A Timeline Of The End Of Journalism - Things You Won't Learn In The Orwellian (Otherwise Known As The Guardian)
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"I think everybody should take a sober look at the world about us, remember that practically everything that you're told about other countries is untrue; what we're told about ourselves and our great strength and how much loved we are - forget it. Our strength is there but it's the kind of strength that blows off your hand while you hold up the grenade; it's a suicidal strength as well as a murderous one. So here we are, and let us hope it is not the end of the road, even though there's every sign that it is not the yellow brick road up ahead" - Gore Vidal in "History Of The National Security State".
"I think everybody should take a sober look at the world about us, remember that practically everything that you're told about other countries is untrue; what we're told about ourselves and our great strength and how much loved we are - forget it. Our strength is there but it's the kind of strength that blows off your hand while you hold up the grenade; it's a suicidal strength as well as a murderous one. So here we are, and let us hope it is not the end of the road, even though there's every sign that it is not the yellow brick road up ahead" - Gore Vidal in "History Of The National Security State".
Espionage charges were dropped against Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, due to illegal evidence gathering by US. The criminal seizure of Assange’s documents & computer this week is a set up for evidence tampering. Charges against Assange should be dropped. https://t.co/t6SyeuxLHn— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) May 24, 2019
— Daniel Ellsberg (@DanielEllsberg) May 24, 2019
Julian Assange's lawyer @suigenerisjen on the new charges he faces under the Espionage Act: "It is a grave threat to press freedom and should be cause for concern for journalists and publishers everywhere."pic.twitter.com/kAokxgDuLi— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) May 24, 2019
How Many Times Must Assange Be Proven Right Before People Start Listening? https://t.co/mnYXNmGB5S— zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 24, 2019
The fascist nature of the charges against Julian #Assange is demonstrated by those that relate to documents about Guantanamo Bay and "CIA detainee interrogation videos" -- torture videos. If the courts in Britain do not stop this grotesque charade, justice will lose all meaning.— John Pilger (@johnpilger) May 24, 2019
The Department of Justice just declared war––not on Wikileaks, but on journalism itself. This is no longer about Julian Assange: This case will decide the future of media. https://t.co/a5WHmTCDpg— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) May 23, 2019
Assange, @wikileaks & @xychelsea did incalculable service, especially for oppressed peoples, by revealing US crimes and intrigues. They’re paying price for doing the job US regime journalists refuse to do. If you value press freedom as more than a slogan you must stand with them.— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) May 24, 2019
WIKILEAKS RESPONDS TO ESPIONAGE ACT INDICTMENT AGAINST ASSANGE: UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON FREE PRESS pic.twitter.com/F0iUyr0R7F— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 24, 2019
With superseding indictment against Assange, Justice Dept explicitly targets journalism, where govt or military source provides classified documents to media organization, as conspiracy to commit espionage. It's blatant attack on press freedom.— Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola) May 23, 2019
Let's go through the indictment.
BREAKING: For the first time in the history of our country, the government has brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against a publisher for the publication of truthful information. This is a direct assault on the First Amendment. https://t.co/RJxjFPfkHe— ACLU (@ACLU) May 23, 2019
Julian Assange exposes Hillary Clinton’s role in arming head-chopping Al-Qaeda jihadists both in Libya and Syria -> faces up to 170 years in prison on 17 charges.— Sarah Abdallah (@sahouraxo) May 23, 2019
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton -> roams free, does media, gets book deals and receives never-ending celebrity treatment. pic.twitter.com/zHFkVco8Ge
I find no satisfaction in saying ‘I told you so’ to those who for 9 years have scorned us for warning this moment would come. I care for journalism. If you share my feeling you take a stand NOW. Either you are a worthless coward or you defend Assange, WikiLeaks and Journalism. https://t.co/NkUfZWYan8— Kristinn Hrafnsson (@khrafnsson) May 23, 2019
First they came for the whistleblowers, and I did not speak out bc they should’ve gone thru proper channels— unR̶A̶D̶A̶C̶K̶ted (@JesselynRadack) May 24, 2019
Then they came for the hacktivists, and I did not speak up bc they’re kind of odd
Then they came for a publisher, and I did not speak out bc he’s not a “real” publisher
US press—think you’re exempt? Think again. So you can revile, dismiss & attack #Assange but you’re no different from @wikileaks informing public by publishing ‘secrets’ exposing abuse of State & NatSec power. Or turn into presstitutes for gov’t propaganda? https://t.co/KKH4tu2LW7— Thomas Drake (@Thomas_Drake1) May 24, 2019
It's telling that @EDVAnews appears to have obtained an indictment *before* my contempt hearing last week. https://t.co/c6SPE6tYvy— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) May 24, 2019
The war on Julian #Assange is now a war on all. Eighteen absurd charges including espionage send a burning message to every journalist, every publisher. The target today is #Assange. Tomorrow it will be you on the New York Times, you on the BBC. Modern fascism is breaking cover.— John Pilger (@johnpilger) May 23, 2019
