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There’s a threat to press freedom in prosecuting Julian Assange

The conduct at the center of the case against Julian Assange is indistinguishable from what professional journalists do every day when they reveal information that the government wants to conceal.

Chicago Sun-Times

First Thing: Oath Keepers founder guilty of seditious conspiracy

Trial was biggest test yet for authorities after attack that shook foundations of democracy. Plus, Senate votes to protect same-sex marriages

The Guardian - UK

Australia steps up calls for US to drop WikiLeaks charges

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he recently told U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to bring the prosecution of the WikiLeaks founder to a close

The Independent UK

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Australian PM Anthony Albanese urges US government to end pursuit of Julian Assange

Prime minister says he raised Wikileaks co-founder’s case with US representatives recently and will continue to push for it to be ‘brought to a close’

The Guardian - AU

'Real' Journalists Recognize That Prosecuting Julian Assange Poses a Grave Threat to Freedom of the Press

The Justice Department’s discretion is the only thing that protects them from a similar fate.

Reason

Anthony Albanese vows to continue to lobby the US to end legal action against Julian Assange

Anthony Albanese reveals he has personally asked the United States government to drop its charges against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, telling parliament "enough is enough".

ABC News

Australian PM Albanese raises Assange's detention with U.S. officials

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has raised the issue of the continued detention of Julian Assange in meetings with United States officials and seeks to bring the matter to a close, he said on Wednesday.

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Brazil’s president-elect voices support for campaign to free Julian Assange

Assange is wanted by American authorities over documents leaked in 2010 and 2011 related to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

The Independent UK

‘Publishing is not a crime’: Media organisations urge US to end its prosecution of Julian Assange

The editors and publishers of five media organisations issued an open letter yesterday urging the US government to end its prosecution of Julian Assange.

Newslaundry

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

Morning Mail: ‘in danger’ report for Great Barrier Reef, trains take plane fare strain, rental stress soars

In today’s newsletter: UN-backed report on natural wonder published after long delay; Guardian Essential poll is good reading for Labor; flight costs boosting rail trips

The Guardian - AU

Senator takes aim at ‘bullies’ as voice row escalates – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Top media outlets demand US end prosecution of Julian Assange

US charges against WikiLeaks founder threaten press freedom and set ‘dangerous precedent’, US and European media say.

Al Jazeera

Leading media outlets urge U.S. to end prosecution of Julian Assange

The United States should end its prosecution of Julian Assange, leading media outlets from the United States and Europe that had collaborated with the WikiLeaks founder said on Monday, citing press freedom concerns.

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The Guardian - UK

An open letter from editors and publishers: Publishing is not a Crime

The U.S. government should end its prosecution of Julian Assange for publishing secrets

The Guardian - UK

‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges

First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution

Newslaundry

Hafta letters: Climate change, free market ideas, average news consumers

I just have one question to those backing the "we are the poor countries, let the right countries do it first" theorists, and the "per capita emissions" theorists.

The Guardian - UK

Eric Levy obituary

Other lives: Activist and human rights campaigner who travelled to Iraq as a ‘human shield’

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Aussie to play cricket legend in Warnie TV series, which has some surprise backers

Filming underway for Warnie, with relatively unknown Australian actor Alex Williams set to play Shane Warne in TV mini series

Al Jazeera

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’.

The Independent UK

Video shows Mike Pompeo being served with papers by Assange lawyers who say he violated their rights

Lawyers and journalists allege they had to hand over electronic devices before visiting Wikileaks founder

The Guardian - UK

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

Reuters

'Political fix' needed for Wikileaks' Assange - lawyer

A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said an "urgent political fix" is needed in his case because legal appeals against his extradition to the United States could continue for another decade and his health is declining.

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange: Australian government urged to show ‘courage’ against US over charges

Jennifer Robinson, a human rights lawyer who represents Assange, says ‘the future ahead for Julian is grim’

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