we turn now to a major development in the case of wikileaks founder julian assange, who the u.s. state department is pushing to extradite from britain. assange faces up to 175 years in prison if rock to the united states, where he has been indicted for violations of the espionage act related to the publication of classified documents, which many say exposed u.s. war crimes. now one of the main witnesses in that extradition case has come forward to admit he made false claims against assange in exchange for immunity from prosecution. the revelation came in an interview with the convicted icelandic hacker siggi thordarson for a detailed article published by the icelandic biweekly "stundin." it suggests the u.s. justice department collaborated thordarson to generate the indictment for assange that was submitted to the british courts. u.s. prosecutors issued a new superseding indictment against assange in june 2020 that refers to thodarson as a "teenager" and iceland as "nato country 1" and says assange encouraged him to, among other things, "commit computer intrusion" and steal audio

what exactly did julian assange do wrong? all good people hate julian assange.ime exactly? was he hacking into other people's computers, was he stealing secrets from the u.s. government? no, hewa was a journalist, he ws an editor, that is literally true. do you throw editors in jail because they embarrass you? probably shouldn't, not a good precedent to set even if you don't like the person's politics, you should be against that. why a group of people are against him, we recently spoke to pamela anderson who is trying to get a pardon for assange. >> this is one of those moments in history and in his lifetime is also where we need to make the right decision. it was all up to president trump, he really can't a huge following at a huge sigh of relief and gratefulness for so manyy people on the planet. >> tucker: we spoke to roger waters of pink floyd about it. tonight we will speak to julian assange's father and brother. john is his father, gabriel is his brother, we are happy to have them on the show tonight. thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you, tucker.

amy: john shipton, you are julian assange's father. when was the last time you got to see him? d morning, amy. sometime ago, march of last year, i hadn't visited since then. there was one visit of julian's children to the present and stella, his partner. they had to be separated during the visit by two yards. julian had to wear full ppe. he is in his cell 23 hours a day. the guards that, if your children embrace you or stella embraces you, you will have to spend the next two weeks in lockdown 23 hours a day in your cell. you can see there is, earnings and difficulties all the time in his treatment. gabriel visited in october last year. it is very uncomfortable situation. amy: i want to go to the united nations special rapporteur on torture who visited assange in london's belmarsh prison. >> i spoke with him for an hour just to get a first impression that we had a physical examination for an hour by forensic expert and the a two hour psychiatric examination. all three of us had the same impression in the medical doctors had a diagnosis, all came to the conclusion that he showed a

they pointed to the severe and oppressive conditions that mcafee and assange had been facing. julian songs happens to be high profile, and that he represents a unique risk. and i hope the world turns their attention to him and make sure that he is released from custody. that everybody in any prison in any jail, anywhere in the world who is there for a victimless crimes. that is to say political crimes crimes that are crimes only because the government say so because they challenge their illegitimate hour and prevent their ability to continue their rackets. of injustice, they should all be freed. and we should make sure that governments do not have the power to commit these crimes any longer. this is another month of perception. this is a very, very, and expect doc knows made why they hired, especially in this country in the u. k. the junior suffix from depression she has of spiritual and that increases significantly, there is all suicide. even the conditions that he's killed. now, in a maximum security policeman in the u. k. known as the panel, i'm not even talking about the conditio

biden should drop the appeal to extradite julian assange.ll continue the discussion after the show. daniel ellsberg, check out democracynow.org. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ samantha hawley: as a foreign correspondent, my job takes me to many countries, but stepping into this one, i'm feeling mildly unsettled. after all, this is saudi arabia, home to islam's holiest cities and governed by sharia law. women have few rights here.

biden should drop the appeal to extradite julian assange. continue the discussion after the show. daniel ellsberg, check out democracynow.org. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to this nhk "newsline." i'm katherine kobayashi in new york. nato leaders have shifted their gaze. for decades members of the defense alliance worked to secure peace across europe. now they have agreed to pivot to a more confrontational stance towards china. nato leaders have spent little time in past meetings discussing china. now they say its behavior presents what they call systemic

how that he was us citizen julian assange isn't gone to the presence of the prosecuting him because of the suspect, the sexual assault allegation. now they're they, they've come out and they said it's because of his work investigative work. his journalism, exposing war crimes that killed many, many people as well as corruption and scandal that the highest levels of power, the things we've seen published. and we can see the fear is now the julian assad under pressure for so long that he may choose a similar option. and of course, a few people are going to be joining adults here on the day that it adds to mcafee's, that adds to higher number of people who died either in prison on the jurist, because they're facing legal action. aaron swartz aside from mike, if you also a web pioneer and it's partly in his twenties, he made the internet will affect many of the many of the systems by the screen that we, we, he, we use every day in the web browsing from our phone, our computers have a hand and created standards as well. read it. he was an early employee, help get that off the ground. he was

