them with -- for processing or publishing the same documents at the center of the case against julian assange. this comes as supporters of assange fear his extradition to the united states could be just weeks away. then after 41 years in prison, most of it on death row, mumia abu-jamal faces what could be his last chance this friday for a trial. we will speak to a state judge in arkansas, wendell griffen, who is probably calling for the release of the imprisoned journalist and former black panther in pennsylvania and directly appealed to the judge here in mumia abu-jamal's appeal. >> often you hear judges talking about following proceeded. but as the judge mentioned, mumia abu-jamal has been died the opportuni of court proceedings. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president biden signed the respect for marriage act into law tuesday, enshrining federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. biden spoke at the celebratory event, which featured musical performers and a white house illuminated i

well, edward snowden and julian assange have attempted to go through a go to mainstream media. they edward sir, was banging down the doors of mainstream media and at what, what mark said is claiming is that essentially they should have gone to him. but we saw what happened when whistleblowers went to mark said geoffrey sterling was one of the most significant ca, whistleblowers, the former c i a employee who is blowing the whistle on an illegal program in iran . and his counsel was marked zaden. what did mark say do he turned him over to the cia according to an f. b. i agent who testified in jeffrey sterling's trial. so mark zaid actually ratted out his own client putting to this f b i agent. and according to former c, i whistleblower john, cure, yahoo! so it's and had now he's running a group called whistleblower aid, which seeks to entice individuals who were with working within government agencies into going to him and going through what he considers proper channels. rather than actually exposing these crimes and acts of corruption to the public through journalists and tradi

leveling more than a dozen new charges against wikileaks founder julian assange. >> federal prosecutorsournalist because he actively helped chelsea manning get thousands of classified documents. >> now, those trump era charges are still on the books tonight. assange has been fighting a battle to avoid extradition to the u.s. and he's been doing that since this trump doj began pursuit and now fighting the garland doj making the same pursuit. the you ever thought about julian assange -- he's obviously well known -- there are wider debates about what makes a reporter. whether assange is a responsible actor or even a good person. but that's not what this is about tonight. i want to you bear with me. this is super important. the question for law and journalistic freedom at a time of rising hate and attacks on democracy, the question these thicks is narrower. it's not whether you like assange, it's whether the trump crackdown opens the door to jailing legitimate journalists. is it fair to use the tool against spies and traitors, that's what the espionage act was designed for, and use it to ex

the business woman was also a prominent supporter of wiki lease, found a julian assange. she attended numerous protests and demanded freedom for the jail john list. well, let's take a farther crossing live. now, the doctor depot up into john, driver observer, a julian a soldier's extradition hearing a very warm welcome too many will remember vivian westward as a fashion icon. how do you think she'll be remembered? well, there, i can remember that as a fashion icon, but she was the fashion icon with the conscience of somebody who really stood for the kinds of freedoms and the funk lifestyle, which is one of recognizing that you know, you control the state. i wanted to mention to your view as the idea that in 2018 i believe that the westwood rented a space in the, in the courtyard of the foreign and commonwealth office and her models all war. i'm julian assange. t shirts i did westward. supremely trailing. you know, the very organization that was behind the torture and in fascination of union assange. so i think there was a kinship there. she used to visit him regularly. and

julian assange had conveyed to me as a backup in case his was, you know, they caught him and they gotto get it out if i felt, so i had all that. and when i say that, i'm saying that by the current standing of the department ofjustice, lam now as indictable as julian assange, and as everyone who put that information out — the papers, everybody who handled it. yes, i had copies of it and i did not give them to an authorised person. so if they want to indict me for that, iwould be interested to argue that one in the courts, whether that law is constitutional. freedom of speech is seen as a foundation stone of free societies. but 2022 has been a year of culture wars, with fierce debate in many countries about the limits on free expression. who decides what is acceptable and what is not? do people have a right not to be offended? this is sensitive territory, crossing lines of race, religion and gender, and artists of all types have to navigate it. comedy is built for short bits, and that is where you can get into trouble. because if you just go for the gag, you may get into trouble. so now

