Assange's extradition trial not getting enough attention: https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1306729898396938241
US authorities have never asked a WikiLeaks rival to take down unredacted cables that have been among those at the centre of the legal battle to send Julian Assange to the US, his extradition hearing has been told. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/24/us-never-asked-wikileaks-rival-cryptome-remove-leaked-cables-court-told-assange?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=edit_2221&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1600975252
US has never asked WikiLeaks rival to remove leaked cables, court told

Cryptome also published documents that are at centre of Julian Assange extradition case

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/24/us-never-asked-wikileaks-rival-cryptome-remove-leaked-cables-court-told-assange?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=edit_2221&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1600975252
"Trump would like nothing more than to charge the New York Times itself, and individual journalists that reported that story, with felonies for conspiring with their source. This is why the precedent in Assange’s case is so important." https://interc.pt/3jkVg5I 
Crumbling Case Against Assange Shows Weakness of “Hacking” Charges Related to Whistleblowing

The entire computer crime case against Assange is based on a brief discussion, between a publisher and source, about cracking a password — but the cracking never actually happened.

https://interc.pt/3jkVg5I
Plans to poison or kidnap Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy were discussed between sources in US intelligence and a private security firm that spied extensively on the WikiLeaks co-founder, a court has been told. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/30/us-intelligence-sources-discussed-poisoning-julian-assange-court-told
US intelligence sources discussed poisoning Julian Assange, court told

Extradition hearing told spying operation at Ecuador embassy included plot to take baby’s nappy

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/30/us-intelligence-sources-discussed-poisoning-julian-assange-court-told
The unprecedented and illegal campaign to eliminate Julian Assange https://interc.pt/3nnMaHG 
The Unprecedented and Illegal Campaign to Eliminate Julian Assange

Assange would never receive a fair trial in the U.S., but he’s not receiving one in Britain either.

https://interc.pt/3nnMaHG
UK judge says it would be ‘oppressive’ to extradite WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, to US, to face charged of espionage and hacking govt computers, citing concerns for his mental health

Lawyer for US are to appeal against the ruling https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/04/julian-assange-cannot-be-extradited-to-us-british-judge-rules
Julian Assange cannot be extradited to US, British judge rules

Appeal expected against the ruling, which comes after weeks of hearings at the Old Bailey

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/04/julian-assange-cannot-be-extradited-to-us-british-judge-rules
Good thread to understand this ruling https://twitter.com/jameeljaffer/status/1346081420683452418
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