19 February 2020 | Draft
Extradition and Trial of Julian Assange
Web resources
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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 probabilty 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 to the following as they are detected or become available. The selection included is necessarily somewhat arbitrary, as with the clustering and ordering, and may be modified as references accumulate.
- Miscellaneous -- 2020:
- Caitlin Johnstone: Humanity Is Making A Very Important Decision When It Comes To Assange (Actvitist Post, 1 March 2020)
- Tom Cuburg: More 'bombshells' from Assange lawyers: extradition case exposed as seriously flawed (The Canary, 1 March 2020)
- Rick Morton: Julian Assange's extradition hearing (The Saturday Paper, 29 March 2020)
- Kevin Gosztola: Prosecution in Assange Extradition Hearing: US-UK Treaty does not apply to Wikileaks' publisher (Common Dreams, 27 February 2020)
- Hearing on Assange's UK Extradition Paused Until May as US Insists on Espionage Charges (News18, 28 February 2020)
- Finian Cunningham: Assange Rips the Matrix (Sputnik News 28 February 2020)
- Pauline Wright: It's not just Assange, these are our rights (Law Council of Australia, 26 February 2020)
- Naomi Canton: WikiLeaks did not put lives at risk: Julian Assange in UK court (The Times of India, 26 February 2020)
- Holly Cullen: Julian Assange's extradition case is finally heading to court – here's what to expect (The Conversation, 24 February 2020)
- Ylenia Gostoli: Assange extradition hearing gets under way in London WikiLeaks founder faces up to 175 years in US jail over publication of military whistleblower revelations (Al Jazeera, 24 February 2020)
- Ron Paul: Trump's Betrayal of Julian Assange (Ron Paul Institute, 24 February 2020)
- Kevin Gosztola: As Assange's trial begins, his lawyers highlight risk of extradition with CIA spying operation's 'extreme measures' (The Gray Zone, 24 February, 2020)
- Jason Douglas: U.K. Court to Consider Whether to Extradite Julian Assange to U.S. (The Wall Street Journal, 23 February 2020)
- Roger Waters: Don't Extradite Assange (22 February 2020)
- Ellen Milligan and Jonathan Browning: Historic Assange Trial to Hinge on Trump's Political Motivations (Bloomberg, 22 February 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 denied bail in UK after claiming 'high risk' of catching coronavirus (The Guardian, 26 March 2020)
- Two conflicting portraits of Assange as extradition hearing opens: US seeks whistle-blower's extradition but Assange's legal team say he is a 'symbol of all that Trump condemned' (Al Jazeera, 25 February 2020)
- US government to face off against Julian Assange at extradition hearing that could see WikiLeaks founder jailed for 175 years (South China Morning Post, 24 February 2020)
- Calls for Australia to 'get involved' in Assange extradition trial (YouTube, 24 February 2020)
- Why Julian Assange's extradition case will get political (The Economist, 23 February 2020)
- Calls for Australia to 'get involved' in Assange extradition trial (YouTube, 24 February 2020)
- For the Immediate Release of Juliab Assange and the Prevention of his Extradition (European Left, 22 February 2020)
- US/UK: Drop charges and halt extradition of Julian Assange (Amnesty, 21 February 2020)
- MPs ramp up Assange freedom campaign (Daily Telegraph, 18 February 2020)
- 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)
- Miscellaneous -- 2019:
- Tony Walker: As Assange faces court over extradition attempts, the case is complex and the stakes are high (The Conversation, 19 December 2019)
- Robert Scheer: The Plot to Discredit and Destroy Julian Assange (TruthDig, 6 December 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)
- Stuart Littlewood: The British state is destroying Assange (The Morning Star, 26 October 2019)
- Caitlin Johnstone: Only Cowards and Sadists Support the Persecution of Assange (22 October 2019)
- Jack Peat: Assange "struggles to say his own name" as he appears in court (The London Economic, 21 October 2019)