amy: carrie decell, i want to ask you about julian assange.ork times and four european papers have urge the biden administration to drop all charges against the wikileaks founder julian assange. in a joint letter they said this indictment sets a dangerous decedent and threans to undermine erica'first amendment and the freedom of the press. the letter ends with thword "publishing is not a crime." for those who don't know julian assange faces 175 years in a u.s. prison on espionage and hacking charges for exposing u.s. war crimes in afghanistan and iraq if he is extradited from britain. the five publications partnered with wikeaks in 2010 to report on documents leaked by chelsea manning. the significance of these major newspapers, including "the new york times," demanding the biden administration drop these charges? >> yes, i think this letter reflects a clear understanding by the press that the charges against julian assange threaten freedom of the press. the prosecution of a song for soliciting, obtaining, then publishing classified informatio

to prevent is julian assange found in wiki leaks in 2006. on the secure platform, whistleblowers can she has sensitive documents and remain anonymous in its most high profile case wiki leaks revealed information on abuses by the us army in iraq and afghanistan. if my be the one who i got window open, sorry, very prison burn, but i got married coming here. cooper, him julie massage, became the u. s. government enemy number one. in the event of his extradition to the united states. he faces a prison sentence of up to a $175.00. he is the 1st contact program. this is one of the big issues that we face in journalism. if we just think about a scenario which is that you were so poor, you've got some important information that you want to disclose to me. you use your, let's see your gmail address, which has your name and your, your g mail that you've used for years, or a normal open line phone call. that's created a permanent record between you and me. which will presume you might offer a range of security levels and receive contacting me. doesn't

s. national defense lawyers speaking as a panel on the case of julian assange sponsored by a think tank founded by former c i a director mock said but didn't know who they were shooting that they thought they were shooting at rescuers of enemy. and you can, under the laws of war, kill the rescuers of the enemy, cause their looked at as being the enemy, the grey zones. the editor in chief max blumenthal was that the event mark said is arguing for the legality of attacks on not only rescuers but civilians in general if they are seen in the same space as the enemy. and in this case, he was arguing that julian assange and wiki leaks should not have released the so called digital murder video, showing a u. s. helicopter gunship, massacring a group of 12 iraqis, including reuters personnel journalists who are mistaken for insurgents that was marked as aids. justification for declaring that this massacre was actually legal and within the laws of war. and further, he declared that julianna's sons' should have simply gone to the u. s. government and registered a complaint about this a parent and

amy: julian assange has been jailed in britain since his arrest in 2019.april the biden administration is asking the british government to extradite him to the u.s. where he faces up to 175 years in prison on espionage and hacking charges. wikileaks feared his extradition could happen in the next few weeks. and this breaking news, brittney griner has been released by russia in a one-for-one prisoner swap for arms dealer victor boot. this according to u.s. officials. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman, joined by my co-host nermeen shaikh. hi, nermeen. nermeen: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show looking at the political crisis in peru. on wednesday, the peruvian president pedro castillo was oued from power and arrested hours after he moved to temporarily dissolve the peruvian congress. castillo's vice president dina boluarte has been sworn to replace him. castillo is a left-leaning fo

he was speaking, it's a panel on the case of julian assange, which was sponsored by a think tank founded by former se director bogs. i need i didn't know who they were shooting at. they thought they were shooting at rescuers of enemy. and you can, under the laws of war, kill the rescuers of the enemy, cause their looked at as being the enemy. the grey zones editor in chief marks lou insult was that event, mark said, is arguing for the legality of attacks on not only rescuers but civilians in general if they are seen in the same space is the enemy. and in this case, he was arguing that julian assange and wiki leaks should not have released the so called digital murder video, showing a u. s. helicopter gunship, massacring a group of 12 iraqis, including reuters personnel journalists who are mistaken for insurgents. that was mark zayed justification for declaring that this massacre was actually legal and within the laws of war. and further, he declared that julianna's sons' should have simply gone to the u. s. government and registered a complaint about this. a pair, an act that was still l

the subject of nature was vivian westwood was a light spoken supporter of julian assange. she described herself as his friend and said, a son should be free to speak the truth for that. she receive backlash, but didn't waver. no. and she has, she visited him so many times when he was most in need, desperately trying to raise his plight. and it was quite amazing to see how of course, the had major nation media, love vivian, westwood. or it is love, a part of vivian westwood. the glamour at the, the sex for a while, they loved her son knew also be on the program survivors. sergio cory, the founder of and you don't provoke at her. they like all of the glamour. they like the sex they didn't like when he met julian, assert they would minimize the or lee what she was trying to tell the world about what was being done by the british government in terms of torturing him. she said and claimed on behalf of the united states, and i should of to say, here it is quite a may amusing. almost does he say the editor of british vogue a black man and a full head would enter full who put the

