Five years at Belmarsh: a chronicle of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's imprisonment thedissenter.org/five-years-at-…

Part of what makes the case against Assange a political case—and an alarming attack on world press freedom—is his 5 years of detention in Belmarsh ('Britain's Gitmo').

Going year by year, I chronicle what Assange has endured. thedissenter.org/five-years-at-…

Essential chronicle by Kevin Gosztola of 5 years of Assange’s imprisonment.

I don’t see how anyone reading this in good faith could argue that this is anything other than the US torturing a journalist in retaliation for his reporting. #FreeAssangeNOW
thedissenter.org/five-years-at-…

Five years ago, UK police entered the Ecuadorian embassy to arrest journalist Julian Assange.

Half a decade later, the US is still trying to put him on trial for journalism

Writing in the The Nation, I argue it's time to end the persecution of Assange.

thenation.com/article/societ…

Five Years At Belmarsh: WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Marks A Bleak Milestone twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Congress moved one step closer to reauthorizing the NSA's powers to spy on people without a warrant.

Kevin Gosztola explains what's at stake if Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is renewed: youtu.be/PjK1iqeQHkc

BREAKING: President Biden says he is 'considering' Australia's request for the U.S. to drop its case against Julian Assange.

'Perhaps the pressure from Australia in particular is having an effect,' -Kevin Gosztola

NYPD officials orchestrated smear campaign of police critic using confidential details of her rape, lawsuit alleges thecity.nyc/2024/04/08/nyp… via Yoav Gonen Gwynne Hogan

'When correctional agencies rather than incarcerated people's families are required to cover costs associated with these services this predatory scheme collapses as states finally have an incentive to demand lower prices from their prison telecom vendors.' theappeal.org/securus-bankru…

We are suing the Biden Administration. More on this effort by our Exchange Foundation, together with the Knight Institute, in the coming days, but briefly: despite all their rhetoric about the urgent need to defend democracy, it is Team Biden that recently tried to pull off one…

White House press secretary won’t say whether President Joe Biden supports the PRESS Act, legislation that would establish protections for U.S. journalists thedissenter.org/biden-white-ho…