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Free Julian Assange


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2021 May 9, 11:11am   26,838 views  192 comments

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https://greenwald.substack.com/p/antony-blinken-continues-to-lecture

How can you feign anger over others’ attacks on a free press when you imprison Assange as punishment for his vital revelations about U.S. officials?

Continuing his world tour doling out righteous lectures to the world, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday proclaimed — in a sermon you have to hear to believe — that few things are more sacred in a democracy than “independent journalism.” ...

That the Biden administration is such a stalwart believer in the sanctity of independent journalism and is devoted to defending it wherever it is threatened would come as a great surprise to many, many people. Among them would be Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks and the person responsible for breaking more major stories about the actions of top U.S. officials than virtually all U.S. journalists employed in the corporate press combined.

Currently, Assange is sitting in a cell in the British high-security Belmarsh prison because the Biden administration is not only trying to extradite him to stand trial on espionage charges for having published documents embarrassing to the U.S. Government and the Democratic Party but also has appealed a British judge's January ruling rejecting that extradition request. The Biden administration is doing all of this, noted The New York Times, despite the fact that “human rights and civil liberties groups had asked the [administration] to abandon the effort to prosecute Mr. Assange, arguing that the case . . . could establish a precedent posing a grave threat to press freedoms” — press freedoms, exactly the value which Blinken just righteously spent the week celebrating and vowing to uphold. ...

It is hardly new for the U.S. to dole out lectures which the rest of the world recognizes as complete farces. In 2015, then-President Obama was prancing around India giving lectures on the importance of human rights, only to cut short his trip to fly to Saudi Arabia, where he met numerous top officials of the U.S. Government to pay homage to Saudi King Abdullah, their long-time close and highly repressive ally whose totalitarian regime Obama did so much to fortify.


This is one of Trump's failings as well. He should have pardoned both Assange and Snowden.

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148   Patrick   2024 Jan 7, 3:17pm  


Whereas the disclosure of this information promoted public transparency through the exposure of the hiring of child prostitutes by Defense Department contractors, friendly fire incidents, human rights abuses, civilian killings, and United States use of psychological warfare;

Whereas, in 2018, Mr. Assange was charged with one count under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for alleged conspiracy to help a United States Army intelligence analyst access Defense Department computers without authorization;

Whereas the charge under the CFAA was despite the fact that said intelligence analyst already had access to the mentioned computer, that the purported breaching of the Defense Department computers was impossible, and that there was no proof Mr. Assange had any contact with said intelligence analyst;
150   Bd6r   2024 Jan 20, 1:00am  

Any bets as to St Trump pardoning Assange when he gets elected? Or will it be another choice of an asshat such as Pompeo as CIA chief who will plot to murder him?
152   fdhfoiehfeoi   2024 Jan 23, 8:38am  

Bd6r says

Any bets as to St Trump pardoning Assange when he gets elected? Or will it be another choice of an asshat such as Pompeo as CIA chief who will plot to murder him?


Won't happen, he's part of the establishment. Don't believe me, see how many pardons he issued for Assange last go-round.
155   AD   2024 Feb 18, 9:51pm  

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Assange is still in Belmarsh Prison in London.

Deep State career bureaucracy wants him in the USA for an espionage trial since they charge he got Chelsea Manning to provide him video that was marked classified.

Since Deep State wants him, then likely Biden is putting pressure on British government to get the courts to allow Assange to be extradited to the USA.