The “Assange Precedent”: The threat to the media posed by Trump’s prosecution of Julian #Assange https://t.co/FRKfMNf6Dk https://t.co/Qz3sGV6Abv— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) May 23, 2019
“If anything surfaces, I can assure you it would’ve been planted,” says @wikileaks editor @khrafnsson about Ecuador's seizure of his computers. “Julian isn’t a novice when it comes to security. We expected this to happen." time.”https://t.co/11lWYyayaU— Joshua Goodman (@APjoshgoodman) May 20, 2019
"I want to live in a society in which you can expose #WarCrimes, #MassSurveillance,without spending 7years in jail as @xychelsea did,without being #arbitrarilydetained for 9years as Julian #Assange, without being forced to escape to #Russia, as @snowden" https://t.co/DZpJBsFxsF— stefania maurizi (@SMaurizi) May 18, 2019
Former Ecuadorian diplomat on his country’s treatment of Julian Assange.— The Canary (@TheCanaryUK) May 19, 2019
Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/xdmfpXTYXJ
Read the companion piece here: https://t.co/Ac1JYae4Cb pic.twitter.com/WI6RSOVUs5
I visited Julian #Assange in prison. He has been ill, but his courage is astonishing. He is locked up for up to 23 hours. Let no one doubt he is a political prisoner, fraudulent events in Sweden included. His crime is truthful journalism. Shame on those who feign otherwise.— John Pilger (@johnpilger) May 18, 2019
Lawyer Garzon: "all the international institutions that the defence has petitioned to have found in our favour in respect of the fact that Assange is a victim of arbitrary treatment", cites UN Special Procedures, hte Interamerican Court and Commissionhttps://t.co/eEu7r0SjOc— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) May 18, 2019
** Today, Chelsea was not only put back in jail, but Judge Anthony Trenga ordered her to be fined $500 every day she is in custody after 30 days and $1,000 every day she is in custody after 60 days. This is unprecedented. https://t.co/3AU6ni0ZWz— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) May 16, 2019
The war against the public's right to know continues to rage. The US military-security complex continues its assault on the body and spirit on one of the bravest persons alive: Chelsea Manning. Where are the defenders of liberty and decency? https://t.co/yAPYiqozaC— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) May 17, 2019
The UK courts and tribunals recognise @wikileaks as media organisation and #Assange as a journalist. At least they get this right. So should everyone else. pic.twitter.com/B4nHBgRJhy— Kristinn Hrafnsson (@khrafnsson) May 16, 2019
A democracy that imprisons publishers is not a democracy.— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 15, 2019
Please donate.https://t.co/vvbZBOydoj pic.twitter.com/hvsSgMu9Kb
Why Everyone Who Counts Wants Julian Assange Dead https://t.co/LLTYe90INV— zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 15, 2019
"The authorities care so little about violence against women that they manipulate rape allegations at will, usually to increase their powers, this time to facilitate Assange's extradition or even rendition to the US."https://t.co/EqysNhuGdB— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) May 14, 2019
Important article on the instrumentalisation of the Swedish investigation to distract from US extradition and prosecution of a publisher, which will fatally wound freedom of the press and the protection of journalists from US extradition from Europe.https://t.co/KlxhRe5aVI— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) May 13, 2019
Sweden suppresses vital evidence in the Assange case. Damning texts from the women include: "I did not want to put any charges against JA," and "it was the police who fabricated the charges”. Once extradited, Assange faces a secret trial, with no jury. This is an epic injustice.— John Pilger (@johnpilger) May 13, 2019
So the plan was always to first destroy Julian #Assange name, and turn his support base, progressives, against him, to then smoothly prosecute him for the crime of publishing the truth. Do it as slowly as possible, so people will forget the importance of @wikileaks revelations.— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) May 13, 2019
"This administration clearly wants to go after journalists," says Chelsea Manning @xychelsea.— CNN International (@cnni) May 12, 2019
Manning was just released from prison but faces another subpoena and possibly more jail time for refusing to testify about her disclosure of secrets to Wikileaks https://t.co/qtEjykwCjM pic.twitter.com/jSVyIJc0vI
Note to editors:— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) May 11, 2019
Julian Assange did not seek asylum from extradition to Sweden. He sought asylum from onward extradition to the United States.
UK and Sweden govs refused to guarantee no US extradition.
Read Assange's 2012 asylum application in full:https://t.co/5CLrrSWOGz pic.twitter.com/nrpxeyuYqK
#Assange believed his stay as an asylee in Ecuadorean Embassy would last 6 months to a year. Reality was close to 7 years, a violation of his human rights and creating enduring health effects. My interview w/ @JorgeGestoso for @teleSURtv (in Spanish) https://t.co/4WTCLZKMcr— Sean Love, MD (@SeanLoveMD) May 9, 2019
BREAKING: Chelsea Manning released from Alexandria Detention Center after Grand Jury lapses. Chelsea has been subpoenaed to appear before another Grand Jury May 16, 2019. https://t.co/RW3pkKYAe3— The Sparrow Project (@sparrowmedia) May 10, 2019
A journalist locked 23 hours a day. Political persecution. Inside the EU. Enough reasons for #Switzerland to step in and grant asylum to Julian #Assange https://t.co/f6xJ04Ac0e #Australia is doing nothing to protect a citizen, politically persecuted for over a decade.— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) May 10, 2019
Skepticism is brewing -— Pamela Anderson (@pamfoundation) May 7, 2019
The public know
when they are being misled -
Journalists tend to underestimate people.
There is wisdom on the streets. People can see through
The attempted smears.
Don’t be polite -
Gloves off !
