Major Media Outlets Condemn Continued Prosecution of Julian Assange The open letter warns the indictment “threatens to undermine America’s First Amendment and the freedom of the press.” Reason · Nov 28, 2022
Reporter hails work of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks in new book Stefania Maurizi says the whistleblowing organisation is key in revealing ‘state criminality at the highest level’. Al Jazeera · Nov 4, 2022
README.txt by Chelsea Manning review – secrets and spies The WikiLeaks whistleblower on her upbringing, her time in the US army and the extraordinary events that led to her conviction The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022
README.txt by Chelsea Manning review – the analyst who altered history Whistleblower, activist, aspiring politician… the former army private’s gripping memoir traces her extraordinary life from leaking shocking videos to fighting transphobes The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2022
Chelsea Manning: ‘I struggle with the so-called free world compared with life in prison’ Nihilist, anarchist, idealist, troubled young transperson crying out for help: when a 22-year-old US military analyst leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents, everyone thought they knew why. They were wrong, she says. This is what really happened The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2022
Wait, how do we declassify documents? Trump's telepathic powers are delusional — but government classification powers are too often absurd and abusive Salon · Oct 20, 2022
Julian Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson says his case needs an urgent political fix, not a legal one The lawyer for the detained WikiLeaks founder calls for an "urgent political fix" to secure his release from prison in the UK, where he faces extradition to the US and a possible 175-year sentence. ABC News · Oct 19, 2022
Chelsea Manning shared secrets with WikiLeaks. Now she's telling her own story The former military analyst has been called both a hero and a traitor for leaking classified information about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In a new memoir, she talks about why she did it. WEKU · Oct 17, 2022
Who is Julian Assange and why does America hate him so much? Over the weekend, thousands of well-meaning protesters lined up to support calls for the release of a hacker named Julian Assange. The New Daily · Oct 9, 2022
Punk queens, vaccines, and DJ Chelsea Manning: inside New York’s legendary drag fest The long-running Bushwig extravaganza, with more than 150 performers, offers a place to ‘become another person’ The Guardian - US · Sep 13, 2022
What is the Espionage Act that Trump is being investigated under? The former president has been indicted under a controversial law passed in 1917 to prevent spying and leaking of government documents The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2022
What happened to Glenn Greenwald? Once a defender of trans rights and friend of Chelsea Manning, Greenwald has drifted toward the culture-war right Salon · Aug 8, 2022
Proposed Bill Would Protect Journalists Like Julian Assange From Espionage Charges A senator and two congressmen team up to help protect whistleblowers from vindictive prosecution. Reason · Aug 1, 2022
Glenn Greenwald on Tucker Carlson, Chelsea Manning, Russia, and Big Tech "The kind of values I've always embraced are heard more on Fox than on CNN and MSNBC, where they're not welcome." Reason · Jul 21, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022 ‘There were plans to poison Julian’: Ithaka, the film charting Assange’s fight for freedom From his Belmarsh wedding to his skateboarding round Ecuador’s embassy, Ithaka tells the story of the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition battle, through the eyes of his hard-campaigning father
The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022 Chelsea Manning memoir to be published in October A memoir by Chelsea Manning will come out this fall
ABC News · Jun 21, 2022 Julian Assange is facing extradition to the US, so will Prime Minister Anthony Albanese intervene? Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will not be pressured into publicly intervening in the Julian Assange extradition case, despite international law experts arguing that direct involvement by Australia would carry "significant" diplomatic sway.
ABC News · Jun 20, 2022 Julian Assange's brother urges Anthony Albanese to publicly condemn US extradition Friends and family of Julian Assange are urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to publicly call for the Wikileaks co-founder's extradition to the United States to be stopped.
WEKU · Jun 20, 2022 Australia's leader refuses to publicly intervene for Julian Assange The recently elected Australian prime minister declined to say whether he had spoken to U.S. President Joe Biden about the case.
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022 Australian leader refuses to publicly intervene on Assange Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected calls for him to publicly demand the United States drop its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange
The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2022 Julian Assange: what is Australia’s position on his extradition, and what options does it have? Anthony Albanese ‘stands by’ his opposition to pursuit of WikiLeaks co-founder but is unlikely to take a more forthright public position
The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2022 Australia won’t conduct ‘megaphone diplomacy’ on Julian Assange amid calls to intervene Labor government urged to do more to stop Australian WikiLeaks co-founder’s extradition to US from UK
WEKU · Jun 17, 2022 Will Julian Assange be extradited to the U.S.? Where his case stands now The WikiLeaks founder will face 18 federal counts — whenever he's brought to a U.S. courthouse in Virginia. For now, he has at least one more avenue of appeal.
Reason · Jun 17, 2022 U.K. Approves Extradition of Julian Assange to the U.S. The WikiLeaks founder faces espionage charges for publishing classified U.S. information, a prosecution with serious implications for all our First Amendment protections.
The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022 The many twists and turns of Julian Assange’s lengthy fight against extradition In April, Westminster Magistrates’ Court formally issued an extradition order after years of hearings in the case.