Tag: Wikileaks

18 April 2019

The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations have issued a statement warning of “serious world-wide implications for freedom of the ...

UK military veteran ‘eternally grateful’ to Manning and Assange for ‘profound impact on his life’

17 April 2019

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British military veteran Mike Lyons is the latest to throw his support behind award-winning WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The current chair ...

Assange’s Australian legal adviser tells The Canary ‘We are now all on notice’

by Tom Coburg

15 April 2019

This article was written for The Canary by Australian barrister Greg Barns, a long-time legal adviser to Julian Assange. Barns ...

Noam Chomsky takes apart the ‘scandalous’ arrest of Julian Assange

13 April 2019

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Renowned author Noam Chomsky took apart the arrest of Julian Assange on 12 April. "Scandalous" Speaking to Democracy Now's Amy ...

There’s a critical flaw in the US indictment against Julian Assange. It changes everything

by Tom Coburg

27 April 2019

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Following the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, The Canary has examined the evidence available in relation to the US ...

Veterans for Peace UK on Assange and Wikileaks

UK military veterans blast attempts to extradite Assange as ‘revenge’ for wartime leaks

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Veterans for Peace UK (VfP UK) have issued a statement denouncing the treatment of journalist and transparency activist Julian Assange ...

Julian Assange standing on balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London

Former president slams Ecuador’s betrayal of Assange as ‘a crime that humanity will never forget’

by John McEvoy

On 11 April, the Ecuadorian government withdrew WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's political asylum. According to WikiLeaks, the Ecuadorian ambassador then ...

Major Tulsi Gabbard says Assange’s arrest is designed to send a ‘dangerous’ message to the press

Tulsi Gabbard has accused those involved in arresting Julian Assange of trying to send a "message" to "the people, especially ...

A picture of Glenn Greenwald and Julian Assange

Glenn Greenwald lays into fellow journalists for celebrating Assange’s arrest

by Bryan Wall

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Julian Assange has been arrested by the Met Police. Police entered the Ecuadorian embassy after its government withdrew his asylum. ...

Diane Abbott puts a corrupt establishment in its place with a historic speech on Julian Assange

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On 11 April, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott delivered a speech on Julian Assange. And it proves the Labour Party ...

Assange’s arrest shows us very clearly who supports freedom of speech, and who doesn’t

by Fréa Lockley

On 11 April, police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. It's since emerged that the ...

The attempted extradition of Julian Assange risks ‘criminalising journalism’

by Tom Coburg

The Met Police has confirmed that the UK has received an extradition request from the US relating to WikiLeaks founder ...

Edward Snowden and Julian Assange arrest

Edward Snowden puts in plain terms the terror of what really just happened to Julian Assange

On 11 April, whistleblower Edward Snowden put in plain terms the terror of what Julian Assange's arrest really means. Former ...

Julian Assange arrested by the Met police after Ecuador withdraws his asylum

by Fréa Lockley

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police Service. Assange had been living at the Ecuadorian embassy ...

UN special rapporteur warns the Tory government about torture and press freedom

8 April 2019