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the judge refusing to. mental health concerns. does not inspire confidence. that another state might not to pursue somebody else in the same way. very very far. from the criminal. international my name's you know the mail on 30 minutes of news and views start. following a british court blocking the extradition of julian to the united states the whistleblower supporters are turning their attention to the fact he remains in

custody while the americans launch an appeal that wiki leaks co-founder will learn on wednesday if his bill application has been approved. or why on the blocking of the extradition is of course good news for a stanch press freedom groups are dismayed that's because the judge montagne the u.s. a solid case against them and only refused to send them stateside because of concerns over his freel mental health artie's morocco's the it has been looking at the message the ruling sends to journalists. it may not yet be true but of these a wean a songe for now has been span being fed into the muscle a sma cantle 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 bent in hiding in fear of political persecution and this 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 to publishing our dirty secrets and making that known to the world because judgment comes from this rationale and this whole narrative of criminalizing investigative journalism and book blowing at it or boy even to the tiny risks that it would still have that its own supreme court and 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 a use for your. 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 do for whistleblowers and the judge's opinion journalists

shouldn't be allowed to solicit damn namely to publish an redacted scandals in my judgment mr sanchez allegedly 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 unfettered are right for some like 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 as a professional rule citizen journalist sue much is asked for information about a potential state crime 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. it's. only in the last over $350.00 save the american prison system it's so pretty so fresh picture you would be at risk of suicide if i sent it to the american to america thought not going to she said there's no public interest there's no it there's no defense for journalists to come before you like probably journalists or evil. actually what most journalists to recall this thing is that there's no public interest that these are these will 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 of the united states to trying to get him to be extradited to 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 the u.s. prosecutors have already said they will appeal the court's decision not to extradite julian assange earlier i spoke to roger waters a founding member of the rock band pink floyd longtime backer of julian assange he

warned that there's more at stake than one moderns 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 meted out see him for his one small bio infringement which he sees only a crime under u.k. law ok so by him now that the man begin to live this is a battle not just for the life of one great truly great journalist. it's a battle for the survival of the human brain 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 world because we didn't believe what you

ellipse 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. and just a note it's not the 1st time britain has blocked an extradition to the u.s. on mental health problems in 2002 british hacker gary mckinnon was accused of breaching u.s. military computer systems. guilty he was facing up to 70 years in american prison after a decade long legal battle trees i'm a venue k. home secretary refused to sell them across the atlantic citing a risk of suicide dorothy 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 in marji mainly to the heavy handed us authorities but also exacerbated by this from to curiously unbalanced tradition treaty we have between a 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 unlike your going to say. 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 and it's really really

difficult to handle you know one of the few people who can give an insight into the mind of julian assange right now well in the united states the committee to protect journalists welcome the british courts the station to block his extradition the n.g.o.s urging the u.s. department of justice to drop all charges against him 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 a harmful legal precedent for the prosecution 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 however about plea appears to have fallen on deaf ears with america as we've been going through stating it intends to appeal the u.k. court's decision or to kill him up and has been taking 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 of julian aside this makes sense as politicians from both sides of the united states' political spectrum have placed a target on his back or to argue that it's closer but in the high tech terrorist it is an attack on the international community but i'm 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 proceedings they cannot adequately defend themselves today's decision does not inspire confidence that the u.s. 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. i want to strengthen protections for journalists for sources for

whistleblowers because at present they were anybody trying to publish similar information to what we can because 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 do believe.

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. appealing. there's nothing to stop assad from cross appealing a songes fundamental position is that he was acting as every journalist acts you know ever since the daniel ellsberg case in russia the pentagon papers it has been fundamental in american rule that a person who merely acts as a journalist has the protection of the 1st amendment and. even if that person leaks 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 walls the video collateral murder which i think upsets the american

to great deal that that video was released by assad along with a lot of other mature later and. we most of us would not have heard about it except that it was republic by the major news networks across the across the world now the leaders of the major news networks are not being prosecuted for not being attacked in to. attack. for further insights into the implications of the british courts the citizen we talked to a former cia officer a lawyer firstly 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 of saving face you know we're at such a pivotal time where news and truth and and getting out information is so don't necessary and so what one hopes can come from this is a delay meet a slight delay in the process to as raises 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 showing where the cia will be shown to have interfered with lawyers others were terrible shape and collateral murder to be shown endlessly about what our troops to do the right.

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 assange is to take a man 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 those 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 charge it for a session ation by whomever i mean it sounds crazy be to be speaking about these things but i've been there i've been there and 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 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. you know just on what mark blumenthal was saying there the next chapter in the. decision on this will be made all day of course r t will be here to bring you all the developments when they occur. so

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this spear in dramatic development only. exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. back with our international germany has laid on its strongest measures yet against the spread of the pandemic within the past and of hours chancellor merkel both extended tough and national lockdown restrictions the kids see as the we are now very close to full capacity in some hospitals which is also one of the reasons for

us to introduce these far reaching madness today. among the new measures those living in areas most affected by the virus won't be able to travel over 15 kilometers from their home without a valid reason and contact with people from outside a horse old will be limited to just one other person existing restrictions that have been ramping up since november will be no in place until at least the end of january including the closure of schools and all non essential stores. the european union has vowed to rumple up efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal with iran it comes after tehran stepped up its uranium enrichment program on monday to levels not seen since before the agreement. we are highly concerned by the steps taken by iran to start and rich in uranium to 20 percent and we will redouble our efforts to keep the agreement. well the iranian government confirmed

this week felted house started increasing its enrichment although your rhenium foreign minister jevons raef said the steps are fully reversible if other partners of the deal comply with it however that's appeared increasingly unlikely ever since donald trump pulled the u.s. sell it in $28.00 days with washington slumping another round of sanctions all around the steel industry only today the russian foreign ministry take on the situation. the renewal of rainman richmond by iran is a departure from the join comprehensive plan of action but these deadly 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 the assumption that 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 trumped the us

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. for up to the minute developments quite literally twitter page has you covered don't miss a face giving us a call and i'm back in just over 30 with the very latest because you didn't.

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