Julian does not belong in prison. #saveassange
With legal battles looming in regard to US extradition of Assange it maybe timely to remind ourselves of what happened to activist Aaron Swartz and the subsequent extradition battle fought by Lauri Love— Tom Coburg (@Undercoverinfo1) May 7, 2019
https://t.co/4nQd8tPOyfhttps://t.co/oDQkQCEtoChttps://t.co/I7LH7iqPe5
First visitors to high security prison where Julian #Assange is: @pamfoundation @SwaziJAF and @khrafnsson The @UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is demanding the immediate release of @wikileaks founder: https://t.co/XxkaNvCAgq Demand his release! #FreeAssange pic.twitter.com/qUYVCrfa8N— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) May 7, 2019
Dan Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, thus turning public opinion against the US gvt's criminal pursuit of the Vietnam War, is now telling us: Julian Assange is his modern day equivalent https://t.co/oYp89gefOV— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) May 8, 2019
"The purpose of this defamation campaign: to win our apathy so he can be quietly disposed of, as we will agree to the erosion of the law and the criminalisation of journalism and whistle blowers, and the politicising of the courts in subservience to US"https://t.co/763oR9jyMn— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) May 7, 2019
In jail for associating with Julian Assange. pic.twitter.com/c1Tug6cINw— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) May 4, 2019
Ecuadorian Ombudsman declares the expulsion of @JulianAssange from their embassy as a "de facto extradition" from Ecuador to the UK, which was illegal under multiple national & international laws. Concerns expressed for asylees the world over. pic.twitter.com/CzXFznLF5y— Consortium News (@Consortiumnews) May 5, 2019
The @UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued a bold statement to the UK Government: “the right of Mr #Assange to personal liberty must be restored.” https://t.co/OruLNGJwSm #WPFD2019 #FreeAssange— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) May 3, 2019
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 3, 2019
Pentagon Papers lawyer James Goodale, former counsel to the New York Times, discusses the dangerous precedent the prosecution of Julian Assange would set and criticizes “establishment” media outlets who published Wikileaks documents for not speaking out. https://t.co/C6qILwTLG7— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) May 1, 2019
Happy World Press Freedom Day! #WPFD2019 #NoExtradition #FreeAssange #WeAreAssange pic.twitter.com/ud9p964RZw— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) May 3, 2019
FBI Affidavit in Assange’s Case Shows Government is Criminalizing Publication of Afghanistan War Logs https://t.co/HtZFRb6XYz— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) May 2, 2019
On #WPFD2019 a multi-award-winning journalists is sitting in a high security prison in London awaiting extradition to the US where he may spend the rest of his life in supermax--for his publishing work#FreeAssangehttps://t.co/ajhPXfCAxE— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) May 3, 2019
Here is the letter by Edward Snowden in support of Julian Assange. Thank you @SPIEGELONLINE for mentioning it was first read out - before being published by you - at a solidarity protest organised by @deineuropa and @DiEM_25https://t.co/aTyEqQOR1E— Srećko Horvat (@HorvatSrecko) May 2, 2019
Assange told the court: "I do not wish to surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that has won many awards and protected many people."https://t.co/LYamcvbwmC— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 2, 2019
The UN ruled that Julian Assange's detention was arbitrary, specifically stating that "human rights treaty law is binding law." Today Judge Taylor summarily rejected that ruling in sentencing Assange to 50 weeks in prison https://t.co/B0Wceob89B pic.twitter.com/NqjSORC3uR— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) May 1, 2019
Lauri Love, who has been through extradition proceedings of his own: They want to make an example of Julian Assange https://t.co/vVMskgbT65#NoExtradition #FreeAssange— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) May 2, 2019
Assange sentence raises serious issues. It dismisses the UN determination on arbitrary detention as "not binding on this court"& containing "misconceptions". If UK judiciary has been captured by the state, that is the very definition of authoritarianism.https://t.co/xZeGPbaxlx— Mark Curtis (@markcurtis30) May 1, 2019
Julian Assange's sentence is as shocking as it is vindictive. We have grave concerns as to whether he will receive a fair extradition hearing in the UK.— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 1, 2019
His continued residency didn't cost taxpayers a penny. The agenda to arrest him on sight for US extradition cost £16m of taxpayers' money. https://t.co/AnXUNld7K2— Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) May 1, 2019
Addressing the judge, Mr Assange’s defence says it is “crucially important that you understand the difference between refoulement and extradition”. The suggestion being that one operates “outside the legal process” and could lead to torture.— Jordan Milne (@JEMilneSky) May 1, 2019
the UK authorities contributed to create the legal-diplomatic quagmire which kept Julian #Assange arbitrarily detained for 9 YEARS,they opposed Swedish prosecutors dropping the case in 2013, they destroyed the documents, now they jail Julian #Assange. This is a complete scandal— stefania maurizi (@SMaurizi) May 1, 2019
here is my op-ed on the @wikileaks founder, @DefendAssange, for @Newsweek: https://t.co/voPMO3F8QL Will anyone demand transparency and accountability from the @cpsuk in their handling of the #Assange case from the very beginning?— stefania maurizi (@SMaurizi) April 30, 2019
NOTE: without the #HackingTeam's internal emails published by @wikileaks, this investigation on the #JamalKhashoggi #Murder would have been impossible. The same applies to the @IgnatiusPost's investigation: he did use #HackingTeam's emails— stefania maurizi (@SMaurizi) April 29, 2019
Does @jimmy_wales have any comment on Philip Cross editing Assange-Manafort content?— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) April 29, 2019
Is @Kathviner comfortable that Guardian fake news about Assange is used to justify extradition?
