Nils Melzer, ers that he visited Julian Assange at Belmarsh Prison London on May with two medical experts have concluded that Assange has been exposed to psychological torture for period of time... Speaking to reporters New York, Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on Torture and..…

In ruling published Tuesday, Judge John Koeltl of US District Court for Southern District of New York delivered devastating blow to US-led against WikiLeaks Julian Assange.. ... DNC's complaint cited New York Times eight times as proof of Assange and..…

In this regard, they are no different from the deferential form of journalism typified by Le Monde, the Guardian and the New York Times. . Assange, a proponent of ‘scientific journalism’, has rejected both these models. ..…

They also included journalists such as Alan Rusbridger, former editor of Guardian Masha Gessen of New Yorker MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and the editorial boards of New York Times and Washington Post. ... Apparently, it's that it might go after publication such as New Yorker or New..…

New York Times problem — that if Assange were charged, Times, Post and Guardian, among others, would also have to be prosecuted for publishing files leaked by Manning.. ..…

In 1971 President Richard Nixon’s attorney general threatened the New York Times and the Washington Post with such prosecutions when the newspapers published the classified Pentagon Papers..…

One of the versions of New York Times report on Assange indictment, that officials would not engage with questions about how the actions they said were felonies by Mr. ..…

Indeed the Department of Justice under Obama decided there was no way to prosecute Assange without setting a precedent to prosecute the New York Times. But now Trump has proven why press freedom should never have been entrusted to the government, by indicting Assange..…

Let us recall that in the Julian Assange case, the mainstream media such as the New York Times, The Guardian and the Economist originally “supported” Assange by leaking his documents. ..…

If the Justice Department indicted Assange, it would also have to prosecute the New York Times and other news organizations and writers who published classified material, including The Washington Post and Britain’s Guardian newspaper.” . ... “Once the documents and videos..…

Last week's arrest of WikiLeaks Julian Assange has been met with universal approval from the US print and broadcast media.. The New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, the major US newspapers, have all endorsed Assange's arrest and extradition to..…

Assange and Wikileaks are more parallel to the role of the New York Times in this story, but it is still not in the same situation.  The argument isn’t that Assange isn’t a journalist, or that Wikileaks is not a journalistic publication; for purposes of first amendment..…

what Julian Assange did in 2010, for which he is facing extradition to the US, is no different from what New York Times and other journalists do every day. ..…

what Julian Assange did in 2010, for which he is facing extradition to the US, is no different from what New York Times and other journalists do every day. ..…

U.S government lawyers will attempt to separate WikiLeaks and Assange from The New York Times and British The Guardian, both of. ..…

That supposedly newspaper titles like Guardian, New York Times and Washington Post are involved in the spreading of lies to damage Assange, secrets, is clear evidence that the idea of the liberal media no longer exists in the new plutocratic age. ..…

David McCraw, lead lawyer of the New York Times, wrote: “I think the prosecution [of Assange] would be a very, very bad precedent for publishers… from everything I know, he’s sort of in a classic publisher’s position and the law would have a very hard time distinguishing..…

But Barack Obama never dared approve the current charges against Assange like those at New York Times, Washington Post and Guardian.. ..…

Like so many current events, the case of Julian Assange divides many within political camps as the feminists are shouting believe the women and those analyzing the in all its intricacies see no crime has been committed by Assange. Worse, mainstream media is acting or as Craig Murray writes, that..…

Wikileaks Julian Assange has been indicted by Trump Justice Department, drastic escalation of the feds efforts against him, the New York Times reported. ..…

Assange did not leak anything. He published the leaks of Chelsea Manning, as did The Guardian and The New York Times. ... “Assange published evidence of American war crimes. He’s a hero, not a criminal.” . ..…

By the newspaper that you direct, It's absurd that the government of Lenin Moreno intends to link Assange with publications of pages unrelated to Wikileaks, or with contents of New York Times, and it would be ridiculous for the prosecution to investigate a leak that does not..…

It's understood that Obama recognized that it was not possible to charge WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange, via Manning, without exposing journalists at New York Times or Washington Post to prosecution for sharing the information — not to mention collecting prizes for..…

The late Michael Ratner, attorney and president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights who attended Manning’s pretrial hearing in 2013 spoke about the significance of her testimony in putting 'WikiLeaks and Julian Assange in the same place that The New York Times would..…

(IMAGE: Cancillería del Ecuador, Flickr) Hedges, formerly a foreign correspondent and Middle East bureau chief for the New York Times, added during an online vigil for Assange, “I still have colleagues that are there [at the New York Times], and they are quite..…

CNN, MSNBC and the New York Times licked their chops. They suspected Assange of having collaborated with the Russian authorities in disseminating information embarrassing to Hillary Clinton, and saw his interviews with a close ally of Trump as confirming a long-term collusion..…

Information included in those documents were reported by outlets including New York Times and The Guardian Obama administration had always been reluctant to indict Assange due to what it called New York Times problem.. ..…

All of this raises obvious question what would stop it from charging CIA beat reporter at New York Times for committing the same crime.. The Obama administration began the investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks over Manning leaks, and the issue of how to distinguish between..…

I mean, New York Times general counsel has said that if you prosecute Assange under Espionage Act, that would open the door to prosecuting New York Times.. ..…

With that in mind, I spoke to James Goodale  —  the famed First Amendment lawyer and former general counsel New York Times, regardless of whether people consider Assange a journalist... ... At the time, the facts concerning Assange with respect to publication of..…

Whether you like Assange or hate him, the theories used in Espionage Act prosecution would threaten countless reporters at New York Times, Washington Post, on government secrets all the time. ..…

Assange has already been secretly charged.” According to the New York Times, “WikiLeaks published thousands of emails that year from Democrats during the presidential race that were stolen by Russian intelligence officers. ..…

purported to show that the newspaper had obtained damning new evidence of collusion between WikiLeaks, Trump and Russian government to damage the campaign of Hillary Clinton in 2016.. ..…

NEW YORK — In Sept 26 about Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno's views about Wikileaks Julian Assange, erroneously that Assange over the past two years had continued to hack the accounts of politicians around the world. ... NEW YORK — Ecuador's president said..…

The New York Times itself has not, it's No lawyer told group of judges that the prosecution of Julian Assange could have dire consequences for Times, explains Ray McGovern.. ..…

Justice officials said they looked hard at Assange but realized that they have what they described as a “New York Times problem.” If the Justice Department indicted Assange, it would also have to prosecute the New York Times and other news..…

NEW YORK - 24-country poll found that most people believe WikiLeaks Julian Assange is not criminal and should not be charged by U.S government for releasing thousands of U.S documents... ..…