Media
Assange extradition case has cost British public over £300,000
Priti Patel’s new threat to British journalists
UK government’s little-known proposed reforms to Britain’s Official Secrets Acts pose far-reaching threats to the media and the public’s right to know. They could land journalists and others in jail for 14 years for publishing information the government claims damages national security.
Exclusive: Declassified journalist was ‘unlawfully’ profiled by Foreign Office
Britain’s Foreign Office gathered information on Declassified’s head of investigations, Matt Kennard, before rejecting his freedom of information requests — in what appears to be a breach of UK transparency laws.
Revealed: The UK government campaign to force Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy
Like billionaire-controlled media, The Guardian misinforms its readers on the UK’s role in world
Millions of its readers believe The Guardian offers critical, independent reporting that is different to the right-wing, billionaire-controlled UK media. But its limited coverage of British foreign and security policies gives a misleading picture of what the UK does in the world. The paper is in reality a defender of Anglo-American power and a key ideological pillar of the British establishment.
British Foreign Office urged to retract its attack on Declassified UK’s independent journalism
The British embassy in Bolivia has publicly accused Declassified UK of running a “campaign of disinformation” over an article it published showing UK support for a coup in the South American country. Declassified has written to the UK Foreign Office demanding the embassy retract and apologise for its serious, false allegation.
Sky News acts largely as a platform for the UK defence and foreign ministries, research finds
Declassified UK’s analysis of the written outputs of three of Sky News’ principal foreign affairs journalists has found that the media outlet acts largely to amplify the views of the British Ministry of Defence and Foreign Office, while rarely offering critical, independent analysis.
UK’s former Brexit secretary says Assange judge ‘got the law wrong’
As US prosecutors lodge an appeal in their resolve to jail Julian Assange for espionage, a former British Cabinet minister has delivered a stinging attack on Britain’s extradition treaty with the US.
Judge’s ruling in Julian Assange case could threaten investigative journalism in UK and around the world
There is a real danger that the British judge’s ruling in the Julian Assange extradition case will encourage other governments to charge and seek to extradite journalists in the UK and elsewhere for exposing their military operations and human rights abuses.