/channels/taxonomy/term/6888/all en /channels/channels/news/expert-extradition-trial-julian-assange-320809 <p>The U.S. government began outlining its extradition case against Julian Assange in a London court on February 24, arguing that the WikiLeaks founder is not a free-speech champion but an "ordinary" criminal who put many lives at risk with his secret-spilling. U.S. authorities want to try Assange on espionage charges that carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison over the 2010 publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military documents and diplomatic cables. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/london-assange-extradition-hearing-1.5473468">CBC News</a>)</p> Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:42:00 +0000 webfull 159145 at /channels /channels/news/expert-turkey-july-21-2016-261794 <p>"Turkey has banned all academics from leaving the country, cancelling their annual leave, as President Tayyip Erdogan's post-coup crackdown escalated to 'exceptional proportions'. One British academic at a state-run university in Istanbul told the Telegraph that foreign nationals had also been told to come back to work." (<em><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/20/turkey-bans-academics-from-leaving-country-in-unprecedented-crac/">The Telegraph</a></em>)</p> Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:03:52 +0000 webfull 119986 at /channels