According to neils melzer the un special rapporteur on torture who visited julian a songe in prison is being held in londons atory s high security belmarsh prison for publishing classified documents which exposed u. S. War crimes in iraq and afghanistan is being indicted on 17 counts under the 1917 espionage act a low he is not a u. S. Citizen and wiki leaks is not a u. S. Based publication charged would be unauthorized possession and dissemination of classified material something that has been performed by countless journalists including myself when i worked for the New York Times and publishers over the decades. The such case is a frontal assault on the 1st amendment it will be used should a songe be extradited tried and sentenced in the United States where he faces the possibility of 175 years in prison to shut down any press investigations into the centers of power joining me to discuss the importance and ramifications of the a songe case is Marjorie Cohen professor america at Thom
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Not the only publication to receive and publish the d. N. C. Documents intercepts politico and others wish them as well so this this whole issue of the d. N. C. Hurting Hillary Clintons campaign i think is really a red herring and depp people need to understand the facts. In early may the British Court decided that the extradition hearing for wiki leaks publisher julian a songe originally scheduled for may 18th would be moved to september. This 4 month delay was made after a songes defense lawyers argued the difficulty of his receiving a fair hearing due to the restrictions imposed by the coville 19 lockdown asuncion declining health and showing clear signs of psychological torture according to neils melzer the un special rapporteur on torture who visited julian asuncion prison is being held in londons atory a high security belmarsh prison for publishing classified documents which exposed u. S. War crimes in iraq and afghanistan hes been indicted on 17 counts under the 117. 00 espionag
A point of National Pride plus plastic fishing nets discarded in the indian ocean get a 2nd. Life so. Im british welcome. Its good to have you with us. None of these people on the streets in Eastern Indonesia want to be called monkeys that is what the activists allege 43 papuan students were cold when Police Detained them last week and protesters have made their anger known over. There clashed with police blocked roads and set on fire a prison and no kampala buildings have been torched as well the government has responded by sending 100 Additional Police force. To west papua and pop up provinces. Of these provinces were afforded to odan indonesias far east right here its worth remembering and also mentioning that aside from the cotton protests the provinces have also been home to a separatist movement against the indonesian government since the 1960 s. Bumpkins claim that to victory was illegally and mixed by indonesia they also accuse the government of human rights abuses and Racial D
Revolutionary period over the course of the past several years dr. Bell is professor of history at the university of maryland. He holds a b. A. From the university of cambridge and a ph. D. From harvard. He has won more than a dozen Teaching Awards including the 2017 [inaudible] of maryland board of regents faculty award for excellence in teaching which is the highest honor for teaching faculty in the maryland state system. In addition, he has held Major Research fellowships at yale, cambridge and the library of congress and is the recipient of a 2018 National Endowment of the humanities public scholar awards and the 2021 Andrew Carnegie fellowship. He is author of the book stolen. And this book was a finalist for the 2020 George Washington prize and the 2020 Harriet Tubman prize. Dr. Bell is a trustee of the Maryland Center for history and culture and a fellow of the Royal Historical society. It is a delight to have him back with us for another program, and so without further delay, p