Assange to Face 5-Day Extradition Hearing in February 2020
Decision on Assange’s fate will not come for at least another eight months.
Criminal Justice
The Intercept: Leaked Chats Between Brazilian Judge and Prosecutor Who Imprisoned Lula Reveal Prohibited Collaboration and Doubts Over Evidence
Judge Sergio Moro repeatedly counseled prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol via Telegram during more than two years of Operation Car Wash.
War on Free Press Escalates Worldwide After Assange’s Espionage Act Indictment, As More Journalists Raided By Police for Reporting Classified Materials
Less than two months after the arrest of journalist Julian Assange, and two weeks after his indictment under the Espionage Act, emboldened governments have dispatched police after journalists who’ve challenged the state.
Man Beats Cell Phone Traffic Ticket By Proving It Was a Hash Brown
A Connecticut man beat a traffic ticket in court by claiming a case of mistaken identity, successfully arguing that the officer who ticketed him mistook a McDonald’s hash brown for a cellphone.
Assange Indictment: US Department of Justice Declares ‘War on Journalism’ (VIDEO)
This week, the US government declared war on the First Amendment after it filed an unprecedented indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on 17 new counts of violating the Espionage Read More…
Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act on 17 New Counts
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was indicted on Thursday under the Espionage Act, the first time a journalist has been charged under the Act for possessing and disseminating classified information.
Swedish Prosecutors File Request for Assange’s Detention Over Sexual Assault Inquiry
Sweden has announced they will reopen the rape case against WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange now that he is out of the Ecuadorian Embassy, seeking his extradition after he serves his 50-week-long UK prison sentence for skipping bail.
Chelsea Manning Thrown Back in Jail for Refusing to Testify Against WikiLeaks
Manning already spent two months in jail for refusing a previous subpoena to testify to a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. She was released last week when that grand jury’s term expired, but prosecutors quickly hit her with a new subpoena
Denver Becomes First City in Nation to Decriminalize Psychedelic Mushrooms
Voters in Denver, Colorado made their city the first in the U.S. to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms by narrowly approving Ordinance 301.
All U.S. Extremist Killings in 2018 Had Links to Right-Wing Extremism — Report
Every extremist killing in the US in 2018 had a link to a right-wing extremism, according to a January 2019 report from the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism.
Why Assange’s Extradition Must be Opposed at All Cost
The extradition and prosecution of Julian Assange sets an extremely dangerous precedence for press freedom.
Sex, Lies and Julian Assange (VIDEO)
This Australian TV documentary demonstrates that the rape charges in Sweden against Julian Assange are a total construct of ‘the US Government’, a conspiracy to ensnare Assange with the assistance of the Swedish government.
Ecuador Twists Embarrassing INA Papers Into Pretext To Oust Assange
WikiLeaks warned Thursday that founder Julian Assange could be expelled from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London within “hours to days” by Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, citing “a high level source within the Ecuadorian state.”
US Government Refuses to Confirm or Deny It Put American Journalist on Drone Kill List
“The government seeks to shield itself from all inquiry into the process by which it acts as prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner.”
RussiaGate: New Evidence Shows DNC Emails Were Leaked, Not ‘Hacked’
New evidence suggests that DNC emails were actually LEAKED from inside the organization. Moreover, these digital forensic findings have since been validated by two former technical heads of the US National Security Agency (NSA).