By failing to retract, Viner digs herself deeper into a bottomless holehttps://t.co/lV2XfZeiL8
Julian Assange’s father is urging Australian authorities to step in and stop Assange’s extradition to the US, and ultimately, finally bring him home. But does he deserve our support? #60Mins— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) April 28, 2019
According to the US government, Assange was arrested on a UK warrant which the UK had obtained based on a request from USA & knowledge of the March 6 US warrant--but the US gov says the US warrant has not been executed.— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) April 28, 2019
via @_cryptome_
h/t @Firefly1776https://t.co/V7YZRipgU6 pic.twitter.com/LcczkBpdDC
Psychologists for Social Responsibility @PsySR_org in their statement defending freedom of Julian Assange describes how @WikiLeaks has provided information vital for democracy & what their publication meant to the organization. https://t.co/nmwTEnbeeQ 1/7— Nozomi Hayase (@nozomimagine) April 27, 2019
Archive: Shortly before Ecuador gagged Assange, the UK Foreign Office intervened to stop the UK parliamentary inquiry DCMS from hearing Assange's testimony via videoconference regarding Russia & Cambridge Analytica. https://t.co/YlMVhDCvfJhttps://t.co/ClNw1hf4WE— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) April 27, 2019
When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are ruled by criminals. https://t.co/gXcj1OuLMs #FreeAssange #Artists4Assange pic.twitter.com/Zp1sksEYSd— WikiLeaks Art ⌛ (@WLArtForce) April 25, 2019
@Suzi3D Applebaum HOPE Conference 2010 https://t.co/nyPpFgf055 "FBI agents were planning to detain him after his talk, but organizers slipped him out through an alternative exit in disguise." https://t.co/luFkFXAQYP Assange wanted ~6 weeks before the Sweden "situation" #Unity4J— Air VPN (@airvpn) April 27, 2019
Die USA werfen Julian Assange offiziell Hacking vor, eine Straftat wie gemacht für eine Auslieferung. Sie ermitteln aber auch wegen "Erhalt und Verbreitung geheimer Informationen". Wir veröffentlichen den Brief des US-Justizministeriums. https://t.co/APBNyxEZsm— Andre Meister (@andre_meister) April 25, 2019
Full letter from Tracy Doherty-McCormick, US DoJ prosecutor of #WikiLeaks publisher Julian #Assange, to Daniel Domscheit-Berg published (translated to English): https://t.co/69ActNoAav VERY informative article. #ProtectJulian #NoExtradition #JournalismIsNotACrime. @DefendAssange— Bella Magnani ⏳ (@BellaMagnani) April 25, 2019
It is now undeniable that spies worldwide exploit the credulity of journalists to conceal their violation of human rights. This century will teach a harsh lesson: While terrorism is no existential threat to democracy, our political deference to intelligence agencies might be. https://t.co/duQBFWBa9w— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 25, 2019
"An audacious daylight act of State terrorism... Special Forces of the State were deployed to “snatch” a person in violation of any due process" https://t.co/Iydmfxza6E A good read. #ProtectJulian #Assange #NoExtradition #WikiLeaks #Auspol— Bella Magnani ⏳ (@BellaMagnani) April 25, 2019
#AnzacDay— Mrs. Christine Assange (@AssangeMrs) April 25, 2019
Grandfather
WW1 -Gallipoli
WW2 -Died POW
Uncle Bert
WW2- Leg amputated battlefield/No anaesthetic
Uncle Neville
WW2 Pilot 3rd deg petrol burns
Father
WW11
Intelligence Core
Son
Journalist
Brutally persecuted & tortured for publishing the truth about wars#auspol https://t.co/tL9iQMnXVh
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New @Consortiumnews Series: The Revelations of @WikiLeaks: No. 1—The Video that Put #Assange (and #Manning) in US Crosshairshttps://t.co/pnv6LAIvCV— Elizabeth Lea Vos (@ElizabethleaVos) April 24, 2019
Julian Assange's Victory https://t.co/ROgEhyAItQ— zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 24, 2019
Urgent international appeal to #FreeOlaBini signed by Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy, Brian Eno, @profdavidharvey @pamfoundation @evgenymorozov @yanisvaroufakis and many others!#FreeOlaBinihttps://t.co/wS86RiuSsk— Srećko Horvat (@HorvatSrecko) April 23, 2019
UK: Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States, where he would be "at serious risk of human rights violations" says @saliltripathi of @pen_int https://t.co/7Wb4t4i4lG @suigenerisjen @avilarenata @Cevirimiz pic.twitter.com/I1h8RFsAkV— IFEX (@IFEX) April 22, 2019
I have now confirmed that Julian Assange has still not been allowed any visitors — INCLUDING HIS LAWYERS.— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) April 22, 2019
He was arrested 11 days ago! #FreeAssange
"Since [@xychelsea's] testimony is not necessary to the grand jury’s investigation, the likely purpose for her subpoena is to help the prosecutor preview & undermine her potential testimony as a defense witness for a pending trial" https://t.co/fZnKC1GPwE #Assange #NoExtradition— Bella Magnani ⏳ (@BellaMagnani) April 22, 2019
Journalist Glenn Greenwald defends Assange: 'Things that journalists do every single day' https://t.co/bl8m02DBRa— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) April 22, 2019
Chelsea Manning is a political prisoner - held in prison to torture her into taking part in a political persecution against #Assange and @wikileaks.— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 22, 2019
Ignoring this is a crime of complicity.
https://t.co/hMzFqjLTiJ
Hundreds of organizations and personalities from around the world call for the release of Julian Assange: https://t.co/p4YmBaZvro #Solidarity #NoExtradition— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) April 22, 2019
"Australia has slumped two places in the annual World Press Freedom Index for 2019, amid concerns that investigative journalism is in danger with reporters and whistleblowers facing jail under 'draconian legislation'."#Auspol https://t.co/aVKB1SZCr2— Richard D Boyle (@Richard_D_Boyle) April 23, 2019
Srećko Horvat: ‘The current system is more violent than any revolution’https://t.co/Q8ytPT6XoW— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) April 21, 2019
The truth about the shameful treatment of Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy - as told by Fidel Narvaez, the Embassy's top official from 2012 to 2018: They tried to break him! A truth that I witnessed during my visits https://t.co/tteJEPzE0h— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) April 21, 2019
#Assange haters, find someone - something else to hate: those hiding their wealth in tax havens, those bombing kids in Yemen, corrupt bankers, those to blame for the Brumadinho crimes against humanity... He is in prison. Because he advanced your right to know.— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) April 20, 2019
You are at home.
“Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.” —Howard Zinn pic.twitter.com/aEnfrDHSpu— Haymarket Books (@haymarketbooks) April 19, 2019
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, was due to visit #JulianAssange at the Embassy. He discusses the illegality of the expulsion, the risk of not receiving a fair trial, the possibility of a death penalty & how this gravely affects us all.https://t.co/TplMzSLtFP— Dame Cathy Vogan (@CathyVoganSPK) April 19, 2019
The ‘Guccifer 2.0’ Gaps in Mueller’s Full Report https://t.co/P5Nl6JhKQ7— Consortium News (@Consortiumnews) April 18, 2019
AI Wei Wei (@aiww) on Assange's arrest: "He has the right to stay, as a dissident person, to protect freedom of speech. I think it's a very sad day for Europe, for the West, to arrest someone like Assange."pic.twitter.com/9kX9jqBYEy— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) April 18, 2019
Debunking The “Assange Is A Russian Agent” Smears— Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) April 18, 2019
Anyone who believes Assange is a Russian agent is a tinfoil pussyhat-wearing idiot. Excerpt from the upcoming mega-article "Debunking All The Assange Smears".#FreeAssangehttps://t.co/LPBQYHVGn3
The “cumulative severity of the pain and suffering inflicted on Mr. #Assange—both physical and psychological—is in violation of the 1984 Convention Against Torture,” says Dr. @sondracrosby16 who also serves as as PHR Torture Documentation Advisor. https://t.co/FzhCSba65p— Physicians for Human Rights (@P4HR) April 16, 2019
Major UK human rights organisation Liberty (@libertyhq) joins eleven other civil liberties groups to denounce the termination of Assange's political asylum exposing him to the risk of US extradition, and calls on him to be protected. https://t.co/vqkF4qs4d2 pic.twitter.com/ixSLbRUxmC— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) April 17, 2019
Kristinn Hrafnsson: Editor-in-Chief, @wikileaks: https://t.co/W8ts8GTGkx— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 17, 2019
FBI Affidavit in Assange's Case Shows Government is Criminalizing Publication of Afghanistan War Logs | @kgosztola's vital close-reading https://t.co/HtZFRb6XYz— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) April 17, 2019
"Garcia Marquez used to say that the journalist should be like a mosquito, which is there to irritate those in power, buzzing incessantly."#OnThisDay in 2014, Nobel Prize laureate Garcia Marquez died. @AJListeningPost looks at his legacy. https://t.co/hkz77uzfmk— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 17, 2019
Julian Assange Suffered Severe Psychological and Physical Harm in Ecuadorian Embassy, Doctors Say | by James Risenhttps://t.co/uK81h08Usy— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) April 16, 2019
First They Came for Assange by Yanis Varoufakis @ProSyn https://t.co/XIsLtCvpUs— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) April 16, 2019
"Julian lives in us, through us. And he's fighting for us. So yes, you're all guilty if you don't do something. #Assange already did the risks for you. You're not risking anything" @DiEM_25 member Slavoj #Zizek— DiEM25 (@DiEM_25) April 15, 2019
Sign the petition against his extradition 👉 https://t.co/y5COHjXgMR pic.twitter.com/c5Iuu2b3p7
Lawyers: "Julian Assange is The Man in the High Castle of our time. His contribution may seem superhuman, but he is not. He is a human being, unlawfully deprived of his freedom and family. He fights for our freedom. Let us make his freedom a reality." https://t.co/BUSB0oJKdI— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) April 15, 2019
You have not retracted the fabricated Nov 27th story on Assange, Dan @yachay_dc. (Manafort met Assange BS). Unless you do so anything you write is worthless and your newspaper is tainted. pic.twitter.com/LgYqn7Pon1— Kristinn Hrafnsson (@khrafnsson) April 15, 2019
The British, Australian, Ecuadorian and US Governments have made an ad about Julian Assange’s arrest and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇺🇸🇨🇴 @Wikileaks #JulianAssange— theJuice (@thejuicemedia) April 15, 2019
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"Technically and legally, Assange is still and Ecuadorian citizen"— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) April 15, 2019
The government of Ecuador 'suspended' Assange's asylum in order to remove him from the embassy, but legal experts say he remains an Ecuadorian citizen.https://t.co/PEqpZ7D3nK
This video is the most important thing you can watch when it comes to WikiLeaks and Assange: pic.twitter.com/h8liwZsQws— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) April 14, 2019
"The NUJ is shocked & concerned by the actions of the authorities today in relation to Julian Assange... The UK should not be acting on behalf of the Trump administration" said #NUJ assistant general secretary. Full statement - https://t.co/98RC1FOTNP @suigenerisjen @wikileaks— NUJ (@NUJofficial) April 11, 2019
“Any extradition and prosecution by US authorities will be a clear attack on the principles of press freedom”: @IFJGlobal resolution in support of Australia’s union @withMEAA calling on Aus and UK to protect #Assange from US extradition #auspol @MarisePayne @SenatorWong @dfat https://t.co/o1KQRhCHT7— Jen Robinson (@suigenerisjen) April 15, 2019
Dr Aloysia Brooks from @thejustcampaign (against torture) on the content of the @Wikileaks releases that #JulianAssange was charged in relation to. His source @xychelsea was tortured & jailed for revealing this information & Assange faces trial for helping her do so anonymously. pic.twitter.com/U4nMpHCiHs— Dame Cathy Vogan (@CathyVoganSPK) April 14, 2019
"Real journalism is being criminalized by thugs in plain sight. Dissent has become an indulgence. And the British elite has abandoned its last imperial myth: that of fairness and justice."—@johnpilger: https://t.co/TBF5bEOwau #FreeAssange #NoExtradition pic.twitter.com/IM84MpjrMK— Bean🔥 (@SomersetBean) April 14, 2019
MUST READ!— Mrs. Christine Assange (@AssangeMrs) April 15, 2019
Julian gagged for one year!
