Julian Assange – Page 18 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

On Contact: Collateral Murder video

Posted on July 13, 2020July 13, 2020By Editor

On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to journalist, Dean Yates, who, 13 years ago, was the head of Reuters’ Baghdad bureau. On July 12, 2007, Yates learned two of his employees, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen, had been fired on and killed by the US Army. … Read More >On Contact: Collateral Murder video

Op-ed

Julian Assange’s ‘Torture’ Has ‘Intensified’ and Must Be Stopped, Clinical Psychologist Says

Posted on July 3, 2020July 3, 2020By Editor

The Lancet medical journal has published a second letter drafted by physicians from around the world demanding an end to the ongoing mistreatment of WikiLeaks publisher and founder Julian Assange. … Read More >Julian Assange’s ‘Torture’ Has ‘Intensified’ and Must Be Stopped, Clinical Psychologist Says

Op-ed

Free speech in the US is as illusory as free-range eggs there – neither really exists

Posted on June 30, 2020June 30, 2020By Editor

America is as authoritarian and intolerant of dissent as any tinpot dictatorship. It generally just goes about quashing it in a subtler, more sophisticated way, aided by a conformist, groupthink mainstream media. … Read More >Free speech in the US is as illusory as free-range eggs there – neither really exists

Shows

On contact: Julian Assange extradition hearing with Marjorie Cohn

Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020By Editor

On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the extradition hearing of Julian Assange with lawyer, author and professor, Marjorie Cohn. … Read More >On contact: Julian Assange extradition hearing with Marjorie Cohn

Op-ed

New Assange Indictment Only Adds ‘Window Dressing’ to ‘Continue Smear Campaign’ – Journalist

Posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020By Editor

A US federal grand jury has unveiled a new superseding indictment against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange. However, the filing brings no new charges. A journalist told Sputnik that what Assange does is no different from other reporters and the indictment is an attempt to sour Assange’s name in the media again. … Read More >New Assange Indictment Only Adds ‘Window Dressing’ to ‘Continue Smear Campaign’ – Journalist

USA

New US indictment of Assange accuses WikiLeaks founder of ‘conspiring with Anonymous’ hackers… in FBI sting op?

Posted on June 25, 2020June 25, 2020By Editor

A superseding US indictment of Julian Assange broadens the charges against the WikiLeaks founder by accusing him of conspiring with a hacker affiliated with the groups Anonymous and LulzSec – who turned out to be an FBI informant. … Read More >New US indictment of Assange accuses WikiLeaks founder of ‘conspiring with Anonymous’ hackers… in FBI sting op?

Shows

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters condemns Israel’s annexation of West Bank, warns of nuclear war!

Posted on June 24, 2020June 24, 2020By Editor

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Indian Army Lieutenant General Satish Dua about the recent violent skirmishes along the Line of Actual Control between China and India in Kashmir. … Read More >Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters condemns Israel’s annexation of West Bank, warns of nuclear war!

Immunity for US diplomat’s wife involved in teen’s death branded ‘absurd,’ critics blast UK double standards over Assange

Posted on June 23, 2020June 23, 2020By Editor

A former British ambassador has called US and UK claims that Anne Sacoolas – the wife of a US intelligence officer – had immunity, as “a palpable absurdity.” Sacoolas is accused of killing Harry Dunn last year in a car crash. … Read More >Immunity for US diplomat’s wife involved in teen’s death branded ‘absurd,’ critics blast UK double standards over Assange

World

Australian Government Must Do More to Bring Assange Home, Human Rights Lawyer Says

Posted on June 21, 2020June 21, 2020By Editor

The Australian government must do more to bring Julian Assange to his home nation because his extradition to the United States would threaten freedom of speech around the world, Australian human rights lawyer Jen Robinson said in a virtual meeting of the “Don’t Extradite Assange” campaign on Saturday. … Read More >Australian Government Must Do More to Bring Assange Home, Human Rights Lawyer Says

Shows

UN Rapporteur Nils Melzer condemns US for ‘modern day racial terror lynchings’ (E893)

Posted on June 20, 2020June 20, 2020By Editor

We speak to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer. He discusses the ongoing #BlackLivesMatter protests following the death of George Floyd, President Trump’s police reform executive order and whether it’s good enough, alleged systemic & cultural racism in the US, his condemnation of the US for ‘racial terror lynchings’, the ongoing persecution of Julian Assange and more … Read More >UN Rapporteur Nils Melzer condemns US for ‘modern day racial terror lynchings’ (E893)