He has been giving evidence to its Parliamentary Assembly, which includes parliamentarians from 46 European countries, on his detention and conviction and their effects on human rights.
Showing posts with label Julian Assange. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Julian Assange. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 01, 2024
In Full: Julian Assange Makes First Public Statement since Prison Release
Oct 1, 2024 | Julian Assange says he was freed after years of incarceration because he "pled guilty to journalism". "I am not free today because the system worked," the Australian WikiLeaks founder said during an address to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday — his first public remarks since he was released from prison.
He has been giving evidence to its Parliamentary Assembly, which includes parliamentarians from 46 European countries, on his detention and conviction and their effects on human rights.
He has been giving evidence to its Parliamentary Assembly, which includes parliamentarians from 46 European countries, on his detention and conviction and their effects on human rights.
Friday, June 28, 2024
Tucker Carlson Responds to Julian Assange’s Release during Australia Speech
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
‘Precedent’: Julian Assange’s Wife Stella Calls for Reform of the US’ Espionage Act
Jun 26, 2024 | WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s wife Stella Assange says it is in the interest of “all of the press” to reform the Espionage Act in the United States to increase “press protections”. “
Today, we celebrate Julian’s freedom … it is also a day where I hope journalists and editors and publishers everywhere realise the danger of this US case against Julian that criminalises, that has secured a conviction, for newsgathering and publishing information that was in the public interest,” she said.
“That the public deserved to know and that precedent now can and will be used in the future against the rest of the press, so it is in the interest of all of the press to seek for this current state of affairs to change through reform of the Espionage Act, to increase press protections and yes, eventually, when the time comes, not today, a pardon.”
Today, we celebrate Julian’s freedom … it is also a day where I hope journalists and editors and publishers everywhere realise the danger of this US case against Julian that criminalises, that has secured a conviction, for newsgathering and publishing information that was in the public interest,” she said.
“That the public deserved to know and that precedent now can and will be used in the future against the rest of the press, so it is in the interest of all of the press to seek for this current state of affairs to change through reform of the Espionage Act, to increase press protections and yes, eventually, when the time comes, not today, a pardon.”
SBS News: Anthony Albanese Details Speaking to Julian Assange as He Arrives in Australia
Jun 26, 2024 | Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he returns to Australia a free man, 14 years after he published classified military documents.
The saga that started with Assange holed up in Ecuador's London embassy, before leading him to solitary confinement in Belmarsh prison in the United Kingdom, has come to an end in a Pacific tropical paradise.
Assange arrived alongside his support team and Australia's ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd at the US District Court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, just before 8am.
The saga that started with Assange holed up in Ecuador's London embassy, before leading him to solitary confinement in Belmarsh prison in the United Kingdom, has come to an end in a Pacific tropical paradise.
Assange arrived alongside his support team and Australia's ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd at the US District Court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, just before 8am.
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Vlad Vexler: Julian Assange
Julian Assange: Brother Says He's 'Overwhelmed' to Be Out of Prison
Julian Assange Freed in US Plea Deal, WikiLeaks Says | BBC News
Jun 25, 2024 | After a years-long legal saga, WikiLeaks says that founder Julian Assange has left the UK after reaching a deal with US authorities that will see him plead guilty to criminal charges and go free.
Assange, 52, was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information. For years, the US has argued that the WikiLeaks files - which disclosed information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - endangered lives.
Assange spent the last five years in a British prison, from where he was fighting extradition to the US
Related material here.
Assange, 52, was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information. For years, the US has argued that the WikiLeaks files - which disclosed information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - endangered lives.
Assange spent the last five years in a British prison, from where he was fighting extradition to the US
Related material here.
Assange Agrees to Plead Guilty in Exchange for Release, Ending Standoff With U.S.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Barring last-minute snags, the deal would bring to an end a prolonged battle that began after the WikiLeaks founder became alternately celebrated and reviled for revealing state secrets in the 2010s.
