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    KAILASHWikileaks - Assange - Revolution now! + Anonymous + Bradley Manning a Snowden
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    The "Assange Precedent": The threat to the media posed by Trump's prosecution of Julian Assange - Defend WikiLeaks Defend WikiLeaks
    https://defend.wikileaks.org/...e-threat-to-the-media-posed-by-trumps-prosecution-of-julian-assange/

    The US seeks to apply its laws to European journalists and publishers and at the same time strip them of constitutional rights, effectively turning Europe into a legal Guantanamo Bay, where US criminal laws are asserted, but US rights are withheld. In April 2017, CIA director Mike Pompeo said that “Julian Assange has no First Amendment privileges. He is not a U.S. citizen.” He stated:

    “We have to recognize that we can no longer allow Assange and his colleagues the latitude to use free speech values against us. To give them the space to crush us with misappropriated secrets is a perversion of what our great Constitution stands for. It ends now.”[10]

    But while rejecting any rights under the first amendment, which guarantees free speech and freedom of the media under the US Constitution, the US believes it still has a right to prosecute a non-US publisher in Europe.
    Alan Rusbridger, former editor of The Guardian:

    “Journalists – whatever they think of Julian Assange – should defend his First Amendment rights”.[11]

    James Goodale, the lawyer representing the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case, put it succinctly:

    “… the prosecution of Assange goes a step further. He’s not a source, he is a publisher who received information from sources. The danger to journalists can’t be overstated… As a matter of fact, a charge against Assange for ‘conspiring’ with a source is the most dangerous charge that I can think of with respect to the First Amendment in almost all my years representing media organizations. The reason is that one who is gathering/writing/distributing the news, as the law stands now, is free and clear under the First Amendment. If the government is able to say a person who is exempt under the First Amendment then loses that exemption because that person has “conspired” with a source who is subject to the Espionage Act or other law, then the government has succeeded in applying the standard to all news-gathering. That will mean that the press’ ability to get newsworthy classified information from government sources will be severely curtailed, because every story that is based on leaked info will theoretically be subject to legal action by the government. It will be up to the person with the information to prove that they got it without violating the Espionage Act. This would be, in my view, the worst thing to happen to the First Amendment — almost ever.” [12]
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    Flashpoints – March 11, 2019 – KPFA
    https://kpfa.org/episode/flashpoints-march-11-2019/

    In an interview on Radio KPFA, John Pilger describes the significance - and injustice - of the recent jailing of Chelsea Manning
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    The alleged "CIA Snowden", Joshua Schulte, who the US claims is the whistleblower behind the largest CIA leak to the public in history (WikiLeaks' #Vault7), is on remand in New York--the media capital of US, facing 160 years. Dramatic, but almost total silence.
    https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1106025553042305025


    Alleged CIA leaker: Manhattan jail is worse than North Korea
    https://nypost.com/2018/10/29/alleged-cia-leaker-manhattan-jail-is-worse-than-north-korea/
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    FBI Whistleblower on Pierre Omidyar's Campaign to Neuter Wikileaks
    https://www.mintpressnews.com/...histleblower-on-pierre-omidyar-campaign-to-neuter-wikileaks/236414/

    Palantir: A Weapon in the War Against Whistleblowers and WikiLeaks
    https://www.mintpressnews.com/...es-a-weapon-in-the-war-against-whistleblowers-and-wikileaks/236545/

    Displacing WikiLeaks and Intercepting Whistleblowers: SecureDrop’s Security Problem
    https://www.mintpressnews.com/...placing-wikileaks-is-securedrop-a-government-leak-graveyard/238339/

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    The Intercept (First Look Media Inc, controlled & funded by Ebay/Paypal billionaire @Pierre Omidyar) shuts down Snowden archive publishing after revealing less than 10% after five years [Guardian, WaPo even less]. Complaint by Laura Poitras to CEO Michael Bloom h/t

    https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1106052974885908480

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    tak doufam, ze se bud poitras nebo nekdo dalsi, kdo ma nekde u babicky na pude schovanej celej ten archiv nasere a releasne to komplet .)
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    Met Police collaborated with US prosecutors in WikiLeaks investigation
    https://www.computerweekly.com/...Police-collaborated-with-US-prosecutors-in-WikiLeaks-investigation

    The Met’s involvement in the US investigation emerged when Brian Wilson, senior information manager at the information rights unit of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), wrote to Maurizi on 30 January 2019.

    The letter confirmed that the Met had shared correspondence with the US Department of Justice referring to one or more of three named WikiLeaks British editorial staff – including two British citizens – between June 2013 and June 2017.

    ...

    Estelle Dehon, a public law barrister representing Maurizi, said the letter made it clear that the MPS had been asked to assist with the US DOJ investigation into WikiLeaks, and potentially Assange and other WikiLeaks staff.

