The Organizers of a Major U.K. Exhibition Used My Name to Promote Their Show. But They Were Too Afraid to Embrace My Ideas
https://news.artnet.com/opinion/ai-weiwei-the-great-big-art-exhibition-1975114

This time, for the design of the postcard I included a sketch from my 2015 work All Fingers Must Point Down on the reverse side. On the front is an image of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s treadmill, which was given to me in October 2016 as a present some months after I interviewed him in summer 2016 while he was seeking asylum at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, before he was detained by the British authorities in April 2019. I am a strong supporter of Assange because I firmly believe in the importance of investigative journalism in a civil society. As I felt that I did not have the chance to do justice to Assange’s story, the combination between my encounter with him and my ongoing interest in sending letters to political prisoners was crystallised into Postcard for Political Prisoners. It is a project which not only shows care to political prisoners, but it also encourages participants to reflect upon the relationship between the freedom that they enjoy and the price these fighters pay for that freedom.

Geneva calls for the release of Julian Assange
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djF6LDM1Kk8



In the name of the humanitarian values rooted in Geneva, City of Peace and Human Rights, a dozen personalities, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer and the Mayor of Geneva, are mobilizing on June 4 to launch the “Geneva Call to Free Assange” #GVA_FreeAssange. The “AnythingToSay” statue dedicated to whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning as well as to Julian Assange will be installed at the same time on the Pâquis pier in front of the Geneva Jet d’eau.

Světový den svobody tisku je pro Juliana Assange jen dalším dnem ve vězení | NWOO.ORG
http://www.nwoo.org/2021/05/06/svetovy-den-svobody-tisku-je-pro-juliana-assange-jen-dalsim-dnem-ve-vezeni/

„Zatímco americký prezident Joe Biden oslavil Světový den svobody tisku a chválil hrdinská nezávislá média, jeho vláda se stále snaží dosáhnout doživotního věznění Juliana Assangea z platformy WikiLeaks za žurnalistiku“, řekl slavný whistleblower americké národní bezpečnostní služby (NSA) Edward Snowden. Vyjádřil se tak v pondělí, poté, co se ministr zahraničí USA Antony Blinken chlubil oddaností USA k „svobodě tisku“ a „bezpečnosti novinářů po celém světě“. Assangeovo pokračující stíhání je v přímém rozporu s těmito slovy, řekl Snowden. "Bylo by přesvědčivější, kdyby Bílý dům vytrvale neusiloval o 175letý trest pro vydavatele oceňované žurnalistiky globálního významu - navzdory prosbám snad každé významné organizace svobody tisku a lidských práv," tweetoval Snowden.

Lightning Talks: Assange Case - Next Steps mp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhm3MQTAdRM

TADEAS:

Aaron Maté @aaronjmate
https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1370583626170171394

On why five ex-OPCW officials have joined Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, Lawrence Wilkerson, Tulsi Gabbard and other prominent signatories to urge the OPCW to address the cover-up of a Syria chemical weapons probe & hear out the dissenting scientists

Statement of Concern: The OPCW investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in Douma, Syria | Courage Foundation
https://couragefound.org/...n-the-opcw-investigation-of-alleged-chemical-weapons-use-in-douma-syria/

Julian Assange's father takes freedom fight to Canberra | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/...julian-assanges-father-takes-freedom-fight-to-canberra/?cs=14260

L'Italia si schieri in difesa di Assange. Petizione a Di Maio e Mattarella - WORLD AFFAIRS - L'Antidiplomatico
https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/...i_in_difesa_di_assange_petizione_a_di_maio_e_mattarella/82_40224/

Stefania Maurizi @SMaurizi
https://twitter.com/SMaurizi/status/1371753464578080770

My lawyers and I have submitted a criminal complaint against #UCGlobal for allegedly spying on me during my meetings with Julian #Assange at the #EcuadorianEmbassy. We asked @fnsi ( the Italian Union of Professional Journalists) to intervene

Matt Taibi - Daniel Ellsberg Talks About Whistleblowing, the Pervasiveness Of Official Lies, and the Dangers of the Espionage Act
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/daniel-ellsberg-talks-about-whistleblowing-d2e

Trevor Timm @trevortimm
https://twitter.com/trevortimm/status/1372894819748618240

Here’s a former NSA lawyer arguing the Biden admin must continue Trump’s Assange prosecution *specifically because it will allow the US gov to charge other journalists*

The Biden administration should think twice about walking away from prosecuting Julian Assange • Penn Law
https://www.law.upenn.edu/.../11057-the-biden-administration-should-think-twice-about/news/cerl-news

#FreeAssange Telethon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MAPtdKWwwE