seemed to take personal offense when we can leaks wrote about corruption allegations against him sanj was shown the door artie's video agency ruptly turned out to be the only outlet to catch the moment his son was literally carried out of the building some 7 years after he stepped in it. was. once u.k. law enforcement got their hands on a son they threw him in prison a proper one but the u.s. government is looking to try him under american law where the whistleblower faces more than 800 years behind bars now every cording that emerged in line has sparked another wave of calls to pardon the whistleblower in the tape ironically julian a son she was trying to help u.s. authorities minimize the fallout of the 2011 leaks. which will have an. hour here is that it's more or. but we have been calling. me. every day trying to. hold back on trump since you're given pardons to people please consider putting those who at great personal sacrifice expose the deception and criminality of those in the deep state mr president if you grant only one act of clemens the turing the time in office please fr

extradition request for junior sanj due to concerns about his mental health he will remain in custody while u.s. government decides whether to appeal the decision it has 2 weeks to do so there were massive celebrations outside the london courthouse when the judge announced her verdict. i know. it's true was. was. was the one was 6. as long as julian has to endure suffering in isolation as an unconvicted prisoner in belmarsh prison and as long as our children continue to be the rest of their father's love and affection. we cannot celebrate. we will celebrate the day he comes home a glimpse of hope to stop the new year and hopefully a new era. it is a day. i deal with wind for julia songs. but we have people. just not necessarily a win for journalists. ever since we have absolutely electrifying was there was a support system cheering freak eunice on does not fit in her story a moment outside the from her charge. to actually date your innocence to the united states it has been a decision based have meant to house grounds and did you know what is 6 right if you were to be extradited to th

seemed to take personal offense when we can leaks wrote about corruption allegations against him sanj was shown the door artie's video agency ruptly turned out to be the only outlet to catch the moment his son was literally carried out of the building some 7 years after he stepped in it. was. once u.k. law enforcement got their hands on a son they threw him in prison a proper one but the u.s. government is looking to try him under american law where the whistleblower faces more than a 100 years behind bars now every cording that emerged in line has sparked another wave of calls to pardon the whistleblower in the tape ironically julian a son she was trying to help u.s. authorities minimize the fallout of the 2011 leaks. which will have an. hour here is that it's more your. but we have been calling the state department and the embassy. every day trying to explain something. called back donald trump since you're given pardons to people please consider pardoning those who at great personal sacrifice expose the deception and criminality of those in the deep state mr president if you grant

spoke exclusively to him about the sanj case. we surely will be in this position you know 70 is the ecuadorian embassy the best part of 2 years 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 a budget may lead to the heavy handed us authorities but also were exacerbated by this particularly imbalanced tradition treaty we have between britain and america can only imagine julian this is exactly the same as when i was under house arrest it was that my own house not a little door going to say. it really is. incredibly difficult it's awful i got to the point of suicide short periods and suicidal thoughts when you're trying to maintain normality you're trying to fight your case you're trying to go 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

department of justice to drop all charges against the sanj we heartened that a british court has denied the united states' request to extradite julian the son the u.s. 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 are the u.s. department of justice to refrain from further pursuing extradition through appeals and to drop all charges against. a french court has ruled that the police can record detail personal information relating to activists and protesters in the name of state security trade unions though say that noting down political religious beliefs and social media activity erodes basic freedoms more from paris. france's highest administrative court has found itself in the midst of a toxic debate the council of state has approved plans by the government to broaden the information that can be collected about individuals for intelligence files this includes political or religious convictions and if someone is a member of a union so what are these int

department of justice to drop all charges against the sanj we heartened that a british court has denied the united states' request to extradite julian the son the u.s. 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 have the u.s. department of justice to refrain from further pursuing extradition through appeals and to drop all charges against a stone age it's not the 1st time that the u.k. has blocked us extradition request over mental health in 2002 british hacker gary mckinnon was accused of breaching u.s. military computer systems had he been found guilty he could have faced up to 70 years in prison in america after a decade long legal battle treason made then home secretary refused to send him stateside citing the risk of suicide r.t. spoke exclusively with mckinnon about the son's case. we should leave him 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 n

seem to take personal offense when we can leaks wrote about corruption allegations against him sanj was shown the door artie's video agency ruptly turned out to be the only outlet to catch the moment asuncion was literally carried out of the building some 7 years after he stepped in it. was. once u.k. law enforcement got their hands on a son they threw him in prison a proper one but the u.s. government is looking to try him under american law where the whistleblower faces more than a 100 years behind bars now every cording that emerged in line has sparked another wave of calls to pardon the whistleblower in the tape ironically julian a son she was trying to help u.s. authorities minimize the fallout of the 2011 leaks. which will have an. hour here is more or. but we have been calling. p.m.c. . every day trying to explain. the holdback donald trump since you're given pardons to people please consider pardoning those who at great personal sacrifice expose the deception and criminality of those in the deep state mr president if you grant only one act of clemency during your time in office

