{"id":8456,"date":"2020-11-30T11:12:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=6753"},"modified":"2020-11-30T11:12:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:12:21","slug":"assange-update-covid-19-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Assange Update: COVID-19 outbreak in Belmarsh &#038; Possibility of a Pardon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>Julian Assange Update: COVID-19 outbreak in Belmarsh &amp; Possibility of a Pardon<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this video, we provide the latest update on the Julian Assange case. Following a COVID-19 outbreak in Belmarsh prison, Assange chose not to attend his latest hearing for fear of contracting the virus. Belmarsh prison is on a strict lockdown due to a recent increase in positive cases. As a result, RSF and Doctors 4 Assange have called for Assange\u2019s immediate release from prison. In addition, we examine the possibility of President Trump issuing a preemptive pardon to Julian Assange following a heartfelt plea from his fiance Stella Moris on social media.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To read the transcript of this video:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julian-Assange-Update_-COVID-19-outbreak-in-Belmarsh-Possibility-of-a-Pardon.pdf\">Julian Assange Update: COVID-19 outbreak in Belmarsh &amp; Possibility of a Pardon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>To watch our previous updates on this case,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2MZhjAh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO:\u00a0Julian Assange Update: COVID-19 outbreak in Belmarsh &amp; Possibility of a Pardon<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Julian Assange Update: COVID-19 outbreak in Belmarsh &amp; Possibility of a Pardon\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eIqVtioiAs8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch more of our videos on this topic or with other experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin, Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Jill Stein, Daniel Ellsberg, etc, please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT TAYLOR HUDAK<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hudak_taylor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hudak_taylor-150x150.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hudak_taylor-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hudak_taylor-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hudak_taylor.png 606w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Taylor Hudak<\/strong>\u00a0is a journalist and editor with acTVism Munich. She is the\u00a0co-founder of the decentralized activist organization Action 4 Assange.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor has advocated for targeted persons serving as a spokesperson for exiled kiwi journalist Suzie Dawson\u2019s 1vs5i and Protect Suzie campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor holds a BA in English from Kent State University and is currently a master\u2019s candidate in journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Taylor on Twitter at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_taylorhudak?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@_taylorhudak<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, we provide the latest update on the Julian Assange case. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[],"channel":[],"class_list":["post-8456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-politics"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Assange Update: COVID-19 outbreak in Belmarsh<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/politics\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Julian Assange Update: COVID-19 outbreak in Belmarsh &amp; Possibility of a Pardon - acTVism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/politics\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"acTVism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/acTVism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-30T10:12:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"atv_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@acTVismMunich\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@acTVismMunich\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"atv_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/politics\\\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/politics\\\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"atv_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bc2c8684912eb2289fe0009f5ca451d6\"},\"headline\":\"Julian Assange Update: COVID-19 outbreak in Belmarsh &#038; Possibility of a Pardon\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-30T10:12:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/politics\\\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":566,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/politics\\\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"LATEST\",\"OUR CONTENT\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/politics\\\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/politics\\\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/politics\\\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\\\/\",\"name\":\"Assange Update: COVID-19 outbreak in Belmarsh\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/politics\\\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/politics\\\/assange-update-covid-19-outbreak\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-30T10:12:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"In this video, we provide the latest update on the Julian Assange case. 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