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160   Patrick   2024 Feb 28, 12:22pm  

https://nakedemperor.substack.com/p/todays-must-reads-28-february-2024?triedRedirect=true


Members of the Bundestag demand the immediate release of Julian Assange. “The political show trial against Assange must be ended immediately,” says the MPs’ letter, which is available exclusively to the Frankfurter Rundschau. “He is entitled to a fair trial before the European Court of Human Rights.” 75 members of the Bundestag from the traffic light parties signed the appeal. The appeal was coordinated by the Green MP Max Lucks, Frank Schwabe from the SPD and the FDP MP Ulrich Lechte. “His case is emblematic of the state of press freedom in Europe,” said Lucks. “My British colleagues should contact their government and join us in demanding a hearing before the ECHR.”
161   Patrick   2024 Mar 5, 2:29pm  

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/rep-thomas-massie-bring-julian-assanges-brother-bidens/


Rep. Thomas Massie to Bring Julian Assange’s Brother to Biden’s State of the Union Address
163   The_Deplorable   2024 Mar 10, 8:55pm  

Patrick says




You don't need to be a journalist to expose a government that murders unarmed civilians.
164   richwicks   2024 Mar 10, 9:07pm  

The_Deplorable says

Patrick says





You don't need to be a journalist to expose a government that murders unarmed civilians.


I believe that was a post of sarcasm which is why people should avoid using it to get their point across.
165   HeadSet   2024 Mar 11, 7:44am  

richwicks says

I believe that was a post of sarcasm

Yes, the sarcasm being that Assange is not a journalist because actual journalists today work with the government to keep things hidden.
166   richwicks   2024 Mar 11, 9:08am  

HeadSet says

richwicks says


I believe that was a post of sarcasm

Yes, the sarcasm being that Assange is not a journalist because actual journalists today work with the government to keep things hidden.


Call them what they are, propagandists. We have maybe 1/2 dozen well known journalists serving the United States today, and none in corporate media. I don't consider Carlson a journalist, there's a lot of stuff he won't touch. He's never bought up the fact the US overthrew Ukraine, and even though he opposed the Syrian war, he never pointed out the Douma chemical attacks never happened and were falsified.
167   Patrick   2024 Mar 13, 2:32am  

https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/julian-assange-nicht-nur-olaf-scholz-spricht-sich-gegen-seine-auslieferung-aus


Julian Assange: Not only Olaf Scholz speaks out against his extradition

Europe's Olaf Scholz surprises with words against the extradition of Julian Assange to the USA. In the European Parliament, politicians are calling for an end to the perfidious persecution of the journalist.
168   richwicks   2024 Mar 13, 4:55am  

Patrick says

Europe's Olaf Scholz surprises with words against the extradition of Julian Assange to the USA. In the European Parliament, politicians are calling for an end to the perfidious persecution of the journalist.


This is years too late.

It's just an attempt to regain credibility. If they spoke out when he was in the embassy (which was just an apartment BTW), that would have taken some tiny amount of courage. This is orchestration. Julian Assange is a vegetable now. He's been destroyed.
172   gabbar   2024 Mar 30, 9:14am  

The_Deplorable says




https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1772627127432548544

Assange is a Australian citizen. Their silence makes Australia a cuck nation?
173   The_Deplorable   2024 Mar 30, 1:58pm  

gabbar says
"Assange is a Australian citizen. Their silence makes Australia a cuck nation?"

No. Australia is demanding his immediate release. See "Australia's parliament has passed a motion calling on the US and
UK to release Julian Assange, ahead of a crucial legal hearing." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68302206
175   Patrick   2024 Mar 31, 9:12pm  

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2024/03/the-fight-to-save-julian-assange


The High Court this week had one job: to decide whether Julian Assange should be granted a full appeal hearing or whether he should be immediately extradited to the US to face trial. Given two clear options they decided to do neither. Instead, with Assange approaching five years in Belmarsh high security prison, they decided to wait for even longer before making a final decision.

This latest delay is because the Court has asked the US government to supply ‘assurances’ that if Assange is put on trial in the US, he will be treated as if he were a US citizen, not a foreigner; that he will be guaranteed First Amendment freedom of speech protections; and that he will not face the death penalty. If the US fails to provide such assurances, then the judges will reconvene and grant a full appeal hearing. If its assurances satisfy the Court, then the extradition will proceed. All this will be argued through at yet another hearing on 20 May.
176   richwicks   2024 Mar 31, 9:15pm  

The_Deplorable says

gabbar says

"Assange is a Australian citizen. Their silence makes Australia a cuck nation?"