    “This is the first time that such potential cooperation has been confirmed,” she said. “It is still unclear who or what is the subject of such an investigation, but confirmation that investigation involving UK authorities was ongoing between 2013 and 2017 is, in and of itself, new.”

    The Met’s use of political and diplomatic exemption to refuse to disclose the correspondence under the Freedom of Information Act also revealed a clear political involvement in the case, she said.

    ...

    Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor in chief of WikiLeaks, said Maurizi’s Freedom of Information disclosures raised important public interest issues.

    “We already have confirmation that an indictment against Assange has been issued under seal as well as an extradition request. Previous FOIA requests have shed light on how the UK Crown Prosecution Service was instrumental in driving onward the Swedish investigation into Julian Assange, years after the Swedes wanted to drop the investigation,” he said.

    Hrafnsson accused the Metropolitan Police of using national security as a pretext to quash press freedom in its refusal to release the correspondence with the US.
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    EU on path towards whistleblower protection
    https://euobserver.com/institutional/144383
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    Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify to grand jury in WikiLeaks case | US news | The Guardian
    https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/08/chelsea-manning-judge-jails-wikileaks-case
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    Home Page - Defend WikiLeaks Defend WikiLeaks
    https://defend.wikileaks.org/

    The US Department of Justice has run an unprecedented and wide-ranging investigation into WikiLeaks for its publishing and sourcing work since 2010. It has involved paid informers, illegal interrogations in Europe and secret search warrants. Recently CIA Director Mike Pompeo called WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service.”

    Offences cited through the investigation, and allegedly in the charges, include conspiracy, espionage and theft of government property. Recent reports cite Cablegate, the Iraq and Afghan War Logs and Vault 7 publications as well as WikiLeaks’ work in getting NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden asylum, as key to the investigation.

    This is about more than one publisher – it is about press freedom more broadly and the steady erosion of the First Amendment in the United States. The Obama Administration prosecuted more whistleblowers than all presidents before combined, and ran the longest investigation into a publisher ever in the US with its WikiLeaks Grand Jury. It has continued to the point where Trump’s Department of Justice has stated that charging WikiLeaks Editor, Julian Assange, is now a “priority”.

    Courage’s chief demand is for the US to close the Grand Jury investigation into WikiLeaks and to drop any charges against any WikiLeaks staff. Courage’s campaign for WikiLeaks is launched on this new site, along with information on the continuing work of WikiLeaks and the actions taken against it.
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    MEPs Briefing - Defend WikiLeaks Defend WikiLeaks
    https://defend.wikileaks.org/2019/03/04/meps-briefing/

    Julian Assange has exposed serious US spying and economic sabotage against the EU and its member states, including Germany, France and Italy. He has spoken at the European Parliament on numerous occasions in relation to freedom of expression and the fight against corruption.

    WikiLeaks has always published from EU and EEA member states: France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, Norway and Iceland.

    Mr Assange was living in France until he was detained when visiting the UK to assist the Guardian publish “Cablegate”. His young children are in France.

    “Brexit” will prevent him using the Court of Justice of the European Union and other EU mechanisms to secure his freedom.
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    John Pilger - Rally to Free Julian Assange
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpPe1Q_cZO8
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    John Pilger: From Room 101 the Prisoner Says No to Big Brother
    https://www.mintpressnews.com/from-room-101-the-prisoner-says-no-to-big-brother/255825/


    Whenever I visit Julian Assange, we meet in a room he knows too well. There is a bare table and pictures of Ecuador on the walls. There is a bookcase where the books never change. The curtains are always drawn and there is no natural light. The air is still and fetid.

    This is Room 101.

    Before I enter Room 101, I must surrender my passport and phone. My pockets and possessions are examined. The food I bring is inspected.


    The man who guards Room 101 sits in what looks like an old-fashioned telephone box. He watches a screen, watching Julian. There are others unseen, agents of the state, watching and listening.

    Cameras are everywhere in Room 101. To avoid them, Julian maneuvers us both into a corner, side by side, flat up against the wall. This is how we catch up: whispering and writing to each other on a notepad, which he shields from the cameras. Sometimes we laugh.

    I have my designated time slot. When that expires, the door in Room 101 bursts open and the guard says, “Time is up!” On New Year’s Eve, I was allowed an extra 30 minutes and the man in the phone box wished me a happy new year, but not Julian.

    Of course, Room 101 is the room in George Orwell’s prophetic novel, 1984, where the thought police watched and tormented their prisoners, and worse until people surrendered their humanity and principles and obeyed Big Brother.


    Julian Assange will never obey Big Brother. His resilience and courage are astonishing, even though his physical health struggles to keep up.

