Amid new reports that Ecuador is preparing to withdraw asylum protections from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and hand him over to British authorities within the next few weeks, journalists are raising alarm at the serious threats to press freedom such a move could spawn, given that the U.K. may decide to extradite Assange to the Read More…
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WikiLeaks Lawyer’s Office Stormed In “Professional Operation”; Assange Then Tweets Video With Seth Rich Hint
Three hooded figures dressed in black broke into the Madrid office of WikiLeaks lawyer Baltasar Garzon at dawn on Monday morning, in what police are describing as a “very professional” operation they are treating as an attempted robbery, according to Spain’s largest newspaper, El País. Garzon heads Assange’s legal defense, in particular working to avoid extradition to Sweden Read More…
New Senate Bill Targets WikiLeaks, Russia, Independent Press And The First Amendment
With the Russian meddling narrative serving as pretext, the U.S. Senate, embracing the “Pompeo Doctrine,” is moving to stifle and criminalize WikiLeaks and, by extension, any such “dangerous,” transparency-providing entities that threaten to cast doubt upon Washington’s “official stories.” The Senate Intelligence Committee is pushing Congress to label WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service,” having Read More…
US, Israel, And Saudi Arabia Planned Overthrow Of Syrian Government In 2006
Cables reveal that before the beginning of the Syrian revolt and civil war, the United States hoped to overthrow Assad and create strife between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. Speaking from Ecuador’s embassy in London, Julian Assange revealed that the United States planned to overthrow the Syrian government as far back as 2006, several years before Read More…
Assange Accidentally Admits Seth Rich Was Source In Forgotten Interview
Editor’s Note: We have been catching a lot of flak for this title, and I wanted make clear that it was not our intention to imply that no one else had seen this interview, as many excellent and diligent independent journalists have written about, and referenced it. We are not trying to imply that we discovered something others had not, Read More…
Assange Speaks In Public for First Time Since Charges Dropped: ‘I will not forgive or forget’
London, UK – On Friday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addressed the public for the first time since rape charges were dropped by Swedish authorities. Since 2012, Assange has been living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London under asylum, understanding that the Swedish arrest warrant was simply a pretext to a subsequent extradition to the U.S. Read More…