Extradition and Trial of Julian Assange
TRANSCEND MEMBERS, 24 Feb 2020
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media Service
Web Resources and Key Role of Women in an Historic Psychodrama
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The following items have been progressively accumulated as an addendum to an earlier document elaborated as a speculative dramatisation of the legal process against Julian Assange in several Christian countries (Trial of Julian Assange — Who is the Pontius Pilate of Easter 2019? In dramatic anticipation of emergence of a Church of Julian, 2019). Given the probabiluty of his extradition, trial and conviction in the USA, a further document was produced to offer Christians the possibility of collectively determining his punishment — in the spirit of that dramatisation (Crowdsourcing Just Punishment for Julian Assange: in faithful Christian retribution for daring to speak truth to power, 2020).
Given the number of web references accumulated in the first document, these have now been transferred to this separate document for convenience. Further references will be added as they become available.
- Miscellaneous — 2020:
- Maegan Vazquez, et al: Lawyer for WikiLeaks’ Assange says he was offered a US pardon for denying Russian hacking (CNN, 19 February 2020)
- Alex Rubinstein: While demanding Assange, US refuses to extradite CIA agent who killed British teen (The Gray Zone, 18 February 2020)
- James Brown: Cross party Group Forms to Stop Extradition of Julian Assange (United States Studies Centre, 18 February 2020)
- Max Blumenthal: On the imperial NGOs that ignore Julian Assange — and the billionaires behind them (The Grayzone, 16 February 2020)
- Stephen Frost, et al: End torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange (The Lancet, 17 February 2020)
- Chris Hedges: What Is Happening to Assange Will Happen to the Rest of Us (Truthdig, 10 February 2020)
- John Gulliver: Assange – now a focus of press freedom (Camden New Journal, 6 February, 2020)
- Sara Chessa: Council of Europe sides with Julian Assange (Independent Australia, 5 February 2020)
- John Jiggens: Ending the torture of Julian Assange (Independent Australia, February 2020)
- Facebook: Global Protest Free Assange (February 2020)
- Tom Coburg: Six legal arguments show why the US extradition of Julian Assange should be denied (The Canary, 25 January 2020)
- Julian Assange: The world’s most-wanted whistleblower (RTE News, 20 Nov 2019)
- Julian Assange Extradition Case to Be Drawn Out for Months (US News, 23 January 2020)
- Extradition hearing for WikiLeaks’ Assange to be split in two parts (Reuters, 23 January 2020)
- MPs ramp up Assange freedom campaign (Daily Telegraph, 18 February 2020)
- Assange is on his own: Morrison (InDaily, 12 April 2019)
- Miscellaneous — 2019:
- Justine Landis-Hanley: George Pell gets a visit from a PM while Assange fights alone (Crikey, 3 December 2019)
- Lucy Komisar: Assange Lawyers – Conflict of Interest Scandal spreads up to the United States (Mediapart, 18 November 2019)
- Jack Peat: Assange “struggles to say his own name” as he appears in court (The London Economic, 21 October 2019)
- Caitlin Johnstone: When Morrison met Trump, Assange was the elephant in the room (The Big Smoke, 23 September 2019)
- Angus Livingston: Shorten says his team will talk to Assange (The Senior, 13 April 2019)
- Glenn Greenwald and Micah Lee: The U.S. Government’s Indictment of Julian Assange Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom (The Intercept, 12 April 2019)
- Kate Fazzini: The Assange indictment shows how hard it is to protect classified information in the modern era (CNBC, 11 April 2019)
