Source: Ofcom’s broadcast ruling on CGTN is political crackdown – CGTN
Category: Democracy
Australian Labor Party Urges US to Drop Charges Against Assange | Common Dreams News
The opposition argues the case must “be brought to an end” as the prime minister says the WikiLeaks founder will be “free to return home” if extradition battle won. Source: [ … ]
Assange Wins. The Cost: The Crushing of Press Freedom – CounterPunch.org
The unexpected decision by Judge Vanessa Baraitser to deny a US demand to extradite Julian Assange, foiling efforts to send him to a US super-max jail for the rest of [ … ]
Killing Julian Assange | Freedom of the Press News | Al Jazeera
The extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to the US would be his death sentence. Source: Killing Julian Assange | Freedom of the Press News | Al Jazeera
Only we can lock up journalists and get away with it, UK embassy warns China — RT Op-ed
The UK is railing against China’s persecution of journalist Zhang Zhan. But back at home, Julian Assange is under lock and key at Belmarsh prison for speaking the truth. Source: [ … ]
The Assange Extradition Case is an Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom, So Why’s the Media Largely Ignoring It? – CounterPunch.org
The Assange case creates a precedent that mortally threatens freedom of the press in Britain. If Assange is extradited then any journalist who publishes information that the American authorities deem [ … ]
Books In Defence of Julian Assange, edited by Tariq Ali and Margaret Kunstler | Morning Star
Must-read on the persecution of Wikileaks whistleblower Source: Books In Defence of Julian Assange, edited by Tariq Ali and Margaret Kunstler | Morning Star
Opinion – The Lies About Assange Must Stop Now
Source: Opinion – The Lies About Assange Must Stop Now
Doctors say ailing Assange needs medical care in hospital
Source: Doctors say ailing Assange needs medical care in hospital
Now That Assange Is Safely Locked Up, Sweden Drops Its “Investigation” – Caitlin Johnstone
Now that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is safely locked up in Belmarsh prison awaiting a US extradition hearing, Sweden has, for a third time, dropped its rape investigation. “After conducting [ … ]
A New Tyranny: The Global War on Those Who Speak Truth to Power | Humans Are Free
Source: A New Tyranny: The Global War on Those Who Speak Truth to Power | Humans Are Free
Julian Assange Is Guilty Only of Revealing the Evil Soul of US Imperialism — Strategic Culture
Arresting a journalist, who is an Australian citizen, in an embassy, then extraditing him to a third country, to be tried in secret, without seeing… Source: Julian Assange Is Guilty [ … ]
The Incredible Shrinking Overton Window – Caitlin Johnstone
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum — even encourage the [ … ]
Editorial-The Story so far is getting loud
The meta-narratives of class warfare are the stories behind the stories. When this is purposeful or propaganda it often reveals the agenda of the ruling bodies- corporate institutions, state apparatus [ … ]
Opinion -Edward Snowden Interviewed By Joe Rogan
Source: Opinion -Edward Snowden Interviewed By Joe Rogan
Errors in Rachel Maddow’s Report on allegations of espionage against Julian Assange – The Greanville Post
Source: Errors in Rachel Maddow’s Report on allegations of espionage against Julian Assange – The Greanville Post
Catalan separatists have tooled up with a decentralized app for civil disobedience | TechCrunch
Is our age of ubiquitous smartphones and social media turning into an era of mass civil unrest? Two years after holding an independence referendum and unilaterally declaring independence in defiance [ … ]