Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. US Efforts To Jail Assange for Espionage Are a Grave Threat to a Free Media 344 May 27, 2019 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Guardian (United Kingdom) on 26 May 2019 by Alan Rusbridger (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:Daniel EllsbergEspionage Actfreedom of speechfreedom of the pressJulian AssangemediaUnited KingdomUnited States militaryWikiLeaks Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Germany: Iran-US Negotiations: Advantage Tehran June 18, 2026. Published in Die TageszeitungTrump as the self-declared protector of the Middle East is dangerous. 0 Egypt: Does Might Make Right? The US-Iran Peace Deal and Limits of Military Power June 18, 2026. Published in Ahram Online[O]ne of the most important lessons of the U.S.-Iran agreement is that diplomacy itself remains a strategic resource. 0 Saudi Arabia: US-Iran Deal Must Not Become Another Gaza Peace Plan June 18, 2026. Published in Arab NewsThe parallels between this latest deal and the Gaza agreement are clear and concerning in equal measure. 0 Austria: A Senseless Macho War Is Raging between the US and Iran June 17, 2026. Published in Der StandardEach side wants to fire the last rocket to show who’s stronger. 0 Poland: Iran-US: Trump Awaits a Birthday Gift from Tehran June 20, 2026. Published in Rzeczpospolita How will the U.S. war with Iran end? Certainly, it is not Israel's victory. 0 Topics Egypt: The Switzerland Deal: A New President and a Middle East Shrouded in Uncertainty June 22, 2026. Published in almasryalyoum[W]hat the Switzerland negotiations ultimately lead to may help determine who the next U.S. president will be, as much as they will define the rules of the game in the Middle East. 0 Canada: Trump Defeated by Iran June 22, 2026. Published in Le DevoirThe madness of this war is all the more evident now that it has achieved none of its initial objectives. 0 Saudi Arabia: The US-Iran Agreement Is a 1st Step June 22, 2026. Published in Arab News[T]he global economy remains in a state of suspended hope and not yet on a path toward definitive recovery. 0 India: From Indo-Pacific to Pacific: Delhi Must Prepare for Strategic Loneliness June 22, 2026. Published in FirstpostThe shrinking of ambitions away from the Indian Ocean ... suggests that the [U.S] is ceding the continent, including West Asia, to China. 0 Israel: The Defeat of Pax-Americana June 21, 2026. Published in Israel HayomAll of Trump and Macron's attempts to gloss over this charade and downplay Iran's threats are deceptive and hypocritical. 0 Venezuela: Cuba: The Cruelty of Tyranny June 21, 2026. Published in AnaliticaThe island cannot continue to be ruled by a statist, militaristic, totalitarian and corrupt caste that controls the entire nation. 0 Italy: Trump’s Weak Compromise June 20, 2026. Published in Corriere della SeraThe 14 proposed points read as though they were dictated by the Iranian regime[.] 0 Spain: Trump’s G7 Summit June 20, 2026. Published in El PaÃsDeference and appeasement can never be the right strategy. 0 Related Articles Taiwan: Taiwan Heard the Shots at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner May 19, 2026. Published in Taiwan TimesTrump’s attack already seems distant, while the Taiwan issue is intimately relevant. Japan: The Post’s Dilemma: Democracy Dies in Darkness April 2, 2026. Published in Tokyo Shimbun[I]n the case of The Washington Post, the betrayal of its role as a monitor of politics has alienated readers. Canada: The FBI Seizure of a Reporter’s Laptops Puts American Media on Notice January 14, 2026. Published in Toronto Star Japan: Trump Administration’s ‘Spitballs,’ Seeking To Shrink the Press November 26, 2025. Published in Sankei Shimbun Canada: In Hegseth’s War on Journalism, Truth Is the 1st Casualty October 20, 2025. Published in Toronto Star Previous articleIran’s Proxy Wars Should Be Curbed for Regional StabilityNext articleTrump Needs Japan on His Side If He Wants To Achieve a ‘Trade Truce’ with China LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment