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Like other Lebanese journalists, this slain Hezbollah critic knew he was living on borrowed time
February 8th, 2021 
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February 8th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Wikileaks Tags: critic, Hezbollah, journalists, lebanese, living, other, slain No Comments »Assange extradition: Justice denied or just delayed?
January 16th, 2021 Awake Goy In what seemed like an increasingly rare bit of good news, on Monday, January 4th, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled against extraditing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States. The Australian, 49, faces charges that could result in up to 175 years in prison, most of them under the country’s […]
The Assange saga: Practicing real journalism is criminally insane
January 9th, 2021 Awake Goy January 07, 2021 By Pepe Escobar with permission and first posted at Asia Times Synchronicity is definitely fond of mirror wonderwalls. The Julian Assange saga seemed to have entered a new chapter as he was, in thesis, on his way to – conditional – freedom this past Monday, only one day after the first anniversary of […]
Julian Assange Is Denied Bail By London Court
January 7th, 2021 Awake Goy WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been denied bail today following Monday’s verdict in his battle to against extradition from Britain to the United States. NOTE: The Courage Foundation writes: “Two days after blocking Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser has denied Assange’s bail application, keeping him in custody at HMP Belmarsh while […]
‘Victory for Julian”: UK blocks WikiLeaks founder Assange extradition to US on espionage charges
January 5th, 2021 Awake Goy [embedded content] In a stunning decision, a British judge has blocked the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, saying he would not be safe in a U.S. prison due to his deteriorated mental state. In 2019, Assange was indicted in the United States on 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act […]
Posted in News, Wikileaks Tags: Assange, blocks, extradition, founder, julian, victory, wikileaks’ No Comments »Assange: Judge Denies United States’ Extradition Request
January 5th, 2021 Awake Goy Assange: Judge Denies United States’ Extradition Request Above photo: Mr Assange’s partner, lawyer Stella Moris, said “today’s victory is a first step towards justice.” PA Media. Citing harsh federal prison conditions in the United States, a British district court judge rejected the United States government’s extradition request against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Judge Vanessa Baraitser […]
Posted in Wikileaks Tags: Assange, denies, extradition, Judge, request, states, united No Comments »Assange wins. The cost: the crushing of press freedom
January 5th, 2021 Awake Goy The unexpected decision by Judge Vanessa Baraitser to deny a US demand to extradite Julian Assange, foiling efforts to send him to a US super-max jail for the rest of his life, is a welcome legal victory, but one swamped by larger lessons that should disturb us deeply. Those who campaigned so vigorously to keep […]
Protesters Gather In DC In Solidarity With Assange
January 4th, 2021 Awake Goy By Sam Carliner, Medium. January 4, 2021 Above photo: Free Assange protesters marching outside the British Embassy in Washington D.C. on Jan 3. 2021. The D.C. protest drew press freedom supporters from around the country in preparation for the extradition verdict on January 4th. Press freedom activists and independent journalists endured the cold and rain […]
Assange Extradition: Legal Teams Likely Informed Already Of Judge’s Decision
January 4th, 2021 Awake Goy Above photo: Assange outside British Supreme Court, 2011. acidpolly/Flickr. According to usual practice, both the prosecution & defense have most likely been informed of the judge’s decision on Julian Assange’s extradition case, though normal procedure is to not yet inform the defendant or his family, writes Alexander Mercouris. In accordance with a British magistrate court’s […]
Posted in Wikileaks Tags: already, Assange, extradition, informed, legal, likely, teams No Comments »Upcoming Ruling In Assange Trial Threatens More Than Freedom Of The Press
January 4th, 2021 Awake Goy Above photo: Stella Moris and son Gabriel, right, and Max leave Belmarsh prison after visiting her partner and their father, Julian Assange. irishexaminer.com. His two children could lose their father for the rest of their lives. Although important legal principles are at stake in the extradition trial of Julian Assange, for which a ruling will be […]
What We Learned In Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing
January 2nd, 2021 Awake Goy NOTE: For more information on the Assange decision and next steps, listen to this interview with Kevin Gosztola of Shadowproof on Clearing the FOG. Experts debunked the U.S. government’s case, argument by argument. Here’s a recap ahead of the judge’s verdict on January 4th. The prosecution of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange would be a landmark […]
Sarah Palin: Julian Assange Deserves a Pardon
December 20th, 2020 Awake Goy Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin added her voice to the growing chorus of conservative figures favoring a pardon of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. “I made a mistake some years ago, not supporting Julian Assange — thinking that he was a bad guy… I’ve learned a lot since then,” said Palin in a video provided exclusively […]
صبية السفارة….صيدا تصوّب البوصلة
December 17th, 2020 Awake Goy ابراهيم الأمين الخميس 17 كانون الأول 2020 «اللي بجَنبو مسلّة بتنعَروا»! التسريبات عن دور الحكومات الغربية في رعاية «الأنشطة المدنية التغييرية» ليست جديدة. والمعلومات المتداولة كثيرة حول أدوار تفصيلية تقوم بها هذه الجهة أو تلك. وفي كل مرة، يلجأ المشار اليهم بعنوان «المتعاونين» مع هذه الجهات الدولية الى الاحتجاج، بعد إشهار ما يخص «تعاونهم»، سواء على […]
Australian MP calls on Trump to pardon Assange before leaving White House
December 13th, 2020 Awake Goy Home » Activism, Australia, Justice » Australian MP calls on Trump to pardon Assange before leaving White House Australian MP George Christensen called on Donald Trump to pardon WikiLeaks founder and fellow Australian citizen Julian Assange while he still can, as it seems to be the US president’s last month in the Oval […]
Posted in white house, Wikileaks Tags: Assange, Australian, before, Calls, leaving, pardon, Trump No Comments »WikiLeaks BOMBSHELL: Dominion Exec Told Podesta “I’ll Do Anything To Defeat Trump”