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, agreed to plead guilty on Monday to a single felony count of illegally obtaining and disclosing national security material in exchange for his release from a British prison, ending his long and bitter standoff with the United States.
Mr. Assange, 52, was granted his request to appear before a federal judge at one of the more remote outposts of the federal judiciary, the courthouse in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, according to a brief court filing made public late Monday. He is expected to be sentenced to about five years, the equivalent of the time he has already served in Britain, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the terms of the agreement.
It was a fitting final twist in the case against Mr. Assange, who doggedly opposed extradition to the U.S. mainland. The islands are a United States commonwealth in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — and much closer to Mr. Assange’s native Australia, where he is a citizen, than courts in the continental United States or Hawaii.
Shortly after the deal was disclosed, WikiLeaks said that Mr. Assange had left London. Mr. Assange is scheduled to appear in Saipan at 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday and is expected to fly back to Australia “at the conclusion of the proceedings,” Matthew J. McKenzie, an official in the Justice Department’s counterterrorism division, wrote in a letter to the judge in the case. » | Glenn Thrush and Megan Specia, Glenn Thrush reported from Washington, and Megan Specia from London. | Monday, June 24, 2024
WikiLeaks’ post on X here.
Julian Assange leaves UK after striking deal with US justice department: It is anticipated the WikiLeaks founder will plead guilty to violating US espionage law at a hearing in Saipan and will be allowed to return to Australia »
‘No one should judge’ WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for accepting deal, Australian MP says: Labor’s Julian Hill says prime minister Anthony Albanese deserves ‘enormous credit’ for pursuing the resolution of Assange’s case »
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, agreed to plead guilty on Monday to a single felony count of illegally obtaining and disclosing national security material in exchange for his release from a British prison, ending his long and bitter standoff with the United States.
Mr. Assange, 52, was granted his request to appear before a federal judge at one of the more remote outposts of the federal judiciary, the courthouse in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, according to a brief court filing made public late Monday. He is expected to be sentenced to about five years, the equivalent of the time he has already served in Britain, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the terms of the agreement.
It was a fitting final twist in the case against Mr. Assange, who doggedly opposed extradition to the U.S. mainland. The islands are a United States commonwealth in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — and much closer to Mr. Assange’s native Australia, where he is a citizen, than courts in the continental United States or Hawaii.
Shortly after the deal was disclosed, WikiLeaks said that Mr. Assange had left London. Mr. Assange is scheduled to appear in Saipan at 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday and is expected to fly back to Australia “at the conclusion of the proceedings,” Matthew J. McKenzie, an official in the Justice Department’s counterterrorism division, wrote in a letter to the judge in the case. » | Glenn Thrush and Megan Specia, Glenn Thrush reported from Washington, and Megan Specia from London. | Monday, June 24, 2024
WikiLeaks’ post on X here.
Julian Assange leaves UK after striking deal with US justice department: It is anticipated the WikiLeaks founder will plead guilty to violating US espionage law at a hearing in Saipan and will be allowed to return to Australia »
‘No one should judge’ WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for accepting deal, Australian MP says: Labor’s Julian Hill says prime minister Anthony Albanese deserves ‘enormous credit’ for pursuing the resolution of Assange’s case »
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Tucker Carlson: They Want Julian Assange to Die in Prison for Embarrassing the CIA
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Assange Might Be Assassinated If Extradited, Lawyers Claim | DW News
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Julian Assange: Wikileaks Founder in Last-ditch Bid to Avoid US Extradition | BBC News
Feb 20, 2024 | Lawyers for Julian Assange are launching what could be his final bid to avoid extradition to the US to face trial over leaking military secrets.
The two-day hearing at the High Court in London is due to hear his team argue he should be allowed a full appeal. There is no guarantee that will be granted and if turned down, he could be handed over within weeks.
Supporters of the Wikileaks founder say he exposed wrongdoing, but the US says Mr Assange put lives at risk.
The two-day hearing at the High Court in London is due to hear his team argue he should be allowed a full appeal. There is no guarantee that will be granted and if turned down, he could be handed over within weeks.