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This court doc contains Julians OWN WORDS on whats been happening to him!
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EXCLUSIVE! Leaked Assange Court Transcript Sheds Light on US-Backed Ecuadorian Expulsion Plans https://t.co/fRiWck60jN
Great article on the narrative funnel that are justifying Assange's persecution, lawfare, and "Nice Guy Fascism" via @caitozhttps://t.co/XmydMrHPBN pic.twitter.com/hi4UpyLMF7— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) April 13, 2019
Unanimous decision by the Journalism Faculty at La Plata University of Argentina awards Assange honorary degree (doctor honoris causa), following his arrest for extradition to the US for practicing journalism. https://t.co/jMkTVJVtkQ— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) April 13, 2019
4. il capo della Task Force del #Pentagono testimoniò davanti alla corte marziale che nessuno fu ucciso o anche solo ferito. Trovate qui l'articolo del Guardian con la testimonianza [ARCHIVIO, inglese] https://t.co/s50RzIJv7L— stefania maurizi (@SMaurizi) April 14, 2019
Ecuador's Human Rights Commission: Assange expulsion into the hands of the US is a "de facto extradition" that violates the Ecuadorian Constitution, and international obligation prohibiting refoulement, and violates the Inter-American Court on Human Rights' advisory opinion 25/18 pic.twitter.com/LZGuf1WP69— Hanna Jonasson (@AssangeLegal) April 14, 2019
Did you have any idea it was 2 journalists from @guardian, David Leigh & @lukeharding1968, who first published the password to the un-redacted cables in their book: 'Wikileaks: Julian Assange's War on Secrecy' - risking #BloodonTheirHands - while @wikileaks still redacting them? pic.twitter.com/IYqcK1Vxez— Dame Cathy Vogan (@CathyVoganSPK) April 13, 2019
If you knew all the illegal activities spy agencies are involved in you would shut them down. Spies are the scum of humanity. They invade your privacy, lie, deceive, steal, set people up for unjust jail sentences and even murder. Nobody is above the law, right? Govt spies are.— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) April 14, 2019
The sex case against Julian Assange was a CIA plot to dehumanize Julian, to prevent public support and to extradite him to US via Sweden. I read everything about the Swedish case. It’s a sham. There was no unconsensual sex or any abusive conduct. It’s a spy op and nothing else.— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) April 14, 2019
The charges against Julian Assange are an attack on the freedom of the press and on whistle-blowers who hold powerful institutions—including the U.S. government—to account. https://t.co/zu3TTUg4VP— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) April 13, 2019
The only “ironic” thing here is that a war criminal like Hillary Clinton, whose policies have caused so much death and destruction all across the globe, gets to be on TV chuckling over the arrest of #JulianAssange, a man who helped expose her crimes and corruption to the world. https://t.co/3Ca903s0lp— Sarah Abdallah (@sahouraxo) April 13, 2019
Political prisoner Julian Assange is being held in what is known as "Britain's Guantánamo Bay," where the UK government holds "terrorists."— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 13, 2019
This is what the Free World™ does to a journalist who publishes whistleblowers who expose US and NATO war crimes.https://t.co/Ir9cM7IKUn
Thoughtful piece. Even as some commentators say of the Assange charge, "This isn't about journalism," the indictment is written to make it about journalism. https://t.co/Wt3pZTabqq— Scott Shane (@ScottShaneNYT) April 12, 2019
Note: https://t.co/q9lDUo7sSn is not a release, insurance dump, or response to Assange’s arrest. It is the page where published documents are available for bulk download so that people can create mirrors, access publications offline, or use the raw data. It has existed for years.— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 13, 2019
World shame! @Lenin took his betrayal to a global extent. He authorized the arrest of Assange in our embassy in London. He violated the Constitution, the international agreements and put at risk the life of a journalist that revealed atrocious crimes. We condemn you Judas— Ricardo Patiño (@RicardoPatinoEC) April 12, 2019
Over the past couple weeks the mainstream media has been shown to be utterly wrong after 2 years of Russiagate conspiracy theories AND they've cheered the arrest & prosecution of a Nobel Prize-nominated journalist.— Lee Camp [Redacted] (@LeeCamp) April 13, 2019
...You guys are really doing a bang up job.
