Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky and others gave testimony Friday at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington, D.C., calling on President Biden to drop charges against Julian Assange.The WikiLeaks founder

It is time for President Biden to live up to his rhetoric on press freedom.As a candidate in 2020, Biden released a powerful statement on the importance of press freedom, writing:Reporters Without Borders tells us that at least 360 people worldwide are currently imprisoned for their work in journali

From Ankara to Manila to Budapest, state actors are crackin down on journalists, their sources, and their publishers in a globally coordinated campaign to disrupt the public’s access to information and shut off their sources of dissent.A landmark case in this campaign is that of Julian Assange, the

The European Union must take a “strong position” with the United States to secure the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, held in custody in Britain, his wife said Tuesday.The Australian publisher is the object of a US extradition request to face trial for divulging US military secrets abou

Supporters of Julian Assange have welcomed Kevin Rudd’s appointment as Australia’s ambassador to the United States, saying they are hopeful he will use the position to press the Biden administration to drop espionage charges against the WikiLeaks founder.Assange remains in London’s Belmarsh prison i

President Joe Biden is pressing ahead with a controversial criminal case against Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. Assange has been languishing in Britain’s maximum-security Belmarsh prison for nearly four years while he appeals his extradition to the United States

The Biden administration has been saying all the right things lately about respecting a free and vigorous press, after four years of relentless media-bashing and legal assaults under Donald Trump.The attorney general, Merrick Garland, has even put in place expanded protections for journalists this f

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who is battling extradition from Britain to the United States where he is wanted on criminal charges, has submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the court confirmed on Friday.Assange, 51, is wanted by U.S. authorities on 18 counts, in

This resolution was adopted at the Sixth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), held from October 22 to October 25, 2022. Read the full report on the Congress here.1. The Socialist Equality Party resolves to redouble its fight for the freedom of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, hel

위키리크스 대표단이 구스타보 페트로 콜롬비아 대통령 등 남미지역 국가원수들을 만나 줄리안 어산지 인도 문제에 대해 논의하고 있는 것으로 알려졌다.아랍 미디어인 알마야딘은 22일(현지시간) 대표단이 위키리크스 설립자 줄리안 어산지에 대한 지지를 얻기 위한 노력의 일환으로 콜롬비아 대통령과 다른 6명의 국가 원수들을 만나고 있다고 보도했다.소식통에 따르면 크리스틴 흐라픈손 편집장과 조셉 파렐 비서실장 등 위키리크스 대표단은 보고타에서 콜롬비아 대통령 구스타보 페트로를 예방해 언론의 자유와 어산지 기소의 정치적 성격에 대해 설명했으며,