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On the 7th April 2020, RT news interviews Kristinn Hrafnsson. Conditions in Belmarsh prison, where Julian Assange is held, might be worse than London is willing to admit, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson told RT, adding that Covid-19 could swiftly tear through the facility. A prison environment is “like a Petri dish” for a virus, Hrafnsson explained, particularly […]

Posted on wiseUp on 22 March 2020 Investigative journalist and author Iain Overton worked with WikiLeaks Julian Assange in the publication of the Iraq War Logs while he was working for The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Here, speaking to the podcast Anonymous Bites Back, he raises a strong voice in defence of the WikiLeaks publisher almost 10 years after their initial collaboration. Read […]

On the 25th March 2020, Tom reported in WiseUp The court was 1 hour late to commence, the official told us that they had to get Julian. This reminds me of the December hearing, scheduled for the morning it was rescheduled for the afternoon, we were told that there was a mix up at Belmarsh. […]

On 6th April Nina Cross writes A TALE OF TWO DETENTIONS: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky. “…this will be decided properly, independently by the British legal system respected throughout the world for its independence and integrity,” said then UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt immediately following the arrest of Julian Assange, founder […]

Threat raised 7th January 2020; Response delivered 20th March 2020 on the CoE Platform to promote the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists Review Incident Logs for complete picture Editors Note: The response seems to over look the disproportionate sentencing issues and arbitrary nature of detention. It might also be possible the prosecution […]

WikiLeaks makes new content available free to broadcasters and websites Ten year anniversary of the “Collateral Murder” release This Sunday, April 5th, marks the ten year anniversary of WikiLeaks publication of Collateral Murder, the video taken from the cockpit of two US Apache helicopters of the shooting dead of 2 Reuters journalists and 11 civilians […]

On 5th April 2020, Marty Silk reports for AAP The Ministry of Justice confirmed with AAP that Julian Assange, who is being held on remand in Belmarsh prison, will not be temporarily released because he’s not serving a custodial sentence and therefore not eligible. Editors Note: Refer to the The Julian Assange Clause in the […]

On 2nd April, Statement on the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill by Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (SACC) Chair, Richard Haley. The bill gives the Scottish Government the power to order the early release of many prisoners. Prisoners convicted of the most serious offences are excluded and there are other, odder exclusions. One of the exclusions is for […]

On 4th April, Danny Shaw reports in BBC news Up to 4,000 prisoners in England and Wales are to be released in an effort to control the spread of coronavirus, the Ministry of Justice has said. Inmates with two months or less still to serve will be released on temporary licence in stages.  The selected […]

On 2nd April 2020, the BBC reports A second inmate at the same prison – and the third in the UK overall – has died after contracting coronavirus. The 77-year-old inmate at HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire died in hospital on Friday, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said. He had underlying health issues. Fellow HMP Littlehey […]