Is Julian Assange not a journalist? Is WikiLeaks not a media organization? If so it is amazing how many journalism awards have been given to a non-journalist and a non-media organisation.— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 13, 2019
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"If you extradite a journalist of a third country to the United States for publishing the truth no journalist can be secure, so this must be stopped, this must be resisted in all manner" @khrafnsson @AJEnglish @AJListeningPost https://t.co/mUDK80gZZi— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) April 13, 2019
Demented stories about Assange are now being spread by president Lenin Moreno and his mob to brush over the disgraceful expulsion. Moreno claims Assange hacked his phone, and Ambassador tells Daily Mail he might have trained the embassy cat to spy. This is surreally idiotic pic.twitter.com/2QDxqzXxT8— Kristinn Hrafnsson (@khrafnsson) April 13, 2019
#JulianAssange is a publisher for truth. He’s done great work on behalf of mankind despite his inhumane treatment. This case is crucial to the survival of our right to know and our essential freedom against #USA and #UK oppression -- and now tyranny!— Oliver Stone (@TheOliverStone) April 11, 2019
It's the very same #CrownProsecutionService which destroyed crucial emails on the case, as my lawyers @estelledehon @suigenerisjen and I unearthed thanks to our #FOIA litigation [Archive] https://t.co/imfiD5V1VZ— stefania maurizi (@SMaurizi) April 13, 2019
A must-read:— Media Lens (@medialens) April 12, 2019
'Where is the outrage at the lies we have been served up for these past seven years? Where is the contrition at having been gulled for so long? Where is the fury at the most basic press freedom – the right to publish – being trashed?' https://t.co/I5qndMWqoM
Swedish programmer @Olabini in 90 day pre-trial detention in #Equador on hacking charges, bank accounts frozen. Arrested with warrant for Russian - rewritten after 7 hours; denied lawyer and translator; not read his rights; held for 30 hours before charged. Friend of #Assange. https://t.co/4iPRIc1XbD— Disruption Network Lab (@disruptberlin) April 13, 2019
One reason corporate journalists and star pundits care so little about the danger prosecuting Assange poses to journalism is that none of them engage in actual journalism. They are stenographers who know they won’t ever be targeted by the state bc they mostly serve its interests— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) April 12, 2019
English translation of "Press Release on the Detention of Ola Bini," published in Spanish by his lawyers, and detailing the many irregularities in his arrest by the Ecuadorian state https://t.co/tguZL5aIq5 @AndresDelgadoEC @rbonifaz @avilarenata @couragefound #FreeOlaBini— goatsing (@goatsing_again) April 13, 2019
"Isn’t it interesting how an Ecuadorian 'asylum conditions' technicality, a UK bail technicality, and a US whistleblowing technicality all just so happened to converge in a way that just so happens to look exactly the same as imprisoning a journalist for telling the truth?" https://t.co/oxyGbsRJax— Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) April 13, 2019
The Guardian, a neoliberal newspaper secretly owned in an offshore tax haven, have decided that the #JulianAssange case is about 'rape'.— FOOTBALL is FIXED (@footballisfixed) April 13, 2019
Katrin Axelsson & Lisa Longstaff of WOMEN AGAINST RAPE beg to differ.
"... the pursuit of Assange is political"https://t.co/6QwEhvQtex https://t.co/fGh0zToYe8
Imagine Tony Blair dragged from his multi-million pound Georgian home in Connaught Square, London, in handcuffs. By the standard of Nuremberg, Blair’s “paramount crime” is the deaths of a million Iraqis. Assange’s crime is journalism. https://t.co/GkLDFsxS5o— Nathaniel St. Clair (@NatStClair) April 12, 2019
"So much of what has been reported today about this indictment has been false. Two facts in particular have been utterly distorted by the DOJ and then misreported by numerous media organizations." pic.twitter.com/ILnf8joGwq— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) April 12, 2019
"The whole idea behind @wikileaks is to take the same technologies that allow the #NSA, #Google, etc, to turn you into a source of data, and turn it against them to make you more opaque and them more transparent. This is why he's paying a price" - @yanisvaroufakis #FreeAssange pic.twitter.com/1Fa4kRDJHQ— DiEM25 (@DiEM_25) April 11, 2019
The arrest of Assange carries a warning for all who, as Oscar Wilde wrote, “sew the seeds of discontent [without which] there would be no advance towards civilisation”. The warning is explicit towards journalists. https://t.co/3ez4smjRAJ— CounterPunch (@NatCounterPunch) April 12, 2019
Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is “Scandalous” and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. https://t.co/DxDRPz5Y4d pic.twitter.com/LlJxhL8Ufj— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) April 12, 2019
With the Julian Assange indictment, the Trump administration is launching its boldest attack on press freedom yet. And the #Resistance is cheering it on. https://t.co/4hKUBL6Akw— Jacobin (@jacobinmag) April 12, 2019
IMF agrees to $4.2bn fund for Ecuador https://t.co/2SRfEdVgkH— Financial Times (@FT) February 21, 2019
This is an extremely worrisome development. Now, it is not only journalists and media organizations but also privacy and security advocates who are being persecuted. Ecuador should not be allowed to get away with this. https://t.co/SJ3zaXWyFm— Evgeny Morozov (@evgenymorozov) April 12, 2019
There is so much driving the hatred many journalists harbor for Assange. But a huge part of it is professional jealousy: WikiLeaks broke more massive stories than most of these reporters will ever get close to in their lives, all without joining their insular journalism club.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 12, 2019
Top whistleblower lawyer @JesselynRadack explains how the war on whistleblowers has been a "backdoor to a war on journalists" https://t.co/1i7StTdnVg— Courage Foundation (@couragefound) April 12, 2019
