Assange
Assange extradition case has cost British public over £300,000
by PHIL MILLER | 21 September 2021
TAGGED: Assange, United States
Priti Patel’s new threat to British journalists
by RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR | 15 June 2021
TAGGED: Assange
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.
Revealed: The UK government campaign to force Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy
by MATT KENNARD | 28 April 2021
TAGGED: Assange, Ecuador
UK’s former Brexit secretary says Assange judge ‘got the law wrong’
by RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR | 22 January 2021
TAGGED: Assange
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
by RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR | 8 January 2021
TAGGED: Assange
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.
Revealed: Key Assange prosecution witness is part of academic cluster which has received millions of pounds from UK and US militaries
by MATT KENNARD | 2 October 2020
TAGGED: Assange
One of the US prosecution’s key medical witnesses in the Julian Assange hearing, who claimed that Assange’s risk of suicide is ‘manageable’ if extradited to the US, works for an academic institute that is funded by the UK Ministry of Defence and linked to the US Department of Defence, it can be revealed.
As British judge made rulings against Julian Assange, her husband was involved with right-wing lobby group briefing against WikiLeaks founder
by MATT KENNARD | 3 September 2020
TAGGED: Assange
The husband of the chief magistrate overseeing Julian Assange’s extradition case was closely associated with a lobby group publicly criticising the WikiLeaks founder around the time his wife was ruling against Assange, it can be revealed.
UK government refuses to release information about Assange judge who has 96% extradition record
by MATT KENNARD | 31 July 2020
TAGGED: Assange
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice is blocking the release of basic information about the judge who is to rule on Julian Assange’s extradition to the US in what appears to be an irregular application of the Freedom of Information Act, it can be revealed.
At risk from coronavirus, Julian Assange is one of just two inmates in Belmarsh maximum-security prison held for skipping bail
by MATT KENNARD | 31 March 2020
TAGGED: Assange
Julian Assange is one of just two inmates at Belmarsh maximum security prison in London, which houses 797 prisoners, being held for violating bail conditions, it can be revealed.