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Jump To Comment: 4 3 2 1The House of Commons will, on Monday, debate and vote on demands to change the extradition treaty between the UK and US to provide better protection for British citizens.
It will also call for reform of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) which can see individuals face transfer to other countries on suspicion of the most minor offences.
It is likely Parliament will vote in favour of reform which will put Mr Cameron in a difficult corner, especially as America is opposed to change.
However, earlier this year the Prime Minister seized on a similar MP debate, on prisoner voting rights, to argue with Europe that the will of Parliament cannot be ignored.
It is welcome news for the families of Britons facing extradition, particularly Janis Sharp, the mother of Gary McKinnon, the autism sufferer wanted by American authorities to answer computer hacking charges.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8924012/Parlia....html
US targets WikiLeaks like no other organisation
Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/us-tar....html
Assange and Rudd: the Australian government’s strange lack of curiosity
Crikey
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/24/julian-assange-kevi...tion/
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has launched the website's new project - the publication of hundreds of files detailing a global industry that gives governments tools to spy on their citizens.
They reveal the activities of about 160 companies in 25 countries that develop technologies to allow the tracking and monitoring of individuals by their mobile phones, email accounts and internet browsing histories.
"Today we release over 287 files documenting the reality of the international mass surveillance industry - an industry which now sells equipment to dictators and democracies alike in order to intercept entire populations," Assange told reporters in London on Thursday.
He said that in the past 10 years it had grown from a covert industry that primarily supplied government intelligence agencies such as the NSA in the United States and Britain's GCHQ, to a huge transnationalARTICLE CONTINUED...
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/12228339/wikil...stry/
YOUTUBE (6 mins) 'Assange Subterranean Homesick Blues'
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YOUTUBE (5 mins) Julian Assage has been under house arrest in Britain for 357 days. This vid was made about his house arrest after 191 days house arrest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIqNbtMDUk4
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