June 24 2023, the sculpture 'Anything to Say' by Italian artist Davide Dormino that shows Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange standing on chairs inviting you to speak out, is at Parliament Square in London for the rally for publicist and journalist Julian Assange. In this report Djamila and Rico first visit the prison Belmarsh, then at the demonstration many speakers standing on the empty chair next to the whistle-blowers, explain what is at stake and where the defence for Julian stands. Interviews with Sean, Davide Dormino and Stella Assange.
Read MoreProfessor of international law and human right expert Alfred de Zayas comments on the media censorship happening right now in the US. It's not just freedom of speech that's been taken away, but also the right to be informed. In this interview we discuss last weeks verdict in the extradition case of Julian Assange, and the judge’s denial of bail. Not just free speech is broken; the rule of law itself appears broken both in the US and UK. In the second half we discuss the Netherlands new rules for returning citizens abroad, effectively exiling them due to corona policies.
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