- Weizhen Tan: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange won’t be given ‘special treatment,’ Australian prime minister says (CNBC, 11 April 2019)
- Julian Assange, Wikileaks: James Ricketson reveals role of then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in securing his release from a Cambodian jail on spying charges (The Daily Telegraph, 25 October 2019)
- Journalism Is Not A Crime – The Assange Extradition Case (European Parliament GUE/NGL, 14 November 2019)
- European Parliament Debates Assange Extradition (Consortium News, 17 April 2019)
- Miscellaneous — pre-2019
- Kellie Tranter: Pressure Builds On Australian Government To Act On Assange Stalemate (New Matilda, 11 June 2018)
- WikiLeaks made ‘extraordinary error of judgment’ in meeting Assad says Tony Abbott (The Daily Telegraph, 2 January 2014)
- Petitions / Pleas / Open letters / Appeals (and responses):
- Queen of England:
- Clive Hammond: Royal shock: Queen finally responds to demand to help Julian Assange in prosecution row (Express, 18 February 2020)
- Phillip Adams: Petitioner’s Request for Royal Pardon for Julian Assange from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Change, 22 January 2020)
- Phillip Adams: Free Julian Assange, before it’s too late (Change)
- UK Government:
- Reporters without Borders issue a petition calling for the United Kingdom not to comply with the United States’ request to extradite Julian Assange (16 February 2020)
- Doctors call for end of Assange ‘torture’ (Shepparton News, 18 February 2020)
- Doctors Petition UK Home Secretary Over Julian Assange (23 November 2019)
- Australian Government:
- Open letter to Scott Morrison regarding Julian Assange (Independent Australia, 17 December 2019)
- Julian Assange’s father calls on Government to help lobby for Wikileaks founder’s release (13 December 2019)
- Julian Assange’s mother calls on Malcolm Turnbull to protect WikiLeaks founder’s rights (ABC News, 20 May 2017)
- Pamela Anderson receives letter from Scott Morrison rejecting plea to intervene in Julian Assange’s legal case (27 November 2019)
- Scott Morrison responds to Pamela Anderson’s Julian Assange plea (26 November 2019)
- Get Julian Assange home: ABC group’s plea to PM (22 November 2019)
- Prime Minister Turnbull: Use the SAS/Commandos to bring Julian Assange home (Change)
- Ask the Australian Government to pardon Julian Assange of Wikileaks (Change)
- Council of Europe:
- The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe calls for Assange’s freedom (28 January 2020)
- Religious authorities:
- Archbishop of Canterbury:
- Appeal to Archbishop of Canterbury to Support Release of Julian Assange (1 December 2019)
- Diana Johnstone: Plea for the Liberation of Julian Assange. Response from the Archbishop of Canterbury (16 December 2019)
- Pope Francis:
- Free Julian Assange – an ill prisoner who has no rights (Change)
- Petition to Pope Francis for Julian Assange (Indymedia-Ireland, 3 August 2018)
- Archbishop of Canterbury:
- Prominent Germans appeal for Julian Assange’s release (DW, 6 February 2020)
- Mary Kerr: “J’Accuse”Australian, UK and US Governments of the unlawful persecution of Julian Assange (Change)
- Sonia Hickey: Hundreds of thousands hope a petition will save Julian Assange (The Big Smoke, 28 December 2019)
- An open letter from doctors: Julian Assange “could die in prison” (24 November 2019)
- Queen of England:
- Resource sites:
- UN News: Julian Assange
- Euronews: Julian Assange
- Al Jazeera: Julian Assange News
- Whirlpool: Julian Assange legal battles information page
- Justice For Assange website: Advocacy site for Assange, lots of information on his legal battles.
