Tag: Julian Assange

Exclusive: Whistleblower Craig Murray On His Experience In A Scottish Prison

6 December 2021|The Dissenter|Mohamed Elmaazi
In an exclusive interview one day after his release from prison, Craig Murray describes surviving a COVID outbreak and why he is not done challenging his conviction for blog posts.

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Stella Moris releases latest update in Julian Assange’s case via her CrowdJustice page

16 February 2021|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi
Stella Moris has published her latest update in the legal case of her fiancé Julian Assange. In her post Moris also called for continued support to aid with the WikiLeaks founder’s defence against the US government’s attempts to overturn Judge Baraitser’s discharge of the extradition order.

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Over 150 Lawyers ‘Condemn’ Denial of Julian Assange’s ‘Right to a Fair Trial’ in Open Letter

17 August 2020|Sputnik|Mohamed Elmaazi

The potential extradition of the WikiLeaks publisher to the US and his treatment whilst in the UK “sets a risky precedent for the entire democratic world”, according to legal experts who have signed on to a detailed open letter to the British Prime Minister.

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One year ago today Julian Assange was taken from the Ecuadorian Embassy

11 April 2020|Diário do Centro do Mundo|Mohamed Elmaazi

Today is the one year anniversary of the arrest and detention of Julian Assange by the Metropolitan Police Service after the Ecuadorian Embassy illegally rescinded his asylum.

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Prison Governors of England and Wales Call for Early Prisoner Release To Ease COVID-19 Threat

28 March 2020|Prison Governors’ Association|

The Prison Governors’ Association believes that the decisions and leadership at the most senior level are helping to mitigate some of the risk, but it is important to say, there still remains significant risk.

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Judge refuses Julian Assange’s emergency bail application despite risk posed by COVID-19

25 March 2020|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi

Julian Assange’s lawyers filed an emergency bail application at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 25 March 2020 on the basis that the imprisoned journalist’s health and well-being is at imminent risk.

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Judge’s acceptance of ‘complexity’ of Assange’s case “is an important win”, says historian John Rees

20 December 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi

In a surprise development District Judge Venessa Baraitser seems to have accepted that Julian Assange’s main extradition hearing will take weeks rather than days, though she still refuses to assist with his prison conditions.

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Demasking the Torture of Julian Assange

28 June 2019|The Interregnum|Nils Melzer

Nils Melzer, the UN expert on torture, explains how the prejudices and smears he confronted when investigating the case of political prisoner Julian Assange. The longtime legal adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross (known as the ‘Guardian of international law’) offered this OpEd to a wide array of establishment outlets. None responded positively.

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Julian Assange exhibits symptoms of “psychological torture”, says UN torture expert

1 June 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi

After visiting Julian Assange in Britain’s notorious Belmarsh prison, the UN expert on torture has said that the publisher shows all the signs of, “prolonged exposure to psychological torture, including extreme stress, chronic anxiety and intense psychological trauma”.

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The establishment press are deliberately distorting Assange’s Case – it’s time to correct the record

30 May 2019|21st Century Wire|Charlotte Gracias

In 2019, media propaganda and distortion of the truth is commonplace. It is equally, if not more evident, in the treatment of Julian Assange by many mainstream media journalists. As a journalist himself, Julian Assange fought relentlessly to expose the truth, putting his own life at risk and this made him a target of harassment by the state sponsored media in the UK, US and Australia.

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