Ewen MacAskill

All Assange did was embarrass the US government. He is held in Britain's high security jail, Belmarsh, This will be his fifth Christmas in the jail. Within hours of a pending court ruling, he could be on a flight to the US. This would set a terrible precedent for journalism. 3/3

The US indictment under the Espionage Act is solely about 2010 leaks reported by The Guardian, the New York Times, Le Monde and provided insights into the conduct of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and what US diplomats were doing worldwide. 2/2 act.progressive.international/belmarsh/

I am pleased to be taking part in a panel this Saturday at the National Press Club in Washington DC to make a case against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US. 1/3 act.progressive.international/belmarsh/

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‘’We trusted the government not to screw us. But they did. We trusted the tech companies not to take advantage of us. But they did. That will happen again: it’s the nature of power” @Snowden⁩ 10 years on. By ⁦@ewenmacaskill⁩ theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

They did.

Snowden: "No regrets." Surveillance tools in 2013 "child's play" compared with today. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j…

On the panel are: #journalismmatters 1. @ewenmacaskill, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist 2. @mohamed_kawmani - Coach/Investigative journalist- @ARIJNetwork Host: @DeborahKellyTV , Director of Training and Communications. Co-host: @RSF_inter #WPFD23

This filter's called dramatic cool, a good description of Evan Gershkovich, the @WSJ reporter wrongly jailed in Russia for the past four weeks. #IStandWithEvan #JournalismIsNotACrime

.@GNev2 @zonal_marking @rioferdy5 @themichaelowen @aguerosergiokun @Cristiano @WayneRooney @Auba @bukayosaka Evan Gershkovich would love your support too #IStandWithEvan 🙏 @GaryLineker 😊

@alexandraheal @sternfellowship @washingtonpost Congratulations. Lovely to chat to you last night. You will have a brilliant time.

*Beyond, beyond, beyond* excited to have just been named this year's @sternfellowship winner! Hasn't quite sunk in that I'm going to be spending four months at a newsroom as prestigious as The @washingtonpost and travelling all over the US of A No emoji sums up my feelings rn

I was pleased to be interviewed for this US documentary on Julian Assange by Al Jazeera's Fault Lines. Assange has been in Belmarsh Prison since 2019 awaiting what will be, inevitably, extradition to the US. It is a terrible precedent for press freedom. aje.me/JulianAssange

This is the best prize for young British journalists. Three months working in Washington Post and chance to explore the US. Deadline for applications Friday.

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Biden faces growing pressure to drop charges against Julian Assange theguardian.com/media/2022/dec…

‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges theguardian.com/media/2022/nov…

Lest we forget….

How not to endear yourself to Tory MPs. Johnson says he intends to stay PM into 2030s. reuters.com/authors/andrew…