- Facebook groups:
- Twitter: Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange)
- Defend Wikileaks Liveblog:
- Australian MPs Andrew Wilkie and George Christensen visit Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison (18 February 2020)
- Jeremy Corbyn praises Julian Assange and calls for extradition to US to be halted (The Independent, 12 February 2020)
- Senator Peter Whish-Wilson calls on the Australian government to intervene and bring Julian Assange home (11 February 2020)
- Spaniard at center of Julian Assange spying accusations claims ambassador ordered espionage (El Pais, 11 February 2020)
- Exclusive Interviews with Cornel West, Max Blumenthal and Ben Wizner on “Assange: Countdown to Freedom” (7 February 2020)
- Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize (6 February 2020)
- UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, speaks in detail about the explosive findings of his investigation into the case of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (Republik, 31 January 2020)
- IFJ Secretary General Anthony Bellanger’s speech to the Council of Europe (27 January 2020)
- ‘Trump has created a global playbook to attack those revealing uncomfortable truths’ (Edward Snowden, The Washington Post, 26 January 2020)
- UN Special Rapporteur on Torture (Nils Melzer):
- ‘Burned At The Stake’: The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Demolishes The Fake Claims Targeting Julian Assange (Media Lens, 13 February 2020)
- Assange being set up to be “burnt at the stake” (31 January 2020)
- “A murderous system is being created before our very eyes” (Republik, 31 January 2020)
- UN expert on torture sounds alarm again that Julian Assange’s life may be at risk (UN OHCHR, 1 November 2019)
- Demasking the Torture of Julian Assange (Medium, 26 June 2019)
- WikiLeaks: UN official accuses UK and US of torture over Assange and Manning (The Independent, 31 December 2019)
- Nils Melzer — UN Special Rapporteur on Torture — examines the case of Assange (Activism, 6 February 2020)
- UN rapporteur: Assange being set up to be ‘burnt at the stake’ (Swissinfo, 31 January 2020)
- U.N. Rapporteur: Julian Assange Has Faced Psychological Torture; he should not be extradited to U.S. (Democracy Now, 22 November 2019)
- Prison conditions for Julian Assange are putting his life ‘at risk’: UN expert (France24, 1 November 2019)
- UN expert criticizes States for ‘ganging up’ on Wikileaks’ Assange; warns against extradition, fearing ‘serious’ rights violations (UN Regional Information Centre for Western Europe, 22 November 2019)
- Oscar Grenfell: UN rapporteur Nils Melzer exposes British government attempts to obstruct his defence of Assange (World Socialist Website, 5 February 2020)
- Andrea Germanos: Julian Assange’s Life Is at Risk, Says United Nations Expert, Condemning Detention After Exposing War Crimes (Common Dreams, 1 November 2019)
- Jason Murdock: U.N. Torture Expert ‘Outraged’ by Wikileaks founder Assange’s Extradition Case: ‘What about the war crimes?’ (Newsweek, 7 February 2020)
- Johanna Ross: Assange’s Case Represents ‘Failure of Western Law,’ says UN’s Nils Melzer (AntiWar, 7 February 2020)
- Australian Media:
- ABC News:
- Julian Assange offered presidential pardon from Donald Trump to say Russia not involved in Democrats hack, court hears (20 February 2020)
- Andrew Wilkie and George Christensen in London to visit Julian Assange, as Jeremy Corbyn says UK view on extradition is shifting (18 February 2020)
- Australian MPs say Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is ‘a man under enormous pressure’ following prison visit (18 February 2020)
- Andrew Wilkie and George Christensen in London to visit Julian Assange, as Jeremy Corbyn says UK view on extradition is shifting (18 February 2020)
- Australian MPs lobby Britain to release Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (17 February 2020)
- ‘Enough is enough, leave our bloke alone’: MPs go into bat for Assange after prison visit (18 February 2020)
- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has limited time to speak to lawyers in fight against US extradition (14 January 2020)
- Gillard rejects claims she abandoned Assange (23 June 2012)
- Gillard under pressure to explain WikiLeaks comments (17 December 2010)
- The Australian
- Time for Julian Assange to face his destiny (19 February 2020)
- Assange spied on while in embassy (12 October 2019)
- Albo meets Assange’s father, dines with WikiLeaks founder’s lawyer (1 August 2019)
- Assange extradition order signed off (13 June 2019)
- Sweden rejects Julian Assange arrest, easing US extradition attempts (4 June 2019)
- Julian Assange a ‘dark force for democracy and free press’ (24 May 2019)
- Julian Assange: New US charges against WikiLeaks founder (24 May 2019)
- Sweden to reopen Assange case (14 May 2019)
- Assange is not the messiah, but Wikileaks is a cult (17 April 2019)
- ‘Spy’ Assange was skating on thin ice, says Ecuador President (16 April 2019)
- Julian Assange bugged his hosts in more than one way (15 April 2019)
- Julian Assange’s father calls on PM to step in as Wikileaks founder prepares for battle (14 April 2019)
- Assange at home with the crackpots and despots (13 April 2019)
- Assange scrambles for a cause as cell door slams shut (13 April 2019)
- Julian Assange arrested, found guilty (12 April 2019)
- Julian Assange challenges Julia Gillard over ‘treason’ (15 March 2011)
- The Age:
- Assange has not been vindicated, he has merely outwaited justice (20 November 2019)
- Julian Assange’s father joins Melbourne rally for WikiLeaks founder (12 April 2019)
- The Sydney Morning Herald:
- ‘Our ratbag’ Julian Assange suffers from psychological torture, say two Australian MPs (19 February 2020)
- Love him or hate him or simply don’t care, Julian Assange’s fight for freedom concerns us all (7 Decmber 2019)
- Former political prisoner pleads for Scott Morrison to not let Assange ‘die in jail’ (25 November 2019)
- Assange legal team asks for Australian government help amid growing health fears (28 October 2019)
- Eleven MPs form group to advocate for Julian Assange’s return to Australia (24 October 2019)
- Assange’s father to start legal action against Tony Abbott, Julie Bishop (2 January 2014)
- PM has betrayed me: Assange (5 December 2010)
- The Canberra Times:
- Assange trial could move Aust govt to act (19 February 2020)
- UK PM Johnson urged to end Assange trial (18 February 2020)
- Assange may not get US press protection (24 January 2020)
- Assange ‘denied access’ to lawyers in UK (16 January 2020)
- Scott Morrison’s dash across the world to save Julian Assange (28 December 2019)
- Assange blocked from seeing evidence (14 December 2019)
- Julian Assange blocks consular assistance (24 October 2019)
- PM says Assange should ‘face the music’ (17 October 2019)
- Lawyer wants PM to raise Assange with US (31 July 2019)
- UN experts slam Assange’s 50-week sentence (4 May 2019)
- Assange arrest an election challenge (13 April 2019)
- Julian Assange ‘won’t get any special treatment’: Scott Morrison (12 April 2019)
- Network 10:
- ‘Confused’ Assange Has Extradition Hearing: Delay Denied (Network 10, 22 October 2019)
- Underground: The Julian Assange Story (film, 7 October 2012)
- ‘The Patience Of Ecuador Is Reached’: Why Julian Assange Lost His Asylum (11 April 2019)
- Pamela Anderson Blasts Scott Morrison For ‘Smutty, Unnecessary’ Comments On Assange (18 November 2018)
- Australian Independent Media:
- Binoy Kampmark:
- Pardoning Julian Assange: Donald Trump, WikiLeaks and the DNC (February 2020)
- “Leave Our Bloke Alone”: A Little Mission for Julian Assange (19 February 2020)
- Split Hearings: The Assange Extradition Case Drags On ( 25 January 2020)
- Short of Time: Julian Assange at the Westminster Magistrates Court (CounterPunch, 16 January 2020)
- The politicians awake: Australia calls for Julian Assange (Independent Australia, 28 November 2019)
- Davey Heller: The rising support for Julian Assange (Independent Australia, 12 January 2020)
