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the courts largely supported washington's charges against this. refusing to extradite him only because of mental health. does not inspire confidence. that another might not have time to pursue somebody else in the same way. very very far. and. criminalizes in. our. british prime minister warns the hardest times are still. 247 years live from the russian capital welcome to art see you know neil in the studio with us. a british courts blocked the extradition of julian assange to the

united states on monday the whistleblower supporters are turning their attention to the fact he remains in custody while the americans launch an appeal the wiki leaks co-founder will learn tomorrow if his bail application has been successful. well while the blocking of the extradition is of course good news for a songe press freedom groups remain this made is because the judgment tain that the us has a solid case against them and only refused to send him stateside because of concerns over his frail mental health as the of has been looking at the message the brewing sends to journalists. it may not yet be but of these a when a songe the now has been span being said into the muscle

a sma can kill mouth of the u.s. justice system. was. 6 the verdict was a damning indictment of the songes mental health will how it must have deteriorated for a judge in such a politically charged case to have made it the chief consideration she just didn't believe he'd survive in the u.s. jail the overall impressions of a depressed and sometimes despairing man who is generally fearful about his future the risk to mr science will commit suicide is a substantial one for years we've heard about the psychological torture of julian a songe the better part of a decades sent in hiding in fear of political persecution it has taken

a terrible toll and sent an even more terrible message in a sense the system has succeeded in intimidating the world and passing the message that this is what's going to happen to you if ever you have the idea of publishing our dirty secrets and making that known to the world because the judgment comes from this rationale and this whole narrative of criminalizing investigative journalism and book blowing at it avoids even to the tiny risks that it would still have that its own supreme court in the u.s. might overturn a. judgment against to in essence based on on the 1st amendment of the country to say as was done in the pentagon papers we have to recognize that other investigative journalist just may not have used a year. important health issue could still be extradited to the u.s.

based on the exactly same charges the ruling may have been a small win for a son but it's spelled to do for whistleblowers and the judge's opinion journalists shouldn't be allowed to solicits dam namely to publish an redacted scandals in my judgment mr sanchez a legend to vicki's went beyond the mere encouragement of a whistleblower free speech does not comprise a trunk card even when matters of serious public concern are this closed and it does not provide an unfetter right for some that mr sashi to decide the fate of others essential ie the judge accepted almost every one of washington's arguments against the sun and by implication whistleblowers what this means is that if you is a professional rule citizen journalist soo much is ask for information about a potential state and you get it via any means but their press office you and who have the knicks it a liable to be prosecuted and if you publish that information and someone feels

that someone might be threatened by it while you charge is just doubled the only reason why a journalist was not extradited and submitted to the espionage legislation the united states was his health condition otherwise he would be extradited so it's very very worrying dots. that joshua basically creamy now lies journalistic p.v.t. . only in the last over $350.00 save the american prison system is so pretty so fresh picture you would be at risk of suicide if i sent it to the america to america thought not going to she said there's no public interest there's no it there's no difference journalists can be paid like property journalists or you. you actually do what most journalists do mccall mr wilson there's no public

interest but these are these with very very remarkable that this is not just about him personally it's about journalism it's about freedom it's about freedom of speech it's about freedom of the press and all those things are being undermined both in this country and by the action of the people in the united states to trying to get him to be extradited in the pushing this action here and the socially the judge agreed with the u.s. government on everything. which leaves a horrible precedent for future journalists activists whistleblowers even happier as president these insets ease catastrophic that essentially outlaws not only whistle blowing but encouraging whistleblowers to do what they think is right what we're left with these as you have new ways to target and punish those with a functioning moral compass and u.s. prosecutors have already said they will appeal the court's decision not to

extradite julie innocence they have 2 weeks to do that earlier i spoke to roger waters a funding member of the rock band pink floyd a long time backer of julian assange he warned there's more at stake than almost liberty we his supporters have to be saying you have to bail him out he has he's suffered. way beyond any suffering that should have been bt doubts him for his worms mo bio infringement which he sees only crime under u.k. a case of by him now that the man begin to live this is a battle not just for the life of one great truly great journalist students and it's a battle to the survival of the human race if we give the full 3 states if we allow. the united states government to crucify

a journalist on the grounds that he revealed war crimes by them. then we give up our access to the real when they said to leave him alone and if somebody comes along and says actually you know what that's not true this government murder journalists by machine gunning them from a helicopter in baghdad in 2007 and we know they did and here is the proof and we're going to publish it and then and and then we will say you can't do that because if you do we're going to kill you is that the world we want to live in no roger waters live in a program earlier well it is not the 1st time britain has blocked an extradition to the u.s. on mental health grounds in 2002 british soccer gary mckinnon was accused of breaching u.s. military computer systems had he been found guilty he could have faced up to 7