Supporters of the Wikileaks founder say he exposed wrongdoing, but the US says Mr Assange put lives at risk.
Julian Assange Makes Final Appeal against Extradition to US | DW News
It is a NATIONAL DISGRACE that the government and authorities in this country have imprisoned this poor ailing man for so long. That they are thinking of extraditing him to the USA where he faces a lifetime in prison is nothing short of an OUTRAGE.
Our government is behaving like America’s little poodle! Further, it is incredible that our government can condemn Putin for the horrendous imprisonment of Navalny and his subsequent death yet see nothing wrong with this inhumane treatment of Julian Assange, who has suffered unnecessarily for so long anyway.
Conditions in Belmarsh Prison can only be marginally better, if any better at all, than the conditions that the poor ailing Navalny was kept under. So there is a stench of HYPOCRISY in criticising Putin for keeping Navalny in prison in dreadful conditions when we are doing much the same with Assange! Further, our government was quick to condemn Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin for what happened to Navalny — and rightly so — but what makes Julian Assange’s case any different? Navalny fought for what he considered to be right; Julian Assange has fought for what he considered to be right. So what’s the difference? Further, what will happen if Assange dies in custody? There will be egg on many people’s faces then! And what will our government and authorities have to say if the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin condemn them for Assange’s death?
This is a perfect example of DOUBLE STANDARDS! In fact, not only should Julian Assange be released, he should be given millions in compensation for the way he has been badly treated thus far!
FREE ASSANGE NOW! – © Mark Alexander
Friday, October 06, 2023
"They Want to KILL HIM" Yanis Varoufakis Spoke with Julian Assange
Wednesday, April 05, 2023
Assanges Zustand verschlechtert sich laut Ehefrau täglich
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Seit vier Jahren sitzt Julian Assange in einem Londoner Hochsicherheitsgefängnis. Nun besucht ihn der australische Botschafter. Canberra setzt sich für ein Ende der Haft ein.
Der australische Aktivist und Journalist Julian Assange hofft offenkundig auf neue Initiativen der aus¬tralischen Regierung, um seine In-haftierung in Großbritannien zu beenden. Assange, der auf seiner Internet-Plattform „Wikileaks“ amerikanische Menschenrechtsverletzungen in den Kriegen im Irak und in Afghanistan aufgedeckt hatte, erhielt am Dienstag im Gefängnis Besuch vom australischen Botschafter in London, Stephen Smith.
Die seit Mitte vergangenen Jahres amtierende australische Regierung unter Premierminister Anthony Albanese hatte vor wenigen Wochen deutlich gemacht, dass sie für ein Ende der Gefangenschaft Assanges eintrete. » | Johannes Leithäuser, London, Politischer Korrespondent für das Vereinigte Königreich und Irland. | Dienstag, 4. April 2023
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Der australische Aktivist und Journalist Julian Assange hofft offenkundig auf neue Initiativen der aus¬tralischen Regierung, um seine In-haftierung in Großbritannien zu beenden. Assange, der auf seiner Internet-Plattform „Wikileaks“ amerikanische Menschenrechtsverletzungen in den Kriegen im Irak und in Afghanistan aufgedeckt hatte, erhielt am Dienstag im Gefängnis Besuch vom australischen Botschafter in London, Stephen Smith.
Die seit Mitte vergangenen Jahres amtierende australische Regierung unter Premierminister Anthony Albanese hatte vor wenigen Wochen deutlich gemacht, dass sie für ein Ende der Gefangenschaft Assanges eintrete. » | Johannes Leithäuser, London, Politischer Korrespondent für das Vereinigte Königreich und Irland. | Dienstag, 4. April 2023
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Friday, January 20, 2023
Democracy Now! Jeremy Corbyn on Freeing Julian Assange, the Working Class, Brazil, Peru & Ending Ukraine War
Monday, January 09, 2023
Julian Assange Denied Permission to Attend Vivienne Westwood Funeral
THE GUARDIAN: Westwood’s family say they are ‘deeply disappointed’ WikiLeaks founder was not given temporary release from prison
Vivienne Westwood, who was a prominent supporter of the WikiLeaks founder, died last month. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images
Julian Assange has been denied permission to leave prison to attend the funeral of Dame Vivienne Westwood, according to her family.
