Media Reports

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Media Releases

Bridges for Media Freedom’s Italian project hosts interview with Anthony Bellanger, General Secretary of the IFJ. The “Freedom of Information and Human Rights” project is being run in collaboration with Filosofia in Movimento, an association of scholars in the field of philosophy, law and social sciences.
Blueprint for Free Speech launches pardon campaign for Assange. The campaign will seek a pardon from both sides of the political aisle in the United States – the administrations of the President and the President-elect.
Ahead of Julian Assange’s US Extradition Hearing, Doctors’ Letter Published in The Lancet. A letter by a group of doctors representing 117 physicians and psychologists from 18 nations calls for an end to the psychological torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange.
Germany: Former Federal Ministers demand the release of Julian Assange. More than 130 prominent figures in politics, culture and the media in Germany are demanding the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from British custody.
Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly calls for Assange’s “prompt release.” Amendment to report on Threats to Media Freedom and Journalists’ Security in Europe prepared by Labour peer Lord Foulkes adopted unanimously.
Assange extradition: Both sides ask for more time to deal with “great volume of evidence.” Extradition hearing will be bifurcated with a first week of hearings to start on 24 February 2020 and a further three weeks to follow from 18 May.
25 Parliamentarians to monitor Julian Assange extradition hearing in February. Full extradition hearing to start on 24 February 2020, spanning “three or four weeks.” Elected representatives from Germany, Italy and the European Parliament will travel to London as official observers.
Assange: Doctors issue open letter to UK Home Secretary. More than 60 eminent medical doctors have issued an open letter calling for urgent action to protect the life of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Julian Assange tells court he cannot prepare his defence. Julian Assange attended this morning’s hearing in person, in only his third public appearance since being forcibly expelled from Ecuador’s London embassy
Australia and world media threatened again: Jeremy Hammond called against his will to appear before US Assange Grand Jury to attack media freedom

