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Citizens gathered for mass protests in Hong Kong against their communist rulers in mainland China as they consider a new law allowing extraditions from Hong Kong to greater China.

RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou discuss how the establishment mainstream media and various politicians who aggressively opposed Julian Assange after the 2016 US Presidential election, have now suddenly had a change of heart, after realizing the imminent danger to their own hides, that the Espionage Act indictment of Assange presents.
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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris examine a US federal grand jury announcement that 17 additional charges under the Espionage Act will be levied against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who is currently in a UK jail awaiting an extradition hearing.

It was reported earlier today by several major media outlets that Swedish prosecutors have decided to reopen a ‘rape’ investigation stemming from allegations made in 2010 against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. It appears Sweden wasted no time in caving to pressure by the U.S. and U.K. – exploiting sexual allegations for political agenda:

During the first hearing in what’s expected to be a protracted legal battle over the US’s extradition request, Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange told a British judge that he wished to fight extradition, and the hearing was concluded with the next court date set for May 30.

Julian Assange’s Australian lawyer and his EU advisor say the publisher should not be tried in social media and must be given a fair hearing in court.    By Greg Barns and Lisanne Adam Special to Consortium News On Thursday…Read more →

The Swedish and U.S. claims are vastly different, writes Jonathan Cook. But the public conversation in the U.K. is simply about which has first dibs on Assange.  By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net In a previous blog post, I warned that the media and political…Read more →

The United States Justice Department dramatically escalated its political prosecution of WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange. Their efforts are aimed at criminalizing a journalist—and more broadly, a media organization—for allegedly aiding and abetting the disclosure of classified information and publishing that information on the internet.

LONDON (Opinion) — This morning, the London-based branch of Empire made good on its threat and boldly moved to begin dismantling the vestiges of democracy and press freedom that still remain, vestiges that have allowed people throughout the Western world to pretend that their government and politicians still respect their rights and the rule of law.

Latest | London Judge Michael Snow has found Assange guilty of breaching his bail at Westminster Magistrates’ Court after Assange appeared in a courtroom packed with supporters. Assange faces a sentence of up to one year for the conviction and has serious charges pending in the United States.