From New York, this is democracy now.

In my own mind, there's no doubt that he's being wrongfully detained by Russia, which

is exactly what I said to Foreign Minister Lavrov when I spoke to him over the weekend.

It insisted that Evan be released immediately.

The United States is denouncing Russia for detaining Wall Street Journal reporter Evan

Gerstovich on espionage charges.

We'll speak to Evan's close friend and reporting colleague Josh Affa of the New Yorker magazine.

We'll also look at the continued imprisonment in London of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

From Tuesday, reporters without borders was denied entry to see him at the Belmarsh

prison.

No NGO has been allowed to visit Assange since his arrest four years ago.

We'll speak to the head of reporters without borders.

We take the opportunity of being here today, again, in front of this jail, to colon for

his release.

Julian Assange has made a big, very important, crucial contribution to journalism.

He made possible the revelations of war crimes.

Then the undertow, scenes from a slow civil war, will speak with Dartmouth professor Jeff

Charlottes, who is a new book on rising fascism in the United States.

Welcome to democracy now, democracy now, org the war in peace report.

I'm Amy Goodman.

Israeli police raided the Al-Aksa Mosk compound in occupied East Jerusalem for a second

straight night attacking and forcibly removing Palestinians who were praying during the

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