As Assange extradition hearing resumes, the future of a free press is on trial

Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with journalist Juan Passarelli, director of the film “The War on Journalism: the Case of Julian Assange,” about the trial of Julian Assange and his experience working with Wikileaks. Passarelli explains how the UK court has not made the proceedings accessible to the media, and how Assange has been systematically mistreated and is “obviously suffering a lot, mentally and physically”: JUAN PASSARELLI: “Julian (Assange) has not been given the right to a fair defense. […]
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