Media Articles

Julian Assange wins first stage of attempt to appeal extradition, 24 January 2022, Guardian
Judges to decide whether Assange can appeal against extradition as he reaches 1,000 days in jail, 5 January 2022, Computer Weekly
US wins appeal of extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange, 10 December 2021, Al-Jazeera
US granted additional grounds for its appeal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, 11 August 2021, Sky News Australia
‘Assange not ill enough to be unable to resist killing himself if extradited’, 11 August 2021, Evening Standard
UK: Decision to refuse Assange bail renders his continued detention “arbitrary”, 6 January 2021, Amnesty International
Court refuses to grant bail to Julian Assange, 6 January 2021, Financial Times
UK judge denies bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, 6 January 2021, CNN
British judge denies WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange bail in extradition case, citing flight risk, 6 January 2021, Washington Post
U.K. Judge Rejects Julian Assange’s Bail Request, Citing Flight Risk, 6 January 2021, NPR
UK: Assange extradition decision welcome but exposes “politically-motivated process”, 4 January 2021, Amnesty International
Julian Assange wins, but threat to press remains, 4 January 2021, Deutsche Welle
Julian Assange verdict does little to protect press freedom, 4 January 2021, The Guardian
U.K. Judge Cites Harsh Conditions At Indiana Facility In Ruling For WikiLeaks Founder, 4 January 2021, Indiana Public Media
Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US, UK judge rules, 4 January 2021, Politico
British court rejects U.S. extradition request for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, saying he is at risk of suicide, 4 January 2021, Washington Post
British Court Rejects U.S. Request To Extradite WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange, 4 January 2021, NPR
We can’t say we weren’t warned, 3 December 2020, British Journalism Review
The Assange extradition case is an unprecedented attack on press freedom – so why’s the media largely ignoring it?, 4 October 2020, Independent
Julian Assange extradition verdict to be delivered on January 4, 2 October 2020, Al Jazeera
George Christensen calls on Australia to lodge formal protest over treatment of Julian Assange, 2 October 2020, The Guardian
Why You Should Care About the Extradition of Julian Assange, 2 October 2020, the Intercept
Eyewitness to the Agony of Julian Assange, 2 October 2020, Counterpunch
Letters: We must press for Assange release, 2 October 2020, the Herald Scotland
Spies, abduction, poison… it’s a story with the lot, so why is it unloved by the media?, 2 October 2020, Crikey
Trump associate ordered huge surveillance of Assange inside embassy, court told, 1 October 2020, Brisbane Times
US contacts considered kidnapping or poisoning Assange, court told, 30 September 2020, Glasgow Evening Times
Crumbling Case Against Assange Shows Weakness of “Hacking” Charges Related to Whistleblowing, 30 September 2020, The Intercept
Julian Assange would be held with convicted terrorist Abu Hamza in supermax prison, court hears, 29 September 2020, Computer Weekly
Assange case: former security firm staff allowed to give anonymous evidence, 29 September 2020, The Guardian
Dissident Ai Weiwei protests possible extradition of Assange, 28 September 2020, AP News
Julian Assange’s mental health: Diagnosis, autism and risk at the Old Bailey, 28 September 2020, Independent Australia
Assange’s Fourteenth Day At Old Bailey: Elections, Cracking Passwords And Failures Of Proof, 27 September 2020, Eurasia Review
MEPs denied access as observers to Julian Assange extradition hearing, 15 September 2020, Computer Weekly
What’s at stake at Julian Assange’s long-awaited extradition hearing? 8 September 2020, ABC News
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Observatører ble nektet å følge rettssaken mot Julian Assange: Flere ble utestengt, 8 September 2020 in Klassekampen
US determined to make Assange pay, 2 September 2020, Asia Times
Assange’s detention violates international law: Australia must intervene, 29 August 2020, in Independent Australia
Lawyers call for Julian Assange release, 17 August 2020 in the Canberra Times
US decision to file new charges against Julian Assange ‘astonishing and potentially abusive’, 14 August 2020, Computer Weekly
US attorney general may be using Assange case for political ends, court told, 27 July 2020, in the Guardian
Julian Assange’s lawyers say he tried to warn the US government about release of sensitive files. He was told to call back. 25 February 2020, CNN
More than 100 prominent Germans appeal for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s release from prison, 6 February 2020 in the Evening Standard
Lauri Love: I was suicidal when facing extradition, 4 February 2020, BBC News
Assange, sì, all’emendamento Marilotti, 31 January 2020, La Nuova Sardegna
Assange, Marilotti (M5S): Trattamento Indegno Di Democrazie Occidentali. Rilascio Immediato, 30 January 2020, media release from Movimento 5 Stelle
La Asamblea Parlamentaria del Consejo de Europa solicita la “liberación inmediata” de Assange, 29 January 2020, Cadena SER
Europarat fordert “sofortige Freilassung” von Julian Assange, 29 January 2020, Der Standard
Mitglieder des Europarates rufen zu Hilfe für Julian Assange auf, 29 January 2020, Heise Online
Europarat fordert die „sofortige Freilassung“ von Julian Assange, 29 January 2020, media release from the Office of Andrej Hunko MdB
Human rights report to oppose extradition of Julian Assange to US, 28 January 2020, the Guardian
Vater von Julian Assange: Gebe nicht auf, bis Sohn frei ist, 27 January 2020, Der Standard
Le crime d’Assange? Dénoncer les atrocités des autres, 27 January 2020, media release from IFJ, the International Federation of Journalists
Julian Assange : qui va lancer l’alerte pour le lanceur d’alerte? 27 January 2020, Paris Match
Kritisk Til Prosessen: Julian Assange’s far om sønnen i fengsel, USAs utleveringskrav og den henlagte voldtektssaken i Sverige, 18 December 2019, Klassekampen
Julian Assanges Vater: Geistige Stärke hält Sohn am Leben, 29 November 2019, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Doctors fear Julian Assange ‘could die’ in UK jail, 25 November 2019, RTÉ
Ärzte sorgen sich um Gesundheit von WikiLeaks-Gründer Assange, 25 November 2019 in Der Spiegel
‘Julian Assange could die in prison’: Dozens of international doctors warn UK WikiLeaks founder may need urgent medical care, 25 November 2019 in the Evening Standard
Julian Assange ‘could die in prison without urgent medical care’, doctors warn, 25 November 2019 in the Independent
Julian Assange’s health is so bad he ‘could die in prison’, say 60 doctors, 25 November 2019 in the Guardian
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ‘could die’ in British jail: doctors, 25 November 2019 in Deutsche Welle
Assanges far til VG: – Utlevering vil være en dødsdom, 22 November 2019 in VG.no
Brussels: Journalism is not a crime, Julian Assange must be released, 14 November 2019, media release from IFJ, the International Federation of Journalists
Caso Assange, Giulietti: «No all’estradizione verso un Paese in cui vige la pena di morte», 12 November 2019, media release from FNSI, the Italian Journalists’ Union
‘Will you come and help?’ Father of Julian Assange on campaign to free his son, 9 November 2019 in the Irish Examiner
Julian Assange extradition judge refuses request for delay, 21 October 2019 in the Guardian
‘I can’t think properly’: Assange fights back tears and struggles to say own name as he appears in court over US extradition, 21 October 2019 in the Independent
Assange fails to delay extradition hearing as date set for February, 21 October 2019 in the Register