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For Third Year, Committee To Protect Journalists Excludes Assange From Jailed Journalist Index

Committee to Protect Journalists executive director Joel Simon (Screen shot from CPJ promo video on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQvbvgiEnSg])A record number of journalists are imprisoned throughout the world, according to the annual prison index released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). But that number

Freeing Julian Assange: What It Will Take To End This Political Case

Screen shot from Frontline ClubThe legal systems in the United Kingdom and the United States will not spare WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The only way this political case will end is if U.S. officials conclude the cost is no longer worth the benefit of making an example out of

Three Stories That Further Illustrate Why US Government Can't Be Trusted In Assange Case

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by Ryan J. Reilly Three requests for information related to spying on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange were sent by Spanish judges to the United States Justice Department. The first request occurred in June 2020, but according to Yahoo! News, U.S. officials still refuse to

Appeal Hearing: CIA's War On Assange, Their 'Most Prominent Critic,' Takes Center Stage

Photo: Mohamed Elmaazi, NUJ memberThe Central Intelligence Agency's record of retaliation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, including reported plans to kidnap or assassinate him, was focused on during the second day of the United States government's appeal hearing. It was part of the Assange legal team&

Appeal Hearing: Prosecutor Attacks Judge's Decision, Which Blocked US From Extraditing Assange

(Photo by Mohamed Elmaazi, NUJ member)The Crown Prosecution Service, which represents the United States government, went before the British High Court of Justice and bashed the work of the district judge, who blocked the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in January. James Lewis QC argued Judge Vanessa Baraitser

Imprisoning Drone Whistleblower In Isolation Unit May Jeopardize US Appeal In Assange Extradition Case

The Federal Bureau of Prisons put Daniel Hale in a Communications Management Unit, even though they know he lives with post-traumatic stress.

Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo Was Reportedly Obsessed With Killing Assange

Former CIA director Mike Pompeo, who could not stop thinking about how to kill Assange | Photo by Gage Skidmore [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/51329197001/sizes/c/]There were no criminal prosecutions for anyone in the Central Intelligence Agency when they operated a torture program. The White House under