http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43179279# Ecuador says the country’s latest efforts to negotiate the departure of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from its London embassy have failed. Foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said the UK was unwilling to take part in talks about his release. A UK Foreign Office spokesman said Mr Assange should “leave the embassy to face justice”. […]
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/feb/11/sweden-tried-to-drop-assange-extradition-in-2013-cps-emails-show UK prosecutors tried to dissuade Swedish counterparts from dropping the charges, exchange shows Owen Bowcott and Ewen MacAskill Julian Assange on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Swedish prosecutors attempted to drop extradition proceedings against Julian Assange as early as 2013, according to a confidential exchange of emails […]
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/02/06/uk-arrest-warrant-for-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-upheld.html By Jill Lawless The Associated PressGregory Katz LONDON—A British judge on Tuesday upheld a U.K. arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, leaving him still a wanted man in the country where he has spent more than five years inside the Ecuadorean Embassy. Judge Emma Arbuthnot rejected a call from Assange’s lawyers for the […]
– – – Unusual for the UK Establishment to rule against the US Establishment. Are the times a-changin’? https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/feb/05/hacking-suspect-lauri-love-wins-appeal-against-extradition-to-us By Owen Bowcott, Legal affairs correspondent. Extradition. Rights groups and lawyers for 33-year-old welcome landmark judgment against extradition to US 0:39 A high court ruling blocking extradition to the US of Lauri Love, a student […]
The Ecuadorian embassy in London, where Julian Assange has been staying since 2012 [Photo/Peter Nicholls/Reuters] Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno has described WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as an “inherited problem” that has created “more than a nuisance” for his government. Earlier this month, Ecuador announced it had granted citizenship to Assange, in an unsuccessful attempt to […]
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/19/jill-stein-trump-russia-investigation-documents Stein says she’s cooperating with investigation into Russian interference 2016 presidential hopeful attended 2015 dinner with Putin sponsored by RT Jill Stein ran against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as the candidate of the Green party and received about 1% of the vote. Photograph: Dominick Reuter/Reuters The Senate intelligence committee has asked for documents […]
Very good video and written documentation. With thanks to Alexandra Morton; First Nations Chiefs, people; and thousands of supporters. Among other issues, there is further excellent documentation of a Canadian phenomenon, the use of the RCMP to defend corporate interests AGAINST our laws. Corporate interests act with impunity. The RCMP respond when the corporate interest […]
Ron Paul is an American author, physician, and former politician (wikipedia). He spoke at a conference of activists I attended in Washington some years ago. He is a good man! https://www.fitsnews.com/2017/08/28/ron-paul-will-the-government-declare-war-on-wikileaks/ By RON PAUL The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee recently passed its Intelligence Authorization Act for 2018 and it contains a chilling attack on the […]
by Christine Mai-Duc http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-state-panel-lifts-contribution-limit-to-1502997076-htmlstory.html Julian Assange in 2016 (Carl Court / Getty Images) Far-right blogger and provocateur Chuck C. Johnson said on Thursday that he helped arrange a highly unusual meeting between Orange County GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange this week. Rohrabacher said in a statement that he plans to bring information to President Trump […]
From Dr. Gordon Edwards, Dear Friends and Colleagues: The site of the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories and the nearby Canadian military base, Camp Petawawa, are situated on the traditional territory of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan. The management of Chalk River Laboratories is now in the hands of a consortium of profit-oriented multinational corporations […]