No. Australia is demanding his immediate release. See "Australia's parliament has passed a motion calling on the US and
UK to release Julian Assange, ahead of a crucial legal hearing." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68302206


Australia has done nothing for nearly a decade. It wasn't Australia that gave Assange asylum after all, it was Ecuador. You know what the Ecuadorian embassy is? It's a one room apartment in an apartment complex.
177   fdhfoiehfeoi   2024 Apr 1, 7:20am  

Patrick says

This latest delay is because the Court has asked the US government to supply ‘assurances’ that if Assange is put on trial in the US, he will be treated as if he were a US citizen, not a foreigner; that he will be guaranteed First Amendment freedom of speech protections;


You mean like the protection that would have prevented charges against him in the first place..?
178   Patrick   2024 May 21, 7:48am  

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/thievery-tuesday-may-21-2024-c-and


In what many will agree was good news yesterday, object of elite hatred and Wikileaker Julian Assange won the right to appeal his extradition to the U.S., for alleged crimes of publishing leaked military documents about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars that embarrassed the United States. The BBC ran the story under the headline, “Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder can challenge US extradition.”

Even more embarrassing for the U.S., the reason the British court gave Assange another chance was because it was unconvinced the U.S. would honor Assange’s constitutional rights, particularly his free-speech rights.

In a short but dramatic ruling yesterday, which was literally the jailed journalist’s last chance to avoid extradition, two senior judges gave Assange permission to appeal the earlier order granting his extradition to the U.S. The judges ruled that Assange must be provided a full appeal in the UK.

The claim is that Assange leaked documents showing how the US military had covered up killing civilians during the Afghanistan war. In other words, the U.S. did what the ICC would consider war crimes, that is if it applied yesterday’s standard to President Obama. Specifically, the U.S. argues Assange “put lives at risk” by failing to redact the names of intelligence agents in the leaked documents.

For some reason, many people think Assange will not receive a fair trial in America. They seem to believe he’ll be relegated to the DOJ’s coach class along with President Trump and the January 6th Capitol tourists. That loss of trust in America’s judicial institutions is a bad sign, given that until recently, the U.S. used to be considered the ‘gold standard’ of justice.

But don’t worry! As we have been repeatedly reassured, we will save democracy by first flattening it into a dead roadside raccoon.
179   HeadSet   2024 May 21, 12:25pm  

Patrick says

The claim is that Assange leaked documents showing how the US military had covered up killing civilians during the Afghanistan war.

.Odd, since Assange is not a US Citizen, but the person who leaked that info to Assange (Manning) was, and that US citizen leaker was pardoned by Obama.
180   AmericanKulak   2024 May 27, 8:34pm  

Trump on Tim Pool, will consider pardoning Assange

https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1795276364691755175

Entire 15-minute interview:

https://videy.co/v?id=OLUsKDbw
183   fdhfoiehfeoi   2024 Jun 25, 12:42pm  

HeadSet says

.Odd, since Assange is not a US Citizen, but the person who leaked that info to Assange (Manning) was, and that US citizen leaker was pardoned by Obama.


By your logic, they should have prosecuted the drug dealers on Silk Road instead of Ross. Stop being logical!!
184   fdhfoiehfeoi   2024 Jun 25, 12:44pm  

Apparently sticking point for Assange was to never set foot in the US, but DOJ had to figure out how to get him to plead guilty without appearing in person. Wonder why he didn't want to visit the land of freedom and opportunity... Actually I don't wonder, smart..
186   FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden   2024 Jun 25, 1:30pm  

nice! have to give Biden admin credit here, he didn’t cuck like Trump on this one.
187   Karloff   2024 Jun 25, 2:04pm  

What were the terms of his plea "deal"?

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