years in prison in america after a decade long legal battle treason may then u.k. home secretary refused to send him across the atlantic citing a risk of suicide or to spoke exclusively to him about the case. we shouldn't even be in this position you know 7 years in the ecuadorian embassy the best part of 2 years in belmarsh prison. for telling the truth you know he's not a criminal. jury and did their best to always ensure that they have the intelligence assets in danger and it really has been journalism on trial mainly and margy mainly to the heavy handed us authorities but also exacerbated by this from to curiously unbalanced i should mention treaty between the president and america can only imagine julian says exactly the same as when i was under house arrest it was at my own house not and ecuadorian embassy. it really is. incredibly difficult it's awful i got to the point of suicide i'm short periods and suicidal thoughts

and you're trying to maintain normality you're trying to fight your case you're trying to live as normal a life as you can but you've got this unbearable pressure inside and when it goes on for 7 years 10 years it gets worse and worse and worse it is really really difficult to handle well in the united states the committee to protect journalists welcome the british courts this action to block a songes extradition the n.t.o. is urging the u.s. department of justice to drop all charges against them we heartened that a british court has denied the united states' request to extradite julian assange launch the us government's decision to charge the wiki leaks founder said home full legal precedent for the persecution of journalists around the world simply for interacting with their sources we asked the u.s. department of justice to refrain from further pursuing extradition through appeals and to drop all charges against a stone age or red velvet play appears to fall on deaf ears with america stating it intends to appeal u.k. court's decision artie's caleb maupin takes

a closer look at washington's war against the whistleblower. so a huge win for julian assad but the usa is still not ready to back down while we are extremely disappointed in the colts ultimate decision we are gratified that the united states prevailed on every points of law raised in particular the culture jets and all of mr songs as arguments regarding political motivation political offense fair trial and freedom of speech we will continue to seek mr saunders extradition to the united states washington quickly announced it intends to appeal and continue pursuing the extradition and julian aside this makes sense as politicians from both sides of the united states political spectrum placed a target on his back or to argue that it is closer than in the high tech terrorists it is an attack on the international community we are not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a son should be assassinated actually they're tough and say if we catch you we're

going to hang you whatever when the world's top military power is out for your blood you don't really stand much of a chance they're ready to throw the book at him he's facing 18 different charges 17 for as and one for attempted hacking of a u.s. government computer if convicted he could face up to 175 years in u.s. prisons the law being invoked is an obscure piece of legislation known as the espionage act from 1917 it was originally used against peace activists during the 1st world war now the parts of the law that suppressed free speech had been cut down by the courts but now it's being used against whistleblowers human rights activists call it a tool of intimidation the espionage act must be reformed it locks the public interest to fund it any publisher any journalist any source finds himself subject to similar proceeding they cannot adequately defend themselves today's decision does not inspire confidence that the us government or the another state might not the time to pursue somebody else in the same way so that seriously needs to be

addressed and we will continue to advocate for broader rick. i want to strengthen protections for journalists for sources for whistleblowers because at present they were anybody trying to publish similar information to what wiki leaks they could find themselves in very hot water that the case is far from over u.s. officials are very unlikely to forget all the damaging information that found its way into the public eye thanks to julian assange and wiki leaks.

but we also spoke with a former lawyer for julian assange about the case and his prospects i'm aware that everyone is concerned that the americans are appealing but there's nothing to stop a song from cross appealing his fundamental position is that he was acting as every journalist james you know ever since the daniel ellsberg case in writing the pentagon papers it has been fundamental in american law that a person who merely acts as a journalist has the protection of the 1st amendment and that even if the person who leaked information to them. commits an offense it is not a criminal offense to publish that material the most notorious of the disclosures

by wiki leaks. was the video collateral murder which i think upset the american to great deal that that video was released. along with a lot of other material later and. we most of us would not have heard about it except that it was republished by the major news networks across the across the world now the leaders of the major news networks are nothing prosecuted nothing a technique to please us i'm just being attacked. for further insight into the implications of the british courts this isn't we talked to a former cia officer a lawyer and an investigative journalist. it was a truly disparate surprising decision because you know i expected a judge who had ruled so often in support of the british security state to simply be a rubber stamp and what was interesting about it to me was the way that the judge's

decision essentially endorsed the entire narrative of the us national security state and at the same time they seem to find a way 'd of saving face you know we're at such a pivotal time where news and truth and and getting out information is so necessary and so what one hopes that can come from this is a delay meet a slight delay in the process to as races to allow a new president to come in who may take a different view of this. place to eliminate this mess coming into the united states this despicable act where people can't defend them shane where the cia will be shown to have interfered with lawyers others were that terrible shape of collateral murder to be shown endlessly about what our troops did in iraq