Westwood’s family said they were “deeply disappointed that we were unable to fulfil Vivienne’s wishes but are unsurprised by the decision, which is unjust and in keeping with the inhumane treatment [Assange] has received from the UK authorities up to this point”.
They added: “Julian has not been convicted of any crime, yet he is treated as if he is a terrorist, the only thing he is guilty of is publishing the truth.” » | Ben Quinn | Monday, January 9, 2023
Julian Assange has been denied permission to leave prison to attend the funeral of Dame Vivienne Westwood, according to her family.
Westwood’s family said they were “deeply disappointed that we were unable to fulfil Vivienne’s wishes but are unsurprised by the decision, which is unjust and in keeping with the inhumane treatment [Assange] has received from the UK authorities up to this point”.
They added: “Julian has not been convicted of any crime, yet he is treated as if he is a terrorist, the only thing he is guilty of is publishing the truth.” » | Ben Quinn | Monday, January 9, 2023
Friday, December 02, 2022
Julian Assange saisit la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme pour contester son extradition vers les Etats-Unis
LE MONDE : Le fondateur de WikiLeaks, qui est accusé d’espionnage par les Etats-Unis pour avoir diffusé dès 2010 des centaines de milliers de documents classifiés, risque une peine de cent soixante-quinze ans de prison. Depuis trois ans, il est détenu au Royaume-Uni. Le pays a donné son aval à une extradition du lanceur d’alerte en juin dernier.
Il encourt cent soixante-quinze ans de prison. Le fondateur de WikiLeaks Julian Assange, qui tente d’éviter une extradition aux Etats-Unis pour la diffusion de milliers de documents classifiés, a formé un recours devant la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme (CEDH), a confirmé vendredi 2 décembre la juridiction européenne auprès de l’agence Reuters.
Ce recours vise à contester la décision, prise par les autorités britanniques à la fin de juin, d’approuver son extradition vers les Etats-Unis, réclamée depuis plus de dix ans par Washington. L’Australien, âgé de 51 ans, se trouve sur le sol britannique, où il a passé plus de sept ans reclus dans l’ambassade d’Equateur à Londres, avant d’être arrêté en 2019. » | Le Monde avec Reuters | vendredi 2 décembre 2022
Il encourt cent soixante-quinze ans de prison. Le fondateur de WikiLeaks Julian Assange, qui tente d’éviter une extradition aux Etats-Unis pour la diffusion de milliers de documents classifiés, a formé un recours devant la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme (CEDH), a confirmé vendredi 2 décembre la juridiction européenne auprès de l’agence Reuters.
Ce recours vise à contester la décision, prise par les autorités britanniques à la fin de juin, d’approuver son extradition vers les Etats-Unis, réclamée depuis plus de dix ans par Washington. L’Australien, âgé de 51 ans, se trouve sur le sol britannique, où il a passé plus de sept ans reclus dans l’ambassade d’Equateur à Londres, avant d’être arrêté en 2019. » | Le Monde avec Reuters | vendredi 2 décembre 2022
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Mike Pompeo & CIA Sued for Spying on Americans Who Visited Julian Assange in Embassy in UK
Tuesday, July 05, 2022
Is It Time to Give Julian Assange His Freedom? | Media Watch
Joe Biden is said to be a devout Christian. Surely, then, as a devout Christian, he cannot possibly justify allowing Assange to be treated in this despicable, inhumane and unChristian manner. It is high time that President Biden show us all his true Christian colours and Christian compassion and order this poor man be released. Clearly, Julian Assange has suffered enough already. Let him return to Australia, to his family. It is the only truly Christian thing to do. – © Mark Alexander
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