WSWS (2022-03-16). Silence in the media and Labour "left" on Assange's extradition danger. wsws.org The Biden administration intends to prosecute Assange for charges under the Espionage Act with a potential sentence of 175 years in prison. This would be served in barbaric conditions, that previous judgements acknowledged could drive him to suicide.

WSWS (2022-03-16). CIA detainee Ammar al-Baluchi was used as a training prop to teach torture techniques. wsws.org A CIA document that has been declassified in the pretrial proceedings of five Guantanamo Bay defendants shows that one of the men, who was illegally rendered into US government custody in 2003, was used as a torture training prop while held in a black site in Afghanistan.

_____ (2022-03-15). UK Supreme Court Refuses Assange Appeal. popularresistance.org Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks, has been denied his petition to appeal the High Court's decision to extradite him to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing U.S. state secrets that revealed evidence of American war crimes. The next possible step for Assange to forestall extradition is to ask the High Court to hear a cross appeal against the lower court's judgement. Assange's attorneys on Monday indicated that that would likely be their next step. Assange won in the magistrate's court in January 2021. That court decided not to extradite Assange based on his mental sta…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-15). UN warns of rising child casualties, worsening hunger in Yemen war and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the severe hunger crisis and rising casualties in Yemen, the denial of Julian Assange's appeal against his extradition, and more…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-15). UK court rejects Assange's appeal against extradition, Home Office to have final say. peoplesdispatch.org Assange's lawyers are preparing to fight the case once again at the district court, on grounds that were previously raised by not considered. The Home Office decision will come after this…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-15). Assange's appeal against extradition rejected. peoplesdispatch.org If extradited Assange will face a federal grand jury in the US for 18 counts of charges, 17 of which are under the Espionage Act for a maximum prison sentence of 175 years.