Assange Prosecution, Launched By Trump Justice Department, Will Continue Under Biden
A Justice Department spokesperson indicated officials have no plans to abandon a case widely viewed as a threat to global press freedom
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US Justice Department Tries To Stifle Alleged WikiLeaks Source's Challenge To Cruel Confinement
Metropolitan Correctional Center New York (Photo: Bureau of Prisons)
The United States Justice Department is attempting to foil former CIA engineer
Joshua Schulte's challenge to his harsh confinement conditions at the
Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Jacob argued in a letter
Biden's Call To Heal 'Soul Of America' Is Opening For End To War on Whistleblowers
US Incarceration System Deemed Too Cruel For Julian Assange
In Judge Vanessa Baraitser's ruling, she said the detention conditions in which Assange would likely be held were relevant to his mental health and risk of suicide.
In Assange Case, British Judge Rejects US Government's Extradition Request
"It would be oppressive to extradite [Assange] to the United States of America," Judge Vanessa Baraitser stated
FBI Seized Legally Privileged Materials From Julian Assange After Arrest In Ecuador Embassy
"One record of [Assange’s] entire archive” was effectively purloined, and without it, attorney Gareth Peirce mentioned it has made putting together a defense in his extradition case more difficult.
US Prosecution Accuses Assange Of Exaggerating Symptoms Of Depression
During extradition trial, prosecutor pressures psychiatrist to change his medical diagnosis of Assange