and in this case, he was arguing that julian assange and wiki leeks should not have released the so called digital murder video, showing a u. s. helicopter gunship, massacring a group of 12 iraqis, including reuters personnel journalists who were mistaken for insurgents that was marked as aids justification for declaring that this massacre was actually legal and within the laws of war. and further, he declared that julianna's sanchez should have simply gone to the u. s. government and registered a complaint about this apparent an act that was still legal in his view. and that that would have resolved everything. and this was all part of an argument by zayed at under the auspices of the michael hayden's center, to argue for julian, the sanchez continued legal persecution by the u. s. government of the conference blumenthal also brought up a cigarette, a thought, a center key witness in the case against assange. back in 2021 thought of some confess to lying in the indictments against the wikileaks. founda. max blumenthal pressed modestly over the fish. he was. well, zaid had boasted on twitt

and in this case, he was arguing that julian assange and wiki leaks should not have released the so called digital murder video, showing a u. s. helicopter gunship, massacring a group of 12 iraqis, including reuters personnel journalists, who are mistaken for insurgence. that was mark zayed justification for declaring that this massacre was actually legal and within the laws of war. and further, he declared that julianna's sons' should have simply gone to the u. s. government and registered a complaint about this. a pair, an act that was still legal in his view, and that, that would have resolved everything. and this was all part of an argument by zayed at, under the auspices of the michael hayden center, to argue for julian, the sanchez continued legal persecution by the u. s government. although conference blumenthal also brought up a see good a afford a son who was a key witness in the case against julian assange in 2021 photos and confessed to lying in the indictments against the wicked legs found a max blumenthal, pressed messiah over that issue. and all this zayed had boasted on twit

power the crazy as though, ah, today, i'm left wondering if yet, what did i do differently than julian assange times julian, sr. stammers, if the aim is to prosecute for they find us after next on the list. why did we do differently? as though was hum via i can make your was so poor. first of all, what you need to be careful with and be very mindful of, is how you try to record the information that you're seeing. because if you just plug in a flash drive or use be, or whatever as, and try to copy or whatever that immediately is a red flag, because the company's probably got assess them. the monitors who's removing information from it systems. most of the big companies do, you know, a call and said or threat technology. why would usually suggest is that is that the person, as he can get by a cheap new laptop like a little notebook or something like that, go to a cafe public and why fi network? and download the tar browser, connect to the secure job page. and then you can make contact with us through that by sending a message. and from there we could probably take next steps to try and figure ou

she used her status to commit to a range of issues from the wikileaks found a julian assange to climate change and fracking. ah, but it's her contribution to punk and to fashion for which she will be remembered best. as a pioneer who broke the mold. ah, this is al jazeera, these you top stories. the legendary brazilian football play has died at the age of 82. he had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer at a sao paolo hospital. he's considered by many to have been the greatest footballer of all time. monica yanna. keith has his death was a surprise in some ways, but it was also expected arm he had been taking heap taken to the hospital. some weeks ago, he had coven 19. and that are developed into an infect, a lung infection which was being treated for, but what really are got him was the cancer that he could no longer fight because the medicine wasn't working any more. the most right wing and religiously conservative government in israel's history has been sworn in prompting. the country's ambassador to france to resign and protest. coalition will be led by benjamin netanyahu, whos

to prevent this, julian assange founded wiki links in 2006 on this secure platform. whistleblowers can share sensitive documents and remain anonymous in its most high profile case wiki leaks revealed information on abuses by the us army in iraq and afghanistan. if might be the one who i got when i've been side very proven burn, but i don't know coming here. cooper, him julie massage became the u. s. government enemy number one. in the event of his extradition to the united states. he faces a prison sentence of up to a $175.00. he is the 1st contact program. this is one of the big issues that we face in journalism that we just think about a scenario which is that you're a why? so boy, you've got some important information that you wanna disclose to me. you use your, let's say your g mail address, which has your name and your g mail that you've used for years, or a normal open line phone call. that's crated pam. rent record between you and me, was hoping you might also arrange of security levels and risky of contacting me. doesn't present any risk. you can send me a message on twitter, f

