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Fishrot Files
On 12 November 2019 and 26 November 2019 WikiLeaks published batches of tens of thousands of documents it obtained from Mr. Jóhannes Stefánsson, a whistleblower within SAMHERJI, a multinational fishing company based in Iceland. They expose corrupt schemes by the company in Namibia to gain access to rich fishing grounds off the African country’s shores.…
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Assange’s Defense Outlines Extradition Arguments
Assange’s defense team outlined the main arguments it will make and witnesses it will call at the full hearing in February. Lawyers announced they will argue that the US-UK Extradition Treaty should not allow Assange’s extradition because it includes an exemption for political offenses.
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Analytical Points: OPCW Panel
Read the OPCW Panel Statement Quotes from José Bustani, First Director General OPCW and former Ambassador to the United Kingdom and France “The convincing evidence of irregular behaviour in the OPCW investigation of the alleged Douma chemical attack confirms doubts and suspicions I already had. I could make no sense of what I was reading…
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Panel Criticizes ‘Unacceptable Practices’ in the OPCW’s investigation of the Alleged Chemical Attack in Douma, Syria on April 7th 2018
“Based on the whistleblower’s extensive presentation, including internal emails, text exchanges and suppressed draft reports, we are unanimous in expressing our alarm over unacceptable practices in the investigation of the alleged chemical attack in Douma, near the Syrian capital of Damascus on 7 April 2018. We became convinced by the testimony that key information about…
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Bail sentence ends: UK now holding Assange solely on US’ behalf
On 22 September 2019, Julian Assange’s sentence for a bail violation conviction ended, but he was not released from HMP Belmarsh. Beginning today, 23 September, the United Kingdom is detaining Julian solely on behalf of the United States, which requests his extradition and has charged him with 18 counts carrying 175 years in prison for…
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Julian Assange wins Compassion in Care’s 2019 Gavin MacFadyen Award for Whistleblowers
“We are giving this year’s award to a man who has the courage to publish the truth and has sacrificed so much as a result.” The award will be presented on September 28th in front of Belmarsh prison in London where Julian Assange is incarcerated.
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Imprisoned Activist Jeremy Hammond Called Against His Will to Testify Before Federal Grand Jury in the EDVA
Virginia Grand Jury Believed to be the Same Probe that Previously Called on Chelsea Manning, David House
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DNC lawsuit against WikiLeaks dismissed in major free press victory
In a historic win for WikiLeaks and its editor-in-chief Julian Assange a federal judge in New York dismissed a lawsuit by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) over WikiLeaks’ publication of DNC documents in 2016. The case sets an important precedent for freedom of the press.
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UN Rapporteur on Torture’s Letters to UK, Ecuador, US and Sweden
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer visited Julian Assange at HMP Belmarsh on 9 May 2019, and has written letters to the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Ecuador and Sweden to express that he is “gravely concerned” about Assange’s treatment and to urge the latter three governments to ensure Assange is not…
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Update: Matt DeHart’s release and conditions
Matt is in a transitional program with a scheduled release date to Leann and Paul’s home on October 3rd, 2019. In some ways the hardest part of his ordeal is yet to come.