December 6th, 2020 Awake Goy An email previously released by WikiLeaks reveals that a Dominion executive met with John Podesta to plot ways to help defeat Donald Trump in the presidential election. In 2018, Dominion Voting announced that it had been acquired by its management team and Staple Street Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, who was being advised by Kirkland […]
Misconduct In Public Office In The Assange Case
November 17th, 2020 Awake Goy Above photo: 1/5/2016 Judge Deborah Taylor Sentences Julian Assange in 50 weeks imprisonment at HMP Belmarsh for skipping Bail. Crime Reports Filed by Rod Driver for Paul Close, Emma Arbuthnot, Deborah Taylor, and Michael Snow. Misconduct in Public Office Crime Reports I have recently written police crime reports for Misconduct in Public Office by the […]
Assange Legal Team Submits Closing Argument Against Extradition
November 11th, 2020 Awake Goy In submission to magistrates’ court in London, attorneys detail the “politically motivated” case the Trump administration pursued against the WikiLeaks founder. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s legal team submitted their closing argument to a British magistrates’ court. They argue, “It is politically motivated, it is an abuse of the process of this court, and it is […]
Posted in Wikileaks Tags: against, argument, Assange, closing, extradition, legal, submits No Comments »Persecuting Assange Is A Blow To Reporting And Human Rights Advocacy
October 17th, 2020 Awake Goy Above photo: Chip Gibbons. CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on Assange extradition. Janine Jackson interviewed Defending Rights & Dissent’s Chip Gibbons about Julian Assange’s extradition hearing for the October 9, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: If it were not for a tiny handful of journalists—ShadowProof’s Kevin Gosztola preeminent among them—Americans might be utterly […]
Ten Reasons Why The Assange Trial Threatens Freedom Of Speech
October 15th, 2020 Awake Goy Above photo: Julian Assange (back) listened in the dock as James Lewis (front, centre) opened the hearing with the US position. The Ecuadorian diplomat who gave Julian Assange political asylum reports from the extradition hearing against the WikiLeaks journalist, and explains why it is “the most important case against the freedom of expression in an […]
The Belmarsh Tribunal
October 6th, 2020 Awake Goy The Belmarsh Tribunal Above photo: An activist demanding freedom for Julian Assange in front of the US Embassy in Rome, Italy, September 7 2020. Pacific Press/SIPA USA/PA Images. On November 13, 1966 – at the height of the resistance war in Vietnam – Bertrand Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre convened a people’s tribunal to hold the […]
On Contact: Assange Extradition Hearing
October 5th, 2020 Awake Goy [embedded content] Chris Hedges discusses with former British ambassador Craig Murray the hearing that just adjourned in London to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. Murray’s exhaustive reporting, which can be found at craigmurray.org.uk, has become one of the few sources of reliable information about the hearing, which has become notoriously difficult to […]
Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing: The Only Just Outcome Is His Freedom
October 4th, 2020 Awake Goy Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing: The Only Just Outcome Is His Freedom The testimony portion of the extradition hearing of Julian Assange, taking place in the United Kingdom, concluded after four weeks. Judge Vanessa Baraitser, who presided over the hearing, will not announce her decision until January. Until then, Assange will remain in detention in Belmarsh […]
Report: Bad Day For Julian Assange
September 30th, 2020 Awake Goy Above photo: AP Photo/Frank Augstein. Today was the worst day for the defence since the start of the trial, as their expert witnesses failed to cope with the sheer aggression of cross-examination by the US Government and found themselves backing away from maintaining propositions they knew to be true. It was uncomfortable viewing. It was not […]
Report: Julian Assange Hearing
September 29th, 2020 Awake Goy Report: Julian Assange Hearing Above photo: Chinese contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei stands with protestors outside Old Bailey. Kirsty Wigglesworth. It is hard to believe, but Judge Baraitser on Friday ruled that there will be no closing speeches in the Assange extradition hearing. She accepted the proposal initially put forward by counsel for the […]
Report, Thursday, September 24: Julian Assange
September 26th, 2020 Awake Goy Above photo: Elizabeth Cook/AP. During the hearing of medical evidence the last three days, the British government has been caught twice directly telling important lies about events in Belmarsh prison, each lie proven by documentary evidence. The common factor has been the medical records kept by Dr Daly, head of the jail’s medical services. There […]
The (flawed) case against Julian Assange
September 26th, 2020 Awake Goy Starting on September 7th, the extradition proceedings for Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange continued in London’s Old Bailey court. The hearings, the first part of which ended in February and were set to resume in May, were delayed for four months due to the ongoing health crisis. This left the publisher to languish in the notorious […]
Report, Wednesday, September 23: Julian Assange
September 25th, 2020 Awake Goy On Wednesday the trap sprang shut, as Judge Baraitser insisted the witnesses must finish next week, and that no time would be permitted for preparation of closing arguments, which must be heard the immediate following Monday. This brought the closest the defence have come to a protest, with the defence pointing out they have still […]
‘We Demand The Immediate Release Of Julian Assange’
September 25th, 2020 Awake Goy ‘We Demand The Immediate Release Of Julian Assange’ Above image: Max Gede. PI Council Members support the freedom of Julian Assange against the unlawful and dangerous extradition trial against him currently taking place in London. “Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence […]
The US Is Using The Guardian To Justify Jailing Assange For Life
September 25th, 2020 Awake Goy Why is the paper so silent? Julian Assange is not on trial simply for his liberty and his life. He is fighting for the right of every journalist to do hard-hitting investigative journalism without fear of arrest and extradition to the United States. Assange faces 175 years in a US super-max prison on the basis […]