from the wikileaks found a julian assange to climate change and fracking, ah, but it's her contribution to punk and to fashion for which she will be remembered. beth as a pioneer, who broke the mold. ah, this is al jazeera, and these are the top stories. china says any reaction to it easing it 0 covert policy should be based on science. thus after some countries impose restrictions on travelers from china, mid report hospitals and funeral homes of the country being overwhelmed or canadian all countries sco at 19. prevention and control measures should be scientific and appropriate and should not affect normal people to people contact as well as normal exchange and cooperation in recent days, many leading medical experts for multiple countries have said that there is no need to impose restrictions on entry of travelers from china, democrats in the u. s. congress. so really 6 years of donald trump's tax returns, the former president had sued the ways and means committee to keep his tax records private. but in november, the supreme court ruled the documents could be made public the committ

she used her status to commit to a range of issues from the wikileaks found a julian assange to climate change and fracking. ah, but it's her contribution to punk and to fashion for which she will be remembered best. as a pioneer who broke the mold. ah, you without a 0 look at our main headlines now. there isn't re, brazilian football. a pa has died at the age of 82. he been undergoing treatment for colon cancer to south. palo hospital is considered by many who have been the greatest footballer of all time. on a cleaner give is in rio de janeiro with more his death was a surprise in some ways, but it was also expected. um he had been taken heap taken to the hospital. some weeks ago he had coven 19. and that are developed into an infect, a lung infection which was being treated for, but what really ah got him was the cancer that he could no longer fide because the medicine wasn't working any more. the most right wing and religiously conservative government in israel's history has been sworn in prompting the country's ambassador to france to reside in protest. the coalition will be led by

howard: let's turn to julian as julian assange who's facing extradition from britain.es," along with some european papers including "the guardian,s" "der spiegel", saying the charges should be dropped because they set a dangerous precedent under the espionage act and pose a significant threat to the first amendment. they criticized hem at the time. what explains the about-face? >> i think they're finally waking up to the fact that if you're able to prosecute julian assange for what he did, you can prosecute the missouri times and "the guardian," very easily. people like chelsea manning, daniel snowedden, these are all people who had a vow not to disclose -- he was in the same role "the new york times" is in and other papers. he got information in the public interest from somebody else who took it and then published it. and i think these papers a realizing that if you can criminal that, which is really the core of investigative journalism, you can easily go after those papers next since they did the same thing as sang did. howard: we'll see if there's any change in the

well julian assange faces 175 years in u.s. prison if he is extradited and convicted, the u.s. government has never moved to prosecute young who says he published the documents two days prior to wikileaks. earlier this week, "the new york times" and four international papers called on by to drop the charges against assange saying publishing is not a crime. president biden announced new investments for indigenous communities, including $135 million to help 11 tribal communities severely impacted by climate change. three of those communities are planning on relocating altogether. biden spoke wednesday at the white house tribal nations summit. pres. biden: there are tribal communities at risk of being washed away by superstorm's, rising sea levels, and wildfires raging. amy: biden also vowed to protect spirit mountain, or avi kwa ame, in nevada, a sacred site for the fort mojave tribe and others. advocates have been pushing for years to designate the area as a national monument. the justice department is suing jackson, mississippi, over its failure to provide its 160,000, majority

roger waters, co-founder of pink floyd, supported julian assange, the musician called on the britishrities to do the right thing and not extradite the journalist to the united states. there he is waiting for 175 years in prison for publishing secret documents about the crimes of the us military and intelligence agencies. how about the magna carta? what about human rights mr. sunsunok demonstrations against the government? erupted after the security forces stormed the headquarters of the local nationalist party, tens of thousands of manifestos demand immediate re-election government. m 01 cristiano ronaldo burst into tears on the pitch. he was released as a substitute, in the second half the moroccans became the first team in history, which managed to reach the semi-finals of the tournament to play the french, who defeated the british in europe reinforced. many lithuanian residents master food tourism in russia at home, everything is too expensive a trip to the kaliningrad region allows you to seriously save money marina naumova on how hunger and common sense defeat anti-russian senti

