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Julian Assange's legal team are challenging the British court's view that it would not be an abuse of process to extradite him to the United States. The appeal rests on the fact that Assange is being prosecuted for his political opinions. Binoy Kampmark reports.

I feel for American basketball player Brittney Griner. Did she break the law? Yes, she did, and she pled guilty at trial. But a sentence of nine years -- to be spent in what the New York Times calls a "penal colony" -- for bringing hashish into Russia for self-treatment (assuming this is true) seems

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. There’s no doubt that Julian Assange has been a polarizing figure. He’s been hated by both liberals and conservatives.Many liberals hate him for Wikileaks’ role in releasing John Podesta’s Democratic National...

Recording artist and song writer M.I.A. has once again spoken out publicly in defense of Julian Assange following the June 17 decision of UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to authorize the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder and editor to the US.

This latest abuse of Assange’s democratic and human rights was reported by his father John Shipton. It is a continuation of what outgoing United Nations Rapporteur Nils Melzer has branded as the state torture of Assange by the British and US authorities.

The indecency of power and the manipulation of the collective imagination add up to the ignominious decision of UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, who

While they claim to be defending "democracy" in Ukraine, the US and its allies are persecuting a journalist for exposing their war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The British government approved the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on Friday to stand trial for the publication of secret files related to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

The documentary Ithaka powerfully depicts the fight Julian Assange's family is putting up for him, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark.  JOHN&nbs

“Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is where you’re destined for.” 1.P. Cavafy, trans. Edmund Keeley John Shipton,