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Tim Dawson
slain
Features / 9 August 2024
9 August 2024
The wholesale murder by Israel's armed forces of journalists in Gaza is a cause for international concern, writes TIM DAWSON
courts
Features / 19 July 2024
19 July 2024
TIM DAWSON looks at how obsessive police surveillance of journalists undermines the very essence of democracy
Julian Assange
Features / 25 June 2024
25 June 2024
At long last the WikiLeaks founder is free. For all those who care about freedom of speech it’s time to celebrate, writes TIM DAWSON of the International Federation of Journalists
Stella Assange
Britain / 20 May 2024
20 May 2024
9 extradite Assange
Features / 20 May 2024
20 May 2024
There have been assurances that Assange does not face the death penalty, but no clear answer as to whether the US first amendment will apply to him; regardless, he should be released and returned to Australia, writes TIM DAWSON
Free Assange
Features / 13 February 2024
13 February 2024
What could be Julian Assange’s final appeal against extradition to the US from Britain will begin at the Royal Courts of Justice on February 20 — its failure would be a dark day for all humanity, writes TIM DAWSON
Israeli Troops
Features / 5 January 2024
5 January 2024
We are seeing one of the most bloody and brutal suppressions of free speech in the modern era, warns TIM DAWSON of the International Federation of Journalists
Tahseen al-Astall
Features / 27 October 2023
27 October 2023
Gazan journalist Tahseen al-Astall tells a Zoom meeting about the struggle to report from the besieged Strip as water, fuel and food run increasingly short, writes TIM DAWSON
Tim Brehmer, left, and a fellow picketer dress as characters
Features / 20 July 2023
20 July 2023
If SAG-AFTRA is able to secure actors’ rights to control how their work is used by AI, it will have global repercussions for all who work in creative industries and beyond, writes TIM DAWSON
Assange protest
Features / 26 October 2021
26 October 2021
Today, London’s Royal Courts of Justice will provide the backdrop for a fresh attempt to drag Julian Assange before a US judge and face a life sentence for journalism — TIM DAWSON previews the case
Julian Assange stock photo
Features / 12 August 2021
12 August 2021
While the Wikileaks whistleblower continues his fight to avoid extradition, proposed reforms to the Official Secrets Act should be of concern to all who value a free media, warns TIM DAWSON
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives at the High
Britain / 11 August 2021
11 August 2021
Judge rules US can expand the basis of its appeal against the Wikileaks founder
Julian Assange in court
Features / 4 January 2021
4 January 2021
TIM DAWSON reports from the Old Bailey
Julian Assange stock photo
Britain / 29 September 2020
29 September 2020
TIM DAWSON reports from the trial for the Morning Star
CIA black site
Features / 25 September 2020
25 September 2020
The importance of the whistleblowing media group was made plain when the Assange trial heard the case of the Lebanese man whose abduction and torture by the CIA it exposed, writes TIM DAWSON
People queue at the entrance of the Old Bailey court in Lond
Britain / 22 September 2020
22 September 2020
Professor Michael Kopelman tells court the Wikileaks founder has ‘recurrent depressive disorder’
Wikileaks
Features / 17 September 2020
17 September 2020
The Pentagon Papers whistleblower, now 89, sees parallels between his own case and that of Julian Assange. TIM DAWSON reports