- Keith Davis: The stitching-up of Julian Assange and Daniel Ellsberg (27 December 2019)
- Binoy Kampmark:
- ABC News:
- UK Media:
- BBC News:
- Dana Rohrabacher denies offering Assange a pardon from Trump (20 February 2020)
- Julian Assange: Father fears ‘worried’ son’s extradition (18 February 2020)
- Julian Assange: Campaigner or attention seeker? (19 November 2019)
- Julian Assange: A timeline of Wikileaks founder’s case (19 November 2019)
- Julian Assange: Sweden drops rape investigation (1 November 2019)
- Julian Assange: Judge refuses to delay extradition hearing (21 October 2019)
- Julian Assange subjected to psychological torture, UN expert says (31 May 2019)
- Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder arrested in London (12 April 2019)
- Julian Assange: Ecuador court rejects lawsuit over embassy rules (30 October 2018)
- The Guardian:
- Julian Borger: Donald Trump ‘offered Julian Assange a pardon if he denied Russia link to hack’ (20 February 2020)
- Roy Greenslade: Press freedom is at risk if we allow Julian Assange’s extradition (3 February 2020)
- Katharine Murphy: US efforts to extradite Julian Assange akin to rendition, WikiLeaks editor says ( 3 December 2019)
- Ben Doherty: Julian Assange’s extradition fight could turn on reports he was spied on for CIA (17 December 2019)
- Michael McGowan: Pamela Anderson accuses ‘smutty’ Scott Morrison of abandoning Assange (18 November 2018)
- Benn Quinn:
- Julian Assange: Australian MPs call on UK to block US extradition (18 February 2020)
- Human rights report to oppose extradition of Julian Assange to US (29 January 2020)
- Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation (20 November 2019)
- Julian Assange shows psychological torture symptoms, says UN expert (31 May 2019)
- Julian Assange legal team begin ‘big fight’ over extradition (2 May 2019)
- Lawyers complain about lack of access to Julian Assange in jail (13 December 2019)
- Julian Assange to remain in jail pending extradition to US (14 September 2019)
- Julian Assange: US charges expected to be revealed at hearing (11 June 2019)
- BBC News:
- German Media — DW:
- Opinion: I am Julian Assange (7 February 2020)
- Prominent Germans appeal for Julian Assange’s release (6 February 2020)
- Seda Serdar: Julian Assange’s road toward extradition raises rights concerns (18 December 2019)
- Seda Serdar: Julian Assange faces extradition hearing as Berlin stays quiet (1 May 2019)
- Darko Janjevic: WikiLeaks and Julian Assange: The never-ending story (13 April 2019)
- Matthias von Hein: Opinion: Julian Assange’s arrest sets dangerous precedent (11 April 2014)
- Ecuador’s president claims Julian Assange was spying from embassy (15 April 2019)
- US Media:
- The New York Times:
- Chris Savage: White House Denies Claim That Trump Offered Pardon Deal to Julian Assange (19 February 2020)
- Ceylan Yeginsu: Julian Assange ‘Could Die’ in U.K. Jail, Doctors Warn (25 November 2019)
- Scott Shane and Steven Erlanger: Assange: A Self-Proclaimed Foe of Secrecy Who Inspires Both Admiration and Fury (11 April 2019)
- Julian Assange Is Suffering Psychological Torture, U.N. Expert Says (31 May 2019)
- Politico:
- Swedish prosecutors drop rape investigation into Julian Assange (11 November 2019)
- Julian Assange’s prison computer not good enough, court told (18 November 2019)
- Julian Assange denied delay to US extradition hearing (21 October 2019)
- UK signs Assange extradition papers to US (13 June 2019)
- Assange won’t face charges over role in devastating CIA leak (2 June 2019)
- Julian Assange has suffered psychological abuse, says UN expert (31 May 2019)
- Sweden to reopen rape case against Julian Assange (13 May 2019)
- Chelsea Manning says Trump ‘clearly wants to go after journalists’ (12 May 2019)
- Pamela Anderson visits ‘innocent’ Julian Assange in jail (7 May 2019)
- UN experts call for Assange to be released (3 May 2019)
- WikiLeaks’ Assange jailed for 50 weeks over UK bail breach (1 May 2019)