did you think vivian westwood support the julian assange has helped him in his battle? suddenly, so she suspended herself in a cage outside the corpse, wearing a yellow dress reminding everybody the astound just the original canary in the coal mine. she, i was at an event where she was on the podium and she brought this wonderful effigy of assange and slice the head off, which really shocked many of us in the audience. and she was, she said, this is what they're doing to astonish. they're slowly murdering it, and it was made radical and at many startling statements like that that she caught the attention of the public and allowed people to recognize that the case is a salad which had been silenced for so long could be discussed in the mainstream. and could be discussed by those who don't. you haven't had any conscience. i was afraid. i think you're absolutely right. if you were in westwood who became known, you know, certain outlandish antics, certainly got the tension show to places where she felt it was deserved and survey . julianna's science would have been one of t

the business woman was also a prominent supporter of wiki, makes funder julian assange. she attended numerous protests demanding freedom for the guild journalist. westwood spoke to r t several times, including back in 2016 when she offered her views on a host of world issues. we have to stop the rotten financial system because that is the means by which they control the whole world. this no opposition and we have to build their opposition because you have to work through governments. you have to give them a feeling that they're being overpowered by either the opinion against them who want of all the people want to save the world instead of wreck it by continuing with the rotten financial system. it causes war of course, and it causes climate change and it's designed to create poverty. this rotten financial system is very simple. everything disconnected war is connected with the rotten financial system because wars are waged for land and for watts in the land. now, because the wreck in the planet and taken everything up and also for cheap labor, you know, there were slave

did you think vivian westwood support the julian assange has helped him in his battle? certainly. so, i mean, she suspended herself in a cage outside the corpse, wearing the yellow dress, reminding everybody the astound just the original canary in the coal mine. she, i was at an event where she was on the podium and she brought this wonderful an effigy of assange and sliced the head off, which really shocked many of us in the audience. and she was, she said, this is what they're doing to a savage. they're slowly murdering it. and it was with radical and really startling statements like that that she caught the attention of the public and allowed people to recognize that the case of a salad which had been silenced for so long could be discussed in the mainstream. and could be discussed by those who don't. you haven't had any conscience. i was afraid. i think you're absolutely right. if you've been westwood who became known folks, you know, certain outlandish and take so certainly got the attention show to places where she felt it was deserved. and sophie joining us on to what have

she used her status to commit to a range of issues from the wikileaks found a julian assange to climate change and fracking. ah, but it's her contribution to punk and to fashion for which she will be remembered best as a pioneer who broke the mold. ah .

s. extradition case against julian assange of working weeks 5 major international news outlets have sent an open letter to washington, calling for the case to be closed. flor phillips is here with the latest richard. it was 12 years ago. this week that julian a sorry, collaborated with 5 european and american newspapers to publish so called cable gate material leaks to wiki leaks by the then american soldier. chelsea manning that expose the inner workings of us diplomacy around the world. now those same media outlets have sent a message to the us government, written by the guardian, the new york times lamar, there spiegel and pi east, the open letter says sanchez, indictment under an archaic law. the espionage act of 1917 sets a quote dangerous precedent and threatened to undermine freedom of the press. for those who've been tracking this case, the coordinated message from the papers could seem like too little too late. some of these same outlet gave scant coverage to the prior stages of a sanchez legal, baffled by the white house. his reaction to the latter stuck to the line laid down b

julian assange had conveyed to me as a back—up in case his was, you know, they caught him and he gotn me to find some way to get it out if i felt. so i had all that. and when i say that, i'm saying that by the current standing of the department ofjustice, iam now as indictable asjulian assange and as everyone who put that information out. the papers, everybody who handled it. yes, i had copies of it and i did not give them to an authorised person. so, if they want to indict me for that, iwould be interested to argue that one in the courts, whether that law is constitutional. the supreme court has never held that using the espionage act as if it were a british 0fficial secrets act, which i would clearly have violated. but if that, using the espionage act as if it were an official secrets act, which has never been passed by our congress, that would be criminal. they've never ruled on that. i'd be happy to take that one to the supreme court. what you'vejust done to me, daniel ellsberg. by telling me that secret. sorry. you've actually said something really interesting, because what you

she used her status to commit to a range of issues from the wikileaks found a julian assange to climate change and fracking. but it's her contribution to punk and to fashion for which she will be remembered best as a pioneer who broke the mold. ah, this is al jazeera, and these are the top stories. china says any reaction to it easing it 0 cobit policy should be based on science. thus after some countries impose restrictions on travelers from china, mid report hospitals and funeral homes of the country being overwhelmed.