Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-20 minute report every days the court is in session during the extradition hearing. Watch his recap of the twelfth day’s events.
Psychologist Explains Julian Assange’s Dire Mental Health Condition
When Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers, the US Government burgled the office of his psychiatrist to look for medical evidence to discredit him. Julian Assange has been obliged to submit himself, while in a mentally and physically weakened state and in...
Assange Extradition: Judge Pushes To Expedite Witness Testimony
Monday was a frustrating day as the Assange Hearing drifted deep into a fantasy land where nobody knows or is allowed to say that people were tortured in Guantanamo Bay and under extraordinary rendition. The willingness of Judge Baraitser to accept American red lines...
Daily Video Reports on Assange Hearing: Days 10 and 11
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-20 minute report every days the court is in session during the extradition hearing. Watch his recaps of the tenth and eleventh days’ events. Day 10 Day 11
Sharon Tennison: On Stephen F. Cohen
A note from American Committee for East-West Accord Board Member and President of the Center for Citizen Initiatives Sharon Tennison on the passing of Professor Stephen F. Cohen… Dear Friends, We are all reeling from the shock that Steve Cohen is no longer with us....
Testimony on US War Crimes Heard at Assange Extradition
Friday gave us the most emotionally charged moments yet at the Assange hearing, showed that strange and sharp twists in the story are still arriving at the Old Bailey, and brought into sharp focus some questions about the handling and validity of evidence, which I...
The US Needs to Abandon Its Dead-End Venezuela Policy
From The American Conservative:Geoff Ramsey calls for an overdue change to U.S. policy towards Venezuela:After a year and a half of diminishing returns since recognizing Juan Guaido as interim president and imposing crippling oil sanctions, US strategy in Venezuela...
Stephen F. Cohen, Influential Historian of Russia, Dies at 81
From Aaron Maté: RIP to Professor Stephen Cohen. I‘m too sad for words right now. Sending condolences to @KatrinaNation and all of his loved ones. He was an incredible person. And from Russia Today
Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing: Day 9
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-20 minute report every days the court is in session during the extradition hearing. Watch his recap of the ninth day’s events. The testimony of John Sloboda and Carey Shenkman.
Assange Extradition: Prosecution’s Dirty Tricks Elicits Anger From Judge
A less dramatic day, but marked by a brazen and persistent display of this US Government’s insistence that it has the right to prosecute any journalist and publication, anywhere in the world, for publication of US classified information. This explicitly underlay...


