The UK High Court has limited Julian Assange's appeal rights, raising concerns about press freedom and human rights. Various organizations and individuals advocate for Assange's release, citing threats to journalism. The US Justice Department sues Apple, focusing on iMessage security. Assange's case continues with the UK seeking US assurances.
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🎙️ Inside the Assange court hearing and why the case threatens press freedom https://t.co/a7BGMtKQwG
ICYMI: In 2021 Pope Francis wrote to UK political prisoner Julian Assange in a show of support for the publisher who today is approaching his fifth year in a UK prison for revealing war crimes #FreeAssangeNOW #Easter2024 https://t.co/YVRdAm8cP9
📩 Read in our weekly digital security digest (and subscribe): the U.S. Justice Department sues Apple, spotlighting iMessage https://t.co/XT4PWWcNDj
Assange appeal, British court seeks U.S. assurances https://t.co/CXSKTSZMzF
‘In granting Julian Assange only the most limited appeal rights, the UK High Court has deliberately closed its eyes to the press freedom issues at stake and shown a grotesque indifference to Assange’s basic human rights’ | @jacobin #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/COgu0hJp6R
For those who do not wish to live in a world where journalists can be whisked across borders so that the governments whose crimes they exposed can put them on trial, Julian Assange’s extradition case could not be more urgent. https://t.co/XDJ1yaIi3j
📩 Read in our weekly newsletter (and subscribe): - UK grants Assange another hearing - Tim Burke is a journalist — period - Appeal by NC journalists could impact press freedom statewide - Congress can’t ban TikTok ‘just in case’ https://t.co/V35CPAY6dh
In granting Julian Assange only the most limited appeal rights, the UK High Court has deliberately closed its eyes to the press freedom issues at stake and shown a grotesque indifference to Assange’s basic human rights. https://t.co/XDJ1yaHKdL
Freedom of the Press Foundation: "Prosecuting Julian Assange threatens journalists and press freedom" @FreedomofPress #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/fBZ1uE35vL
📩 Read in our weekly digital security digest (and subscribe): DOJ sues Apple, spotlighting iMessage https://t.co/XT4PWWcNDj
Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger: "Enough is enough - it’s time to set Julian Assange free" #FreeAssange #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/g3X45yWASu
The Assange judgment explicitly cancelled the "no political offence extradition" clause in 156 bilateral treaties, as having no effect in law. Dictatorships the world over can come for their dissidents in the UK now. https://t.co/0OOPiubuOc