Denial. zcomm.org More than two dozen press freedom, civil liberties and international human rights groups, and people around the world, are protesting the persecution of Assange…

teleSUR (2021-11-01). Assange's Isolation In UK Prison Risks His Life: UN Rapporteur. telesurenglish.net In an interview with the outlet Russia Today on Saturday, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer stated that the psychological problems that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces stem from the abuse he suffers in U.K. Belmarsh high-security prison. | RELATED: | Melzer visited Assange at Belmarsh prison in May 2019 with a team of medical experts, all of whom concluded that this acti…

teleSUR (2021-11-01). Spain Investigates Security Company That Spied Assange In London. telesurenglish.net Spain's Fifth Central Court of Instruction opened five criminal actions against the security company Undercover Global (UC Global) Director David Morales for illegally spying on Julian Assange at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London while the WikiLeaks founder political asylum from 2016 to 2019. | RELATED: | Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa (2007-2017) hired this company to ensure the safety of Assange, whom the U.S.

Editor2 (2021-11-01). US Lawyers Argue Assange Healthy Enough to be Sent to His Death. orinocotribune.com By Richard Medhurst — Oct 29, 2021 | Criminalizing journalism: The United States puts Assange's mental health on trial at the High Court, while offering worthless assurances that cannot be trusted. | This week at the High Court in London, US lawyers appealed against a UK judge's decision in January not to extradite Australian journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Baraitser blocked the extradition on grounds it would be oppressive to his health, and that US prison conditions are too inhumane. Accredited journalist Richard Medhurst reports: | Some background information first: Assange's extradition…

MEE staff (2021-11-01). Guantanamo Bay: US military jury condemns detainee's torture. middleeasteye.net Guantanamo Bay: US military jury condemns detainee's torture | A panel of jurors urged clemency for Majid Khan, who last week openly described his torture at CIA black sites | Mon, 11/01/2021 – 16: 44 | The US flag at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 7 August 2013 (AFP) | A jury of

_____ (2021-10-31). On Contact: Julian Assange Extradition Case. popularresistance.org For the past two days, Chris Hedges has been watching the extradition hearing for Julian Assange via video link from London. The United States is appealing a lower court ruling that denied the US' request to extradite Assange not, unfortunately, because in the eyes of the court he is innocent of a crime, but because, as Judge Vanessa Baraitser in January concluded, Assange's precarious psychological state would deteriorate given the "harsh conditions" of the inhumane US prison system, "causing him to commit suicide." The United States has charged Assange with 17 counts under the Espionage Act and one count of try…

Anwar Ibrahim (2021-10-31). US should cease persecution of Assange. asiatimes.com I am deeply concerned over the precedents the fallout from the situation involving the detention and potential extradition of Australian editor and publisher Julian Assange will set. While the legal grounds for the charges against Assange bring up many important questions that should not be overlooked, we risk a more flagrant assault on the principles …

_____ (2021-10-31). The Most Important Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time. strategic-culture.org If he is extradited and found guilty of publishing classified material it will set a legal precedent that will effectively end national security reporting. | By Chris HEDGES | For the past two days, I have been watching the extradition hearing for Julian Assange via video link from London. The United States is appealing a lower court ruling that denied the US request to extradite Assange not, unfortunately, because in the eyes of the court he is innocent of a crime, but because, as Judge Vanessa Baraitser in January concluded, Assange's precarious psychological state would deteriorate given the "harsh conditions"

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