    Julian is a distinguished Australian, who has changed the way many people think about duplicitous governments. For this, he is a political refugee subjected to what the United Nations calls “arbitrary detention”.

    The UN says he has the right of free passage to freedom, but this is denied. He has the right to medical treatment without fear of arrest, but this is denied. He has the right to compensation, but this is denied.

    As founder and editor of WikiLeaks, his crime has been to make sense of dark times. WikiLeaks has an impeccable record of accuracy and authenticity which no newspaper, no TV channel, no radio station, no BBC, no New York Times, no Washington Post, no Guardian can equal. Indeed, it shames them.


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    The persecution of Julian Assange is the conquest of us all: of our independence, our self-respect, our intellect, our compassion, our politics, our culture.

    So stop scrolling. Organize. Occupy. Insist. Persist. Make a noise. Take direct action. Be brave and stay brave. Defy the thought police.

    War is not peace, freedom is not slavery, ignorance is not strength. If Julian can stand up, so can you: so can all of us.
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    Julian Assange granted new passport by Australia amid ongoing international impasse: Report - Washington Times
    https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/21/julian-assange-granted-new-passport-by-australia-a/
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    John Pilger calls for participation in demonstrations to demand the freedom of Julian Assange - World Socialist Web Site
    https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/18/jpst-f18.html

    February 17, 2019

    The miscarriage of justice against Julian Assange is epic in its meaning for a civilised, democratic way of life. The abuse of Julian on a daily basis is an abuse of us all, because it denies rights without which we descend into fascism.

    That descent is vivid in the outrage of Julian's confinement, in the denial of international law in his case and in his casting as an outlaw by a collusive media.

    This loss of freedom applies to us: in the extreme politics of everyday life, in the fraud of “austerity” and in a state of permanent war against refugees and false enemies.

    Standing up for the rights of Julian Assange is standing up for freedom in its purest sense. That is why the SEP rallies on 3 March in Sydney and 10 March in Melbourne are so urgent.

    Please join us.

    John Pilger
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    Acclaimed musician Roger Waters calls on people to demonstrate in Australia to defend Julian Assange - World Socialist Web Site
    https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/11/rwed-f11.html
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    Geneva (the city) passes resolution that Switzerland should give Julian Assange asylum.

    La Ville de Genève veut que la Suisse propose l'asile à Julian Assange - rts.ch - Genève
    https://www.rts.ch/...46-la-ville-de-geneve-veut-que-la-suisse-propose-l-asile-a-julian-assange.html
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    Australian diplomats visit Assange, told of 'deteriorating health'
    https://www.smh.com.au/...-diplomats-visit-assange-told-of-deteriorating-health-20190201-p50uyq.html

    Australian diplomats have reportedly visited Julian Assange in Ecuador’s embassy in London to hear firsthand about what his lawyer says is his “deteriorating health”.

    Greg Barns, an Australian lawyer and adviser to Assange and WikiLeaks, revealed the visit had taken place.

    He said he and his colleagues will now directly appeal to Foreign Minister Marise Payne to petition the UK government to let Assange leave the embassy for urgent medical care without being arrested.




    Tony Kevin, a former Australian ambassador, defends Julian Assange & WikiLeaks & reveals a plan to get him safely from Ecuador’s London embassy back to Australia. He is interviewed by CN Editor Joe Lauria for Unity4J.

    CN Radio: Australian Ambassador Tony Kevin's Plan to Free Julian Assange
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjqsbyGGUIE


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    http://www.ecuadorenvivo.com/...dor-con-solicitud-de-medidas-cautelares-de-assange.html#.XFN2KYGJLIU

    The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has notified the Ecuadorian State with the request for precautionary measures presented by Julian Assange's lawyers and has asked him to provide information on the situation of the asylee at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

    The notification arrived on January 29 and "after the Ecuadorian justice twice established the legality of the 'Special Protocol of Visits, Communications and Medical Care' to Mr. Julian Paul Assange," which guarantees both the rights of the founder of WikiLeaks and the fulfillment of his obligations as an asylee, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

    The request for precautionary measures is based on the "existence of a potential risk" for Assange, for which they request the IACHR to "require Ecuador to end the situation of isolation" of the same.

    Also that the State be requested to guarantee the privacy of the Australian "of illegitimate interference and attacks against his honor, in particular of espionage within the diplomatic mission against him and his lawyers".

    In addition, that prevents "the delivery of Mr. Assange to any country that does not give guarantees of non-extradition to the United States."

    According to the Foreign Ministry, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the IACHR, "Ecuador will respond promptly to the request of the Commission, with the certainty that it has guaranteed the human rights of Mr. Assange during his stay in the Ecuadorian diplomatic mission as an asylee political, since August 16, 2012 ".

    It adds that the IACHR will proceed with the analysis of the documentation received, in order to issue its decision
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