- British MPs urge government to prioritize Assange extradition to Sweden (13 April 2019)
- UK’s Labour urges government to block Assange extradition (12 April 2019)
- Dispute over ‘political’ crimes looms over Assange extradition (12 April 2019)
- Julian Assange might have already won (11 April 2019)
- Julian Assange ‘no hero,’ says Jeremy Hunt (11 April 2019)
- Julian Assange takes legal action against US government (23 January 2019)
- Assange can leave embassy, says Ecuador’s president (6 December 2018)
- Court document suggests US preparing to indict WikiLeaks’ Assange (16 November 2018)
- Julian Assange planned to flee Britain for Russia: report (17 September 2018)
- Ecuador cuts off Julian Assange’s internet access (28 March 2018)
- Julian Assange arrest warrant stands, court rules (6 February 2018)
- Ecuador presidential candidate promises to evict Julian Assange from embassy (9 February 2017)
- Trump sides with Assange, Russia over US intelligence (4 January 2017)
- Trump sides with Assange on Russia hacking (4 January 2017)
- The New York Times:
- Russian Media — RT:
- ‘Doctors for Assange’ worry he may die in UK prison having ‘effectively been tortured to death’ (18 February 2020)
- WikiLeaks demands answers as Twitter account LOCKED ahead of Assange extradition hearing (17 February 2020)
- Queen Elizabeth won’t get involved in Julian Assange case because it’s a POLITICAL matter – Buckingham Palace (16 February 2020)
- Australian senator calls on govt to bring Assange home as journalist faces ‘death’ if extradited to US (12 February 2020)
- George Galloway: Justice blind or blinded by titles? A tale of Prince Andrew and Julian Assange (26 November 2019)
- World Socialist Website:
- Mike Head:
- Oscar Grenfell:
- Australian MPs visit Julian Assange at Belmarsh Prison (19 February 2020)
- Britain Obstructs Spanish Investigation into CIA Spying on Julian Assange (26 October 2019)
- UN official’s briefing on torture of Assange boycotted by US media (18 October 2019)
- Conference at European Parliament defends Julian Assange (21 November 2019)
- Julian Assange: The great unmentionable as Australian leader wines and dines with Trump (20 September 2019)
- Sydney Peace Prize recipients demand Australian government defend Assange (3 June 2019)
- Oscar Grenfell and Chris Marsden: After 10 months’ silence, UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warns against extradition of Julian Assange (13 February 2020)
- The international witch-hunt of Julian Assange (14 January 2020)
- Thomas Scripps: Judge Emma Arbuthnot refuses to recuse herself in show trial of Julian Assange (11 July 2019)
- James Cogan: The Turnbull government must act to repatriate Australian citizen Julian Assange to Australia (19 June 2018)
- Consortium News:
- Julian Assange Wins 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award (20 February 2020)
- Ray McGovern: German TV Exposes the Lies That Entrapped Julian Assange ( 6 February 2020)
- Laura Tiernan: UK judge rejects delay in Assange extradition case (22 October 2019)
- Joe Lauria: Julian Assange Wins 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award (10 February 2020)
- Editorial: Don’t Railroad Julian Assange to Virginia (22 October 2019)
- Nozomi Hayase: Assange’s Extradition Case Is Critical Moment for Anti-War Movement (17 February 2020)
- Global Research:
- Marjorie Cohn: Extradition of Assange Would Set a Dangerous Precedent (19 February 2020)
- Barbara Harriss-White: The Sword, the Pen and the Law: on Julian Assange (20 November 2019)
- Ben Chacko: ‘All Journalists at Risk’ if Assange Handed to US Jailers (6 February 2020)
- Paul Craig Roberts: Julian Assange: The Age of Injustice (12 April 2019)
- Influential commentators:
- John Pilger:
- Julian Assange Must be Freed, Not Betrayed (CounterPunch, 18 February 2020)
- On the Suffering and Resilience of Julian Assange (ABC Radio National, 14 February 2020)
- Visiting Assange, Britain’s Political Prisoner (BBC News, 2 December 2019)
- The Lies About Assange Must Stop Now (CounterPunch, 25 November 2019)