- Txema Guijarro: Selling Out Julian Assange (Jacobin, 9 July 2019)
- Charles Glass: Julian Assange Languishes in Prison as His Journalistic Collaborators Brandish Their Prizes (The Intercept, 14 April 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)
- Julian Assange: The world's most-wanted whistleblower (RTE News, 20 Nov 2019)
- European Parliament Debates Assange Extradition (Consortium News, 17 April 2019)
- British MPs want Julian Assange to face Swedish authorities Wikileaks founder facing rape and sexual assault allegations in Sweden (The Irish Times, 13 April 2019)
- Assange is on his own: Morrison (InDaily, 12 April 2019)
- Julian Assange: journalistic hero or enemy agent? (The Economist, 12 April 2019)
- Factbox: Reaction to arrest of Julian Assange in London (Reuters, 11 April 2019)
- Miscellaneous -- pre-2019
- Petitions / Pleas / Open letters / Appeals (and responses):
- Resource sites:
- 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)
- 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)
- 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:
- The Australian:
- The Age:
- The Sydney Morning Herald:
- The Canberra Times:
- Network 10:
- 7News:
- SBS News:
- Australian Independent Media:
- Regional and local Australian media (widely syndicated):
- Caitlin Johnstone: We're making a very important decision when it comes to Julian Assange (The Big Smoke, 2 March 2020)
- Marty Silk: Assange hearing widens despite US aims (Newcastle Herald, 1 March 2020)
- Marty Silk: Assange hearing widens despite US aims (The Advocate, 1 March 2020)
- Marty Silk: Assange to stay in dock during hearing (Bendigo Advertiser, 28 February 2020)
- Gus McCubbing: Lack of power 'horrifying': Assange father (Western Advocate, 26 February 2020)
- Gus McCubbing and Marty Silk: Assange's father slams lack of due process (Central Western Daily, 27 February 2020)
- Marty Silk: WikiLeaks password 'leaked by journalists' (The Advertiser, 25 February 2020)
- Caitlin Johnstone: When Morrison met Trump, Assange was the elephant in the room (The Big Smoke, 23 September 2019)
- Assange may not get US press protection (The New Daily, 24 January 2020)
- Terry Flew and Bonnie Rui Liu: Globally networked public spheres? The Australian media reaction to Wikileaks (Australian Analysis and Policy Observatory, 10 October 2011)
- Terry Flew: Who's a global citizen? Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and the Australian media reaction (Australian Analysis and Policy Observatory, 13 July 2011)
- Australian Law Association:
- Red Flag (Socialist Alternative):
- UK Media:
- German Media -- DW:
- Dutch Media:
- French Media -- France24 (checklist):
- US Media:
- The New York Times:
- The New Yorker (checklist of articles):
- Politico (checklist):
- The Washington Post:
- CNN:
- HuffPost:
- The Wall Street Journal:
- Los Angeles Times:
- Russian Media -- RT:
- Swiss Media -- Die Weltwoche:
- Swedish Media:
- Norwegian Media:
- South African Media:
- World Socialist Website (see checklist: The Campaign to Free Assange) :
- Consortium News:
- Global Research (selected articles):
- 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:
- Binoy Kampmark
(Australian Independent Media)
- Defence digs in as Julian Assange fights extradition (Independent Australia, 1 March 2020),
- Julian Assange, the Glass Cage and Heaven in a Rage: Day Four of Extradition Hearings (28 February 2020)
- Julian Assange, Political Offences and Legal Restraints: Day Three of Extradition Hearings (27 February 2020)
- Julian Assange Against the Imperium: Day Two of Extradition Hearings (26 February 2020)
- Julian Assange and the Imperium's Face: Day One of the Extradition Hearings (25 February 2020
- 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)
- Assange and extradition: the next phase (Australian Analysis and Policy Observatory, 7 November 2011)
- Case Mismanagement in London: Julian Assange, Political Offences and Surveillance (CounterPunch, 28 October 2019)
- Oscar Grenfell (World Socialist Website)
- Benn Quinn (The Guardian)
- George Galloway:
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)