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Experts plea with Australian Prime Minister to save Assange – Belmarsh Tribunal Sydney

Politicians, lawyers, journalists, whistle blowers and human rights defenders have pleaded with Prime Minister Albanese to step up his efforts to free imprisoned Australian publisher and WikiLeaks co-founder, Julian Assange. Experts testified at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Sydney on 4 March,…

Italy: Elly Schlein is the first woman secretary of the Democratic Party and the youngest ever

Overturning the predictions Elly Schlein won the Democratic Party primary election becoming the youngest and first woman to be party secretary. In her first speech after her victory, Schlein reiterated the political line she had taken, which emphasised the concern…

Global Day of Action for Julian Assange on March 19th, the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq

Hobart 4 Assange and Melbourne for Assange Australia are hosting rallies for Julian Assange and are proposing a Global Day of Action on March 19th , the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. On the 19th March 2003…

SOS Humanity: The new Italian law about search and rescue operations violates international and European law

Today, the Parliament in Italy voted to turn the Italian government’s decree of 2 January into law, despite criticism that these new regulations breach international and European law. SOS Humanity’s Advocacy Officer Mirka Schäfer comments:  “Since early January 2023, non-governmental search and rescue has been…

Italian court rules in favour of Humanity 1

On Monday, 6 February 2023, the court of Catania, Sicily, decided that the issuance of an Italian inter-ministerial decree that imposed a ban on the rescue ship Humanity 1 on November 4, 2022, from stopping in Italian territorial waters was…

Avoid the extension of the war, open negotiations now!

On February 24, 2022, the army of the Russian Federation began the “military operation” in Ukraine, triggering war between states in the heart of Europe. A year of destruction of buildings, factories, power plants, bridges and strategic facilities. A year…

Global Carnival for Assange: a day of masks, marches, flash mobs, music and dancing

After the marathon on October 15th and the demonstrations on December 10th , International Human Rights Day, the Global Carnival for Assange, the third initiative organized by 24hAssange, took up the whole day on Saturday February 11th , in a…

Saturday 11 February: dozens of events for the Global Carnival for Assange

Preparations are in full swing for the events that will animate the squares of many cities on Saturday 11 February. The Night Carnival for Assange launched in London by the Don’t Extradite Assange has been joined by many similar initiatives…

Global Carnival: a new worldwide mobilization for Assange

The details of the new worldwide initiative for Julian Assange’s freedom are being defined: in support of the demonstration in London organised by Dont Extradite Assange for 11 February, all the groups, committees, political and social formations calling for the…

Climate activists present their petition in Davos

Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Luisa Neubauer and Helena Gualinga arrived at the World Economic Forum in Davos and presented their petition, which has collected almost 2 million signatures, in an event in which the activists demand: Immediate, drastic, annual emission…

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