Next week, the guy who confined Chelsea Manning to a tiny prison cell 23 hours a day may end up becoming a Democratic nominee for Congress in 2020. https://t.co/UeUdigBIl5

US Prosecution Of Assange Expands To Criminalize WikiLeaks Staff Who Helped Snowden
https://medium.com/...assange-expands-to-criminalize-wikileaks-staff-who-helped-snowden-72f029276709

"The United States government expanded their indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to criminalize the assistance WikiLeaks provided to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden when staff helped him leave Hong Kong.

Sarah Harrison, who was a section editor for WikiLeaks, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a former spokesperson, and Jacob Appelbaum, a digital activist who represented WikiLeaks at conferences, are targeted as “co-conspirators” in the indictment [PDF], though neither have been charged with offenses.

No charges were added, however, it significantly expands the conspiracy to commit computer intrusion charge and accuses Assange of conspiring with “hackers” affiliated with “Anonymous,” “LulzSec,” “AntiSec,” and “Gnosis.”

The computer crime charge is not limited to March 2010 anymore. It covers conduct that allegedly occurred between 2009 and 2015.

Prosecutors rely heavily on statements and chat logs from Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson and Hector Xavier Monsegur (“Sabu”), who were both FBI informants, in order to expand the scope of the prosecution....

Doctors for Assange Say UK May be Liable for His Torture – Consortiumnews
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/06/25/doctors-for-assange-say-uk-may-be-liable-for-his-torture/

Clinical Psychologist and Australian co-author of the publication, ‘The ongoing torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange’, Dr Lissa Johnson said the failure to properly treat Mr Assange may amount to an act of torture in which state officials, from parliament to court to prison, risk being judged complicit.

“Our letter is published just two days after the US Department of Justice announced a new superseding indictment against Assange representing yet another escalation in psychological torture tactics,” said Dr Johnson.

“Introducing extra charges at this late stage, right before the defence evidence deadline and over a year after the indictment deadline, when documents given to the prison generally take two weeks to be passed on, when he has not been supplied with a computer and when he is unable to meet with lawyers under Coronavirus lockdown, serves to ramp up his helplessness jn the face of threat and is a key psychological torture tactic,” she said.

The doctors note that torture is prohibited under UK law, warning that UK officials could be judged “complicit”, including for their “silent acquiescence and consent”. They write that Assange at medical risk due to escalating abuses of his “fundamental human and legal rights at the hands of judicial, prison, and contracted security authorities”.

Julian Assange's hidden family revealed: top secrets inside the Embassy | 60 Minutes Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x43rg_ozbCI

The Extradition of Julian Assange
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0K806gtiGk

External Link
https://7news.com.au/...ian-assange-misses-uk-hearing-as-unwell-with-respiratory-problems--c-1072387

The Australian had been due for a regular call over hearing via videolink on Monday local time, in the Westminster Magistrates Court.

District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said the court had received an email from Belmarsh prison, saying Assange was “refusing to attend the hearing and refusing to sign a refusal form”.

When asked if the 48-year-old was too “unwell” to attend, his barrister Edward Fitzpatrick said the defence lawyer Gareth Pierce had sent the court an email on Friday outlining that he “had respiratory problems for some time”.

Meanwhile, Judge Baraitser said the court was yet to find an alternative venue for Assange’s next three-week extradition hearing set for September 7.

Prosecution barrister James Lewis also said his team had been unable to conduct a psychiatric assessment of Assange because they were still unable to access the prison.

The date of both the prosecution and defence’s psychiatric reports on the Australian has been pushed back to July 31.

Mr Lewis also mentioned that new evidence - not in response to prosecution evidence - had been served by the defence and would need to be examined to determine admissibility."

Rome's Palace of Exhibitions hosts portraits of Julian in isolation by artist Miltos Manetas. See them here: https://t.co/Ln2JWdNEB6

La mostra su Julian Assange di Miltos Manetas a Roma | Artribune
https://www.artribune.com/...-visive/arte-contemporanea/2020/05/assange-manetas-palazzo-esposizioni/

DOJ plans for retrial in case against former CIA engineer Josh Schulte, suspected WikiLeaks source - Washington Times
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/30/doj-plans-for-retrial-in-case-against-former-cia-e/

Man Without A Country - Australian Institute of International Affairs - Australian Institute of International Affairs
http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/man-without-a-country/

Must Read: Man Without A Country.
How Assange’s popular following was reversed, his reputation trashed, and his health ruined is a saga which is still playing out.
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"What is lacking is Australian political intervention for Assange in London and Washington, particularly of the kind that produced the release of David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib. Australia often makes representations for its detained citizens in other countries, and Assange, who has been found guilty of nothing, deserves no less. But he has revealed crimes the US is guilty of, for which the UK treats him as if he’s guilty, and Australia presumes he’s guilty of whatever they say. The Assange case is a test of the values and the rule of law which Australian leaders claim is shared with Anglo-allies. The probity of the political and justice systems of the three countries is what’s on trial, and that affects us all."

~ Dr Alison Broinowski AM FAIIA is an author, academic, and former diplomat.

DNL #17: TRACKING DICTATORS, DIVING FOR LEAKS & OPENING UP SENSITIVE DATA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI9ewkG4Twc

Letter Demands Sweden Probe Misdeeds in Assange Case
Letter Demands Sweden Probe Misdeeds in Assange Case – Consortiumnews
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/05/15/appeal-demands-sweden-probe-misdeeds-in-assange-case/

Countdown to Freedom with Randy Credico, Episode 22: UC Global
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq8pkYErk4E

Whistleblowing during COVID-19 · Disruptive Fridays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMb43mJbANQ

‘The American friends’: New court files expose Sheldon Adelson’s security team in US spy operation against Julian Assange
https://thegrayzone.com/2020/05/14/american-sheldon-adelsons-us-spy-julian-assange/

An exclusive investigation by The Grayzone reveals new details on the critical role Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands played in an apparent CIA spying operation targeting Julian Assange, and exposes the Sands security staff who helped coordinate the malicious campaign.

Julian Assange - WikiLeaks
http://www.bodyartbook.cz/product/politika/julian-assange---wikileaks-/150

V roce 2006 se Assange stal spoluzakladatelem kontroverzního webového serveru WikiLeaks a od té doby fungoval v dozorčí radě tohoto projektu. Od svého spuštění se server stal známý tím, že zveřejnil různé tajné dokumenty, zejména Spojených států amerických. Tyto dokumenty se týkaly Operace Trvalá svoboda, tj. války v Afghánistánu, války v Iráku či diplomatických úřadů Spojených států ve světě. Koncem roku 2016 zveřejnil tajné dokumenty a emaily týkající se amerických vojenských aktivit v Jemenu. V roce 2017 zveřejnil dokumenty Vault 7 popisující hackerské techniky a nástroje používané americkou CIA. WikiLeaks zveřejnil dokumenty týkající se mnoha dalších zemí, včetně Turecka, Ruska, Číny, Peru nebo Keni.

Někteří američtí a kanadští politici otevřeně vyzývali k dopadení, odsouzení nebo dokonce popravě Juliana Assangeho.

What Julian Assange Represents to the Crypto Movement
https://epicenter.tv/episodes/339

John Shipton, Julian’s father, is seeking support from the crypto community to help fund Julian’s legal defense. Harry Halpin, CEO of Nym Technologies and friend of Julian’s, teams up with John to discuss how a conviction could jeopardize the values of censorship resistance, permissionless innovation, and privacy.