Chris Hedges: Julian Assange and the Collapse of the Rule of Law
Chris Hedges gave this talk at a rally Thursday night in New York City in support of Julian Assange held at The People’s Forum.
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Chris Hedges gave this talk at a rally Thursday night in New York City in support of Julian Assange held at The People’s Forum.
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Assange's attorney Jennifer Robinson said he had been arrested on an extradition request from the United States as well as on charges of breaching his bail conditions. Video posted on social media shows more than six officers removing Assange from the embassy and placing him in a police vehicle. "He has been taken into custody at a central London police station where he will remain, before being presented before Westminster Magistrates' Court as soon as is possible," MPS said in a statement. "The MPS had a duty to execute the warrant, on behalf of Westminster Magistrates' Court, and was invit...
(Image by Democracy Now) Though WikiLeaks founder will not be extradited to the U.S., the America-led war on the press goes on. In an exclusive interview with Brazilian journalist Edu Montesanti, Chomsky strongly opposes Washington’s accusation, that the Australian journalist poses a threat to American security: “ The persecution of Assange is politically motivated“ By Edu Montesanti British Judge Vanessa Baraitser has blocked Julian Assange’s extradition from the U.K to the U.S., last January, the 4th. She found that because U.S. prison ...
Julian Assange tortured to give governments and army the freedom to kill This post is also available in: Italian Tonight I received a letter that Fabio wrote and addressed to some English politicians. We reworked it together making it an open letter addressed to those who, in various ways, are involved in the dramatic situation of Julian Assange: to the judges who are carrying out an illegal trial, to the journalists who stay silent and others who “smear” it, to the men and women who have political or public relevance, who shamefully don’t talk about Assange and the atrocious crimes aga...