. the political nature of the accusations and the impact on freedom of the press makes it a very difficult to get a fair trial we're starting to see elements of the establishment media and establishment n.g.o.s press freedom organizations which had been muted on julian a songe largely due to his demonization by the press they're starting to speak up for him and they're starting to say this is an attack on all of us the political left or what passes for it in the united states has been very muted and we've seen remarkable developments for example in mexico with president andres money. well lopez obrador actually offering to give sanctuary to julian a songe to take him in this is a president of a country that's historically been allied with the u.s. and so julian assange has summoned so many of these new currents of resistance

to empire and it's going to be interesting to see. where he winds up maybe we need a u.n. peacekeeping unit to come in and surround him lest he be droned death or otherwise targeted for assassination by whomever i mean it's sounds crazy be to be speaking about these things but i've been there i've been then that embassy and i've seen how he's been treated and i know he's in the enemy number one from pump a 0 to 2 to anyone so my immediate concern is that he rarely that he not go out out of the out of belmarsh without a security detail that is equipped to take on anyone well i just want to say that i think that their goal is to debilitate him not to chart try him and they're they've

they've been succeeding at that is in the state and his is ability to hurt him in the future or this is probably been damaged to some. some degree obviously and so i think that. i don't think the assassination type scenario serves them either they just want to. neuter the messenger if you will we'll see what happens on wednesday i do believe ultimately julian assize will be a free man but he should be released immediately the conditions in a maximum security prison in london are not much better than those in the u.s. so i fail to see the case for holding him there 'd and still continuing to abuse him psychologically and physically. yes max blumenthal was just wrapping up there the next chapter in the is not the solution on this bill it will be made a number of hours later on the web and then of course our team will be here to

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day or sinks. week to ask. that store thie program back in germany where chancellor merkel both extended and toughened coronavirus lockdown restrictions in the country here's some of those 'd main new measures nationwide those living in areas most affected by the virus they

won't be able to travel over 15 kilometers from their home but other valid reason and contact with people from outside a hospital will be limited to just one other person current restrictions that have been ramping up since november will be no in place until at least the end of january including the closure of screw all non essential stores. the number of daily cover cases in the united kingdom has topped 60000 meanwhile for the 1st time since the pun demick began it follows boris johnson imposing another national lockdown in england the country's 3rd since spring the british prime minister said he hopes the move will be enough to contain a highly contagious variant of covert currently spreading around the country we now have a new variant of the virus and it's been both frustrating and alarming to see the speed with which the new variant is spreading. scientists have confirmed this new variant is between 50 and 70 percent more transmissible in england we was therefore

going to a national lockdown which is tough enough to contain this variant if come back full circle to to last march when we were told to stay home protect the n.h.s. and to save lives and that mantra was repeated by boris johnson again today and it's in force once again what it means simply enough is that people in england are being told to stay home except for a number of reasons essential shopping work if that work can't be done from home exercise urgent medical needs or in cases where someone is threatened with domestic violence and has to get out there's also significant pressure coming for parents and students as primary and secondary schools will move to remote learning from tomorrow and the closure of schools is a major government u. turn as the pm had said that he was determined the primary schools at least in england would stay open he did say that there is

a rather downbeat meds message of course that the oxford astra zeneca vaccine means that the biggest maxa nation program in the u.k. history can now be effectively rolled out and that he hopes that the most vulnerable will all have been vaccinated by mid february for goes well. but moments a says that now more than ever we must pull together but many people here are going to be extremely frustrated that the government has given them almost no notice again for yet another major life upheaval and is once again being reactive rather than proactive with covert 19 by the way we're back in lockdown in england and the new rules are going to become law from wednesday. in just the phone from what james was saying a tightening of restrictions has been seen across the u.k. just before pm johnson's announcement the mainland part of scotland also moved into lockdown under the new rules people are required to stay at home work remotely if possible and wields a northern ireland stricter measures in place since late december

a microbiologist that reading university in the u.k. simon clark say it's because of the continually rising figures questions must be raised over the effectiveness of lockdown if the numbers of infections are going up by definition restrictions on all working because it is very minimal they should cause them to level off ideally you want to drive them down so if the numbers are going up then they're not working so really there are only a few leavers left to pool and there are. closing schools and universities. restrictively amount of people who go to work on a daily basis so those are really really half. another story to bring you on 'd a busy news day the european union has vowed to ramp up efforts the selvage the 2015 nuclear deal with iran it comes after to run stepped up its uranium enrichment

program on monday to levels not seen since before the agreement not on topic we are highly concerned by the steps taken by iran to start and which new rhenium to 20 percent and we will redouble our efforts to keep the agreement. the iranian government confirmed this week that tel is indeed started increasing its enrichment of uranium foreign minister zarif said the steps are fully reversible if other partners of the deal comply with it over the period increasingly unlikely ever since donald trump pulled the us out in $28.00 days with washington slipping another round of sanctions on iran steel industry only today is the russian foreign ministry take on the situation. the renewal of reman richmond by iran is a departure from the join comprehensive plan of action but these dead the asians are caused by the united states actions iran should be ready to act accordingly once the u.s. abandons its efforts to undermine the nuclear deal the nuclear agreement that iran

signed with the p 5 plus one was based on this but all sides would respect the deal now what happened was that under obama the united states never fully implemented the deal whereas the iranians did but then under trump the u.s. wrote the deal apart after the americans exited the deal and the europeans obediently abided by trump's demands the iranians have continued to still abide by some of their commitments and now the iranians are saying that we're not going to abide by those anymore because the other side is doing nothing so the iranians are leveling the playing field either biden wants to implement the deal if he does fine then the iranians will reverse all of these as our foreign minister stated but if a biden doesn't want to abide by the deal then the iranians will continue with their nuclear program well if you'd like to delve deeper into the or indeed any of this over stories may i suggest r.t.

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