monday which block the extradition because if the judge now says well actually i won't bail during the sanj i believe he is a k. to go back to prison does not undermine the case in the 1st place that he will to go to prison. you know should she have made the point she just filed the christian traditions in the u.k. are better than the corresponding christians that would be other than us but yes i think you're right in terms of overall it's it is kind of a really thin. you know there's a thin line of protection for us. being sent to the u.s. mike you know you mention that could be the judgment the only question that ok now use that in the sense of the u.s. and as i'm sure is going to mention quite heavily before in. it's every point of us laws except it moves on and so on us of swallow of all that we heard this misfortunate ruling on minus that you know it's you know it's quite good we're at this moment but i think you know hopefully that pressure from our own remains on this case let's talk about that pressure because i mean have you seen a lot of it has been particularly from the media bec

the left government or the other governments won't pursue them in the same light just 10 years ago a sanj was being celebrated for he was winning many awards then came the counterstrikes for more than one government indeed rich jr songes impact on investigative journalism the practice of it was widely acknowledged celebrated even but quite quickly the tide turned when he became the subject of that swedish investigation into allegations of sexual assault it was dropped but not before he'd taken refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in london he spent 7 years that reportedly being spied on through audio and video surveillance that we've been provided to the cia he was arrested by the u.k. police in 29. and he's been held ever since in the top security prison in the u.k. now campaigners and even the united nations have argued that the conditions that you and the songes been subjected to over the past 10 years have been a violation of his human rockets and let's not forget richard that exactly this time 4 years ago january 27th teen one of the main sources for wiki leaks chelsea manning was in fac

not aware of because actually it wasn't a very well reported court case the extradition hearing of sanj so there may be material i don't know of but the that this is this does a decision of the time of the publishers to distance ourselves from what ascends did was was was was obvious we would spend months. in fact he is working on this material to publish it safely and and so it didn't make sense to us they're off to just to release a whole lot and dish tipping over in effect in court said we together with the guardian said all that about we deplore the decision without the full information because in fact. in fact european sounds did not what the un redacted cables up there with the password it was it was a different outfit that did that. or you're not you know you're tempting me into material which i i don't know enough about because i as i said there of the reporting of the case. was unfortunately not in detail enough to meet our knowledge of what was said but as far as you know the guardian hasn't taken a different line unlike dish regal which that you know effect that we were kind

are anxious that it could unravel further if it's not tamp down everybody in this country will be sanj by this fire this fire is coming the question is do we put it out on the political divisions in washington d.c. have reach every corner of the united states president elect joe biden said that healing will be a priority but in a country increasingly divided among partisan lines finding common ground would be the real challenge put up that hamid al jazeera in west virginia. well about the news voting is just course underway in uganda's general election after 35 years in power present album 70 is seeking a 6 term but he's facing a serious challenge of opposition leader bobby wine the run up to the vote has been plagued by violence catherine soy joins us now from a polling station in what she said district near the capital kampala and catherine the polls have opened we are hearing the authorities have really come down on the ability of the public really to communicate with each other but certainly a good turnout where you are. yes calls. for g.m.c. but voting here is just about to start

are anxious that it could unravel further if it's not tamp down everybody in this country will be sanj by this fire this fire is coming the question is do we put it out on the political divisions in washington d.c. have reach every corner of the united states president elect joe biden said that healing will be a priority but in a country increasingly divided among partisan lines finding common ground would be the real challenge. in west virginia. and you can find much more on our website to see more pictures and background address for that is w w w dot com to 0 dot com. this is all to 0 these are the top stories president donald trump has become the 1st president to be impeached for a 2nd time the house of representatives formally charged him with inciting violence after 5 people were killed last week mobs of people stormed the capitol building 10 republicans backs democrats to vote in favor of the impeachment mike hanna has more from washington d.c. foregone conclusion given the democratic majority in the house because the vote is conducted on a simple majority that being said there w

are anxious that it could unravel further if it's not tamp down everybody in this country will be sanj by this fire this fire is coming the question is do we put it out of the political divisions in washington d.c. have reach every corner of the united states president elect joe biden said that he will be a priority but in a country increasingly divided among partisan lines finding common ground would be the real challenge put up that hamid in west virginia let's go to joseph or a who's a professor of political science at texas a and m. university he's joining us from doha thanks for your time with us on the al-jazeera news hour so now that the president has been impeached in the house the trial goes to the senate and we understand that the trial won't start until after joe biden becomes press it president and seeing as there is no precedence for this at all how do you see this playing out. well i've been surprised to see the extent to which there are public comments or at least 2nd and comments from senators voting up majority leader mitch mcconnell who suggests that they're not only