prison system so cruel that native born defendants would rather die than become subject to its julian assange could be next until the system is reformed. a moratorium should remain while mcafee has lost his life. his story is not over. did he actually kill himself if he did, then why or was he actually a threat worth removing? the theme, as these questions will boggle the minds of quite a few people and be the topic of debate for quite some time. mcafee isn't the only high profile person of late to have died while awaiting trial by the united states with disgrace find dancing. jeffrey epstein also committing suicide and custody phase of longer the 1st 2 of the mental health of long time detainee julian assange ortiz magazine discuss the whistleblower case with my colleague, collin bray. mcafee was bought in the u. k. how that he was us citizen julian sanchez, isn't gone in the presence of the prosecuting him because of the suspected sexual assault delegation. now they're, they, they've come out. and they said it's because of his work investigative work, his journalism, exposing war crimes tha

they show way back on saturday, 9 years, in wiki thinks julian assange entity. i could join embassy to seek political asylum today. he is being tortured in london, according to the un facing 175 years in prison for publishing revelations of supreme war crimes. by nato nations, until then, keep in touch with social media and let us know if you think post cold war us russian relations can be restored. ah, towards the summit, the by did ministration push for a summit with russia. moscow agreed, what the vital people hope to achieve remains unclear. we are told the white house wants to restore predictability and stability. what could possibly go wrong? the person as cautious optimism wraps up his landmark zuniga summit. joe biden. when you go through what i did, there was no hospitality on the country meeting was very constructive. i have no illusion following the meeting needs it. oh no news that can't be any illusions at all. bottom seems rather less certain off of the summer, even appearing to confuse putin with from i caught part of prejudice, truck food, press

case against julian assange. as washington's main witness admits, in an interview with i slender media that he lied. do need the russian hackers when they were a british bus stops the question. moscow is asking after a trove of u. k. state secrets that actually found that a bus stop and had it straight to the b b. c. fall suggest a british warship deliberately entered a re, a rush of waters recently as an active provocation. the investigation is still underway on our team to national as we are getting latest updates from miami on the champlain collapse.

one of the main witnesses in the extradition casegainst wikileaks founder julian assange has admittedse claims against assange in exchange from a -- for immunity. then former presidential candidate and alaskan senator mike gravel has died at the age of 91. he was fiercely

one of the main witnesses in the extradition casegainst wikileaks founder julian assange has admittede false claims against assange in exchange from a -- for immunity. then former presidential candidate and alaskan senator mike gravel has died at the age of 91. he was fiercely

case against julian assange. as washington's main witness admits, in an interview with atlantic media that he lied, do need the russian hackers when they were a british bus stops the question. moscow is asking after a trove of u. k. state secrets that actually found that a bus stop and had it straight to the b b. c. fall suggest a british warship deliberately entered a re, a rush of waters recently as an active provocation. the investigation is still underway on our team to national as we are getting latest updates from miami, on the champlain collapse of this housing block details to come on this program. ah or just after 3 pm monday afternoon, here in moscow. this is the international from the entire news team here. welcome to your stories. so the main witness in the u. s. case against julian sanchez admitted, he gave false testimony. speaking to an outline newspaper, he said the wicked legs found never asked him to hug any computers or phones, and it is being seen as a blow for washington, some seeing the admi

so they'll never ask him about julian assange. they will only ask about nevada me and a this bloomberg white house reporter jennifer jacobs. both on twitter about she heckling putin and fantasizes about bite and smiling at her, which says everything you need to know about these dinar golfers. they're not holding power to account in their own capital. their heckling the designated enemies of america and hoping to get the approval of their president. well, the mentality of these journalists is the mentality of the east coast establishment . and they operate from a place of american exceptionalism and american innocence. they cannot fathom that the u. s. could possibly be literally paying opposition, figures, managing opposition, figures. and so when these reporters were badgering, recruiting about nevada, they were unable to accept his response, which was that we don't want to see something like what you saw on january 6 with a movement of insurrection is at his own post summit conference, the u. s. leader also felt the hates at one

prison system so cruel that native born defendants would rather die than become subject to its julian assange could be next until the system is reformed. a moratorium should remain while mcafee has lost his life. his story is not over. did he actually kill himself if he did, then why or was he actually a threat worth removing? the theme, as these questions will boggle the minds of quite a few people and be the topic of debate for quite some time. for more bodies been recovered from the rubble of the champlain towers. so complex in miami, bringing the death toll to 9 more than 150 people, they are still missing. and after the residential building collapse on thursday, engineers raised the alarm 3 years ago. but major structural damage of the apartment block recommending repairs be carried out. abundant cracking and spoiling a varying degrees was observed in the concrete columns, beams, and balls in the parking carriage. the failed at waterproofing is causing major structural damage to the concrete structural slab. failure to replace the waterproofing in the near future will cause the extent of

