Assange: The case, & the threat to Press Freedom

The request for extradition to the United States of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, was denied by a UK judge.

This is fantastic news, because the US wants to put Assange on trial basically for being an investigative journalist. The indictment from the DOJ against Assange is one of the single biggest threats to freedom of the press of the last decade. I explain in detail what it all means.

But the judge didn’t deny the extradition request based on freedom of the press, it was based on Assange's mental condition. The danger of journalists being persecuted for challenging power is greater than ever. 

What happens to us when no dissent from the press against government is allowed anymore? 

Huge shout out to Glenn Greenwald, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, and journalists like Richard Medhurst and Kevin Gosztola who have been  covering this case in detail and are staunch advocates of freedom of the press.

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