For today, links to commentary from Truthout and the Dissenter; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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FROM MARCH 29  UK court gives Biden a chance to dodge Assange appeal by ‘assuring’ his rights, by Marjorie Cohn | Truthout  WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is closer than ever to being extradited to the United States for trial on 17 counts under the Espionage Act and one count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion over WikiLeaks’s 2010-2011 revelation of evidence of U.S. war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay. He faces . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 28  UK High Court: Extradition removes CIA’s ‘rationale’ for assassinating Assange, by Kevin Gosztola | The Dissenter  While recognizing that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had valid grounds to appeal extradition to the United States, the British High Court of Justice last week refused to consider “fresh evidence” involving the CIA. On March 26, the High Court . . . READ MORE . . .