the native born defendants would rather die than become subject to its julian assange could be next until the system is reformed. a moratorium should remain while mcafee has lost his life. his story is not over. did he actually kill himself if he did, then why or was he actually a threat worth removing? the theme as these questions will boggle the minds of quite a few people and be the topic of debate for quite some time. moscow reported more than 6000 new cove infections on sunday, and the city's mayor is now ratcheting up restrictions from monday. now, only vaccinated people can go to cafes and restaurants. jobs are also mandatory for workers and certain sectors. and this might very well explain why moscow's fake the vaccination market is booming right now. of course, while that causes the rush, golf reports $35.00, that's how little a fe, coded vaccine certificate would cost you here in russia. now not only are they cheap, but the market for them is huge. so i went on pallet graham and found plenty of anonymous groups that are offering you what at 1st glance might seem as real proof th

the native born defendants would rather die than become subject to its julian assange could be next until the system is reformed. a moratorium should remain while mcafee has lost his life. his story is not over, said he actually kill himself if he did, then why or was he actually a threat worth removing? the theme as these questions will boggle the minds of quite a few people and be the topic of debate for quite some time. okay, that's it from the moscow news room for now. know if it's some where you already a baking in 35 celsius. hey lie. we are in moscow. something to cool down next. sophie encodes visionary. today is the extreme athlete. when half now pays remarkable. at reco breaking ability to withstand swimming in freezing waters. this guy can spend several minutes swimming under ice and just the paris women trunks. and you get to meet him next, only on anti ah, the hispanic will be necessarily need budget yet about in the past year. but i again gag in john's island is died. i might have to go. so we're almost $100.00 there are $410.00 days right. on the bank of guns based water, c

and that's anti done to just like pre patel supporters of julian assange and trying to raise global awareness. so if there were so bo, as plight ahead of next week's russia, us summit in switzerland activists have set off a temporary monument to the wiki leagues founder alongside one of edward snowden and chelsea. manning on the shores of lake geneva. they also held a news conference calling on president biden, to end america's hounding of assange. his fiance was among the speakers and is a criminal operation, and criminal aberration that he is in a prison cell. in no same world should join us on being a prison cell for revealing the state crimes concrete evidence of state crimes. the same state is trying to expedite him and so far has kept him in some form of deprivation of liberty for a decade. julian sanchez, currently in belmont prison in the u. k. in price about spend 7 years hold up in ecuador, and embassy in london is wanted in america on multiple charges of espionage for leaking thousands of files, including war logs from iraq and afghanistan. the u. k. has so far, refused to expedite

the native born defendants would rather die than become subject to its julian assange could be next until the system is reformed. a moratorium should remain while mcafee has lost his life. his story is not over. did he actually kill himself if he did, then why or was he actually a threat worth removing? the theme as these questions will boggle the minds of quite a few people and be the topic of debate for quite some time. and kiddos from a counsel in the u. k, who held to range asylum for judy the songy of the countries embassy back then see similarities between the mcafee case and that of the whistleblower. this is another module of perception. this is a very, very expect doc knows made why they hired, especially in this country in the u. k. that she suffered from depression. she has on that increase significantly. there is all she side even the conditions that he's killed. now, in a maximum security depletion in the u. k, known as the panel. and that's not even talking about the conditions in the united states, which is the reason why many people are referring to commit suicide rather t

i that edward snowden alarm bells, the julian assange coping act. so they really justified the 1st of all has shown that not only do we have to worry about political prison in the united states, but also abroad where they should just be suicide. i mean that we have to really expect the investigation, not anything, because you evidence, i do not believe that this man will not committed suicide, has truly committed through if i was not by the parties are acting on behalf united day. and so the same thing could be happening to mr julian the thought to also in a very crazy day. so people might be fine believe that he committed suicide. if he was actually you know, the reason why the, you asked, might be interested in killing someone before they could be expedited to the united states. are plenty. john, read lots of knowledge about the national security agency and about things that are made in the united day and was for union bosh, who in a court trial couldn't tell the world may up the secret that the us spice day wants to keep secret. mcafee, there was

that trying to kill julian assange because she spoke the truth and it's disgusting. it may be the people will start to scratch their heads and go hold on a minute. this guy got a story. very interesting story, disgusting story. and he and he decided that he had an absolute gigi in the public interest to publish that story. the government didn't want him to do it, and now they're trying to kill him. there is something wrong with this picture. now it's got his universe, the law student who is investigative for defining a woman as the one with female genitals has been created, will allegations inquiry into her comments that reviewed by some is offensive and discriminatory, took 2 months to complete, but found no evidence of wrongdoing. or talking to r t a, the student described the pressure that she's been under. i was under tremendous stress and journey inquiry. you know, i had my final exams. i have a dissertation to write. i'm still trying to be, you know, mother to my children and function everyday life and there is panic. and like, i was really focused on the exams