For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Consortium News, and Agence France-Presse, and to commentary from an Australian observer and, via CN, a British observer; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE. An ASSANGE entry is HERE, and a HEINBERG entry is HERE.) — MCM
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FROM MARCH 26 UK court says Assange can’t be extradited on espionage charges until U.S. rules out death penalty, by Sylvia Hui and Jill Lawless | AP LONDON — A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site’s publication of classified American documents. Two High Court judges said . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 26 Julian Assange wins temporary reprieve from extradition to U.S., by Michael Holden and Sam Tobin | Reuters LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States from Britain was put on hold on Tuesday after London’s High Court said the United States must provide assurances he would not face the death penalty. U.S. prosecutors are seeking to put Assange, 52, on trial on 18 counts, all . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 26 Assange’s fate awaits U.S. ‘Assurances,’ by Joe Lauria | Consortium News The High Court in London on Tuesday gave the United States an opportunity to rebuff Julian Assange’s plea that he be allowed to appeal the Home Office’s order to extradite him to the U.S. to face espionage charges. In a complex ruling at the Royal Courts of Justice, the . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia calls UK courts ‘a farce’ over Assange case. From AFP. Russia called Britain’s judiciary a “farce” Tuesday over its treatment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who must wait weeks to learn if he can appeal against extradition to the United States. The 52-year-old, who . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 26 The empire slowly suffocates Assange like it slowly suffocates all its enemies, by Caitlin Johnstone | caitinjohnstone.com.au The British High Court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may potentially get a final appeal against extradition to the United States, but only within a very limited scope and only if . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 26 Assange’s ‘reprieve’ is another lie, hiding the real goal of keeping him endlessly locked up, by Jonathan Cook | jonathan-cook.net / CN The interminable and abhorrent saga of Julian Assange’s incarceration for the crime of journalism continues. And once again, the headline news is a lie, one designed both to buy our passivity and to buy more time for . . . READ MORE . . .