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So I think many people are not aware about the current state of Julien Assange, the founder of Wikileaks since he‘s not getting a lot of media attention any more and the news cycle has long moved on.
Around 2 years ago the British courts already ruled that hell be extradited into the Usa where he will spend the rest of his life in jail under according to amnesty International: „a real risk of serious human rights violations including possible detention conditions that would amount to torture and other ill-treatment“. In the Usa he will face charges for his Journalistic practices such as leaking footage of Us soldiers committing war crimes.
Right now he‘s being held in Belmarsh high security prison in the east of London, England. He has been there since two years ago and is currently being held in solitary confinement. While the courts in the Uk already ruled about his extardidment to the Usa two years ago he is right at the moment in the process of making his last appeal. if it fails which it mostly likely will his last chance would be an appeal to the Un human rights comitee. The last appeal in front of the court in the Uk will be held on the 16th and 17th of February.
He is being charged for „being a risk to the national security of the United States of America“ under the 1917 Espionage act which was put in place during the Usa‘s Involvement in the first world war to fight german spy’s in Us Institutions and should have been abolished after the end of it. Instead it stayed in place up until today conveniently giving the Us-Government a reason to jail some of their stongest critics.
You just have to really think about the Implications that this whole case carries with it, if the Us Government can classify every document they don‘t want the public to know about because it would Inform them about their atrocities and crooked doings and everyone leaking them can get charged how can you still talk about a functioning Democracy? Not that I think that any representative democracy especially not the one in the Usa represents the true will of the people. But even taken this aside the rational of a democracy must be that information is somewhat available for voters to base their decision on. The thing is the Us-Government knows and this includes both parties that all of their little war adventures in the middle east and the all civilian casualties, displaced people and other atrocities commited would,even under the most ignorant Americans, raise some eyebrows. THEY FEAR THE TRUTH
And I think all of this is not only typical for the Us but for basically every liberal democracy. Nominally there is a right to free speech for everyone up until the point that you pose a real thread to the Government. And no, the constitution will not defend you because guess what even if there are no convenient laws like the Us espionage act that help to prosecute you, there are all sorts of secret services that don’t give a fuck about the constitution and their only purpose is to do what ever is best for the nation-state they are serving weather that is overthrowing government’s, bribing a court or assasinations doesn’t matter. And if the Usa can keep on silencing its sharpest critics without international condemnation or condemnation by their citizens, other western countries will follow this example and be more confident to prosecute their own critics openly, I do believe this is somewhat of a slippery slope.
There will be some last big demonstrations on the 20th and 21st of February outside of the royal court where the hearings will take place. Demonstrations starting as early as 8:30(GMT) so if you live in the area consider going. And even if you don’t live near london you can still get active, share Information, talk to friends and family, make solidarity graffitis, write an article for a local newspaper or zine, attend solidarity demonstrations or if there are none in your area organize one yourself. Anything really just don‘t look away
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This struggle is not merely about Julien Assange it‘s about press freedom as a whole. And not just in the Us but everywhere, so go and fight for free speech while you still can
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amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/julian-assange-usa-justice/
It cannot be that war crimes are not prosecuted and someone who has provided a platform to reveal them to the world public is prosecuted and punished.
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To make it clear once again whoever publishes war crimes is not a perpetrator!
The question should be were the war criminals in this helicopter held accountable?
A state and no matter which one protects the murderers in its army has no moral compass and has a great humanity deficit.
Due to the following scenes in the movie can be disturbing for sensitive people.
WikiLeaks, a website that publishes anonymously sourced documents, has released a video showing what apparently is a US military helicopter firing at unarmed civilians in Iraq. WikiLeaks said the footage, filmed from a helicopter cockpit, shows a missile strike and shooting on a square in a Baghdad neighbourhood in July 2007. The website said 12 civilians were killed in the attack, including two journalists, Namir Nour El Deen and Saeed Chmagh, who worked for the Reuters news agency. This is the full, unedited version of the footage.
Anyone with a moral compass knows that there is no secret betrayal when it comes to war crimes.
Any law system that treats the other is inherently wrong and does not serve equality but only state interests.
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Julian Assange is finally free again!
The founder of the Wikileaks whistleblowing platform left prison in London today and is on his way to the US Mariana Islands in the Pacific. He is due to appear before a US court there on Wednesday. A deal with the US Department of Justice ensures that he will then be allowed to return to his home in Australia as a free man.
Julian Assange's release from prison is an incredibly important success for freedom of expression and freedom of the press worldwide. The following applies to media professionals all over the world: Anyone who reports on human rights violations and possible war crimes must not be penalised for doing so!
The USA should never have made the espionage allegations. Imprisoning Assange in a high-security prison for five years should never have happened. People all over the world have been protesting against this for years - on the streets and online. Without this campaign, Assange would not be on his way to freedom today.
The picture shows people holding up signs for Julian Assange and a woman speaking into a microphone
Many thanks to everyone who stood up for Julian Assange!
We need your support to continue to fight for the right to freedom of expression and freedom of the press worldwide!
It is not a crime to publicise war crimes.
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We call ourselves civilised, and we should be proud of that! But anyone who legitimises injustice in any way, for any reason, is in truth without civilisation.
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