- Did This Happen in the Home of Magna Carta? (Transcend Media Service, 4 Nov 2019)
- The Assange Arrest is a Warning from History (13 April 2019)
- The Prisoner Says No to Big Brother (4 March 2019)
- The Target is Assange and Wikileaks, and the Role of Australia (12 August 2018)
- The Urgency of Brining Julian Assange Home (18 June 2018)
- The Isolation of Julian Assange is the Silencing of Us All (1 April 2018)
- Clinton, Assange and the ar on Truth (20 October 2017)
- Geting Julian Assange: the untold story (20 May 2017)
- Freeing Julian Assange: the last chapter (5 February 2016)
- Assange: the untold story of an epic struggle for justice (31 July 2015)
- The siege of Julian Assange is a farce – a special investigation (16 November 2014)
- The courage of Bradley Manning will inspire others to seize their moment of truth (8 August 2013)
- WikiLeaks is a rare truth-teller: smearing Julian Assange is shameful. (14 February 2013)
- The pursuit of Julian Assange is an assault on freedom and a mockery of journalism (23 August 2012)
- The dirty war on WikiLeaks is now trial by media in Sweden (10 March 2012)
- The Assange case means we are all suspects now (2 February 2012)
- The ‘getting’ of Assange and the smearing of a revolution (6 October 2011)
- The war on WikiLeaks: a John Pilger investigation and interview with Julian Assange (13 January 2011)
- Protect Assange, don’t abuse him (16 December 2010)
- Craig Murray:
- Assange in Court (Transcend Media Service, 4 November 2019)
- On the Pavement with Wikileaks (WikiSpooks, 7 April 2019)
- Assange Must Not Also Die in Jail (WikiSpooks, 13 August 2018)
- Chelsea and Julian are in Jail. History Trembles (WikiSpooks, 12 April 2018)
- All Pretence is Over in Persecution of Assange (WikiSpooks, 14 February 2018)
- Philip Hammond’s Astonishing Lie (5 February 2016)
- John Pilger:
Speaking truth to power: key role of women in an historic psychodrama
As noted above, the compilation of commentaries developed from a speculative dramatic take on the case against Julian Assange (Trial of Julian Assange — Who is the Pontius Pilate of Easter 2019? 2019). A degree of comparison was suggested with the historic trial of Jesus. Of interest in this variant — in psychodramatic terms — is the transformation from the key role of men in the scenario of the past to the key role of women in the present case. Notable continue to be the women active in the defence of Assange in various ways:, including Jennifer Robinson (lawyer). These contrast with those in official positions who continue to be especially negligent, as highlighted in the table (below right).
To enable further development of the argument, the text previously included here has been transferred to a separate document (Future Commemoration of the Trial of Julian Assange: a Passion Play for Truth reframing the Christian glorification of speaking truth to power, 2020)
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Anthony Judge is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment and mainly known for his career at the Union of International Associations (UIA), where he has been Director of Communications and Research, as well as Assistant Secretary-General. He was responsible at the UIA for the development of interlinked databases and for publications based on those databases, mainly the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential, the Yearbook of International Organizations, and the International Congress Calendar. Judge has also personally authored a collection of over 1,600 documents of relevance to governance and strategy-making. All these papers are freely available on his personal website Laetus in Praesens. Now retired from the UIA, he is continuing his research within the context of an initiative called Union of Imaginable Associations. Judge is an Australian born in Egypt, a thinker, an author, and lives in Brussels. His TMS articles may be accessed HERE. (Wikipedia)
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