Courage Foundation's briefing to Members of the European Parliament: Why opposing Julian Assange's extradition to the U.S. matters for European democracy.https://t.co/8cdOWw0bV3— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 12, 2019
Amnesty International calls on the UK to refuse to extradite or send in any other manner #JulianAssange to the USA where there is a very real risk that he could face human rights violations. Read our full statement on Julian Assange's arrest here > https://t.co/rsl8ghBtAt— Amnesty International Australia 🕯 (@amnestyOz) April 12, 2019
How You Can Be Certain That The US Charge Against Assange Is Fraudulent https://t.co/7ruyU0Gv56— zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 12, 2019
Daniel Ellsberg on Assange arrest: The Beginning of the End For Press Freedomhttps://t.co/oFB9ZKfASq— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 12, 2019
— Chris Williamson MP #GTTO (@DerbyChrisW) April 11, 2019
** STATEMENT: Chelsea's legal team responds to today's unsealed indictment. This is further evidence that the government's continued imprisonment of Chelsea for her principled stance against grand jury secrecy is punitive, cruel and unnecessary https://t.co/WZiDuVWHPa— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) April 11, 2019
With the arrest and possible extradition of Julian Assange, the United States comes ever-closer to an authoritarian police state. Assange must be pardoned immediately. Anything else is unacceptable. https://t.co/6EEZCXeUjT— Mike Gravel (@MikeGravel) April 11, 2019
Assange has been arrested in relation to a US extradition request for "conspiracy with Chelsea Manning" for publishing Iraq War Logs, Cablegate, Afghan War Logs, precisely the persecution for which he was granted asylum under the 1951 Refugee Convention in 2012. @unhumanrights pic.twitter.com/i0TezO3SdK— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 11, 2019
Exposing this war crime is the reason why Julian Assange and @xychelsea are in prison today.https://t.co/aHpJrqTaoh— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 11, 2019
Note that Ecuador revoked asylum, nationality 24h after we exposed illegal spying on Assange, his lawyers and doctors, and just days before the UN Rapporteurs on Torture and Privacy were set to meet Assange to investigate rights violations in the embassy. https://t.co/vvbZBOgCwL— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 11, 2019
Arresting Julian Assange for publishing is an attack on fundamental press freedom that democracy depends on. Like Chelsea Manning, US empire wants to imprison him for the "crime" of revealing what our government is doing. All who support democracy must resist!— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) April 11, 2019
Wow! Thank you Shadow Home Secretary @HackneyAbbott for that brilliant speech in defence of press freedom and the human rights of Julian #Assange! Watch the full video (5 mins): Abbott Sticking Up for #Assange https://t.co/TvHQAw5dhh #ProtectJulian #NoExtradition @UNHumanRights— Bella Magnani ⏳ (@BellaMagnani) April 11, 2019
.@Wikileaks is a publisher. Charges now brought in connection with its material, or any attempt to extradite #Assange to the United States for prosecution under the deeply flawed cudgel of the Espionage Act 1917, is an attack on all of us. CIJ Statement https://t.co/UKE2OihVow— CIJ (@cijournalism) April 11, 2019
The continued imprisonment of @xychelsea is an utter disgrace. The arrest of Julian Assange represents an extremely dangerous crossing of the rubicon. This is an assault on journalism and a free press. All journalists should stand in fierce opposition.— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) April 11, 2019
As a journalist who has worked as a media partner of @Wikileaks since 2009, It has been so painful to watch Julian #Assange's health completely declining in the last 9 years as a result of confinement with no end in sight, tremendous stress, threats. Absolutely painful— stefania maurizi (@SMaurizi) April 11, 2019
The greatest traitor in Ecuadorian and Latin American history, Lenin Moreno, allowed the British police to enter our embassy in London to arrest Assange.— Rafael Correa (@MashiRafael) April 11, 2019
Moreno is a corrupt man, but what he has done is a crime that humanity will never forget. https://t.co/XhT51MA6c6
It is confirmed. Scottland Yard detained #Assange not because of a bail breach. As we suspected for so long, UK is a collaborator in the political persecution against a journalist.— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) April 11, 2019
Images of Ecuador's ambassador inviting the UK's secret police into the embassy to drag a publisher of--like it or not--award-winning journalism out of the building are going to end up in the history books. Assange's critics may cheer, but this is a dark moment for press freedom. https://t.co/ys1AIdh2FP— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 11, 2019
Important background for journalists covering the arrest of Julian #Assange by Ecuador: the United Nations formally ruled his detention to be arbitrary, a violation of human rights. They have repeatedly issued statements calling for him to walk free--including very recently. pic.twitter.com/fr12rYdWUF— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 11, 2019
Julian is in custody for breaching bail conditions imposed over a warrant that was... rescinded. Anyone else would be fined & released. Except that JA's persecution is all about challenging our right to know about the crimes governments commit in our name.https://t.co/7duQodMPlt— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) April 11, 2019
The action of the British police in literally dragging Julian Assange from the Ecuadorean embassy and the smashing of international law by the Ecuadorean regime in permitting this barbarity are crimes against the most basic natural justice. This is a warning to all journalists.— John Pilger (@johnpilger) April 11, 2019
Five Eyes is the largest criminal conspiracy in history. This five country deep state operation of US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand colluded to spy on each other’s citizens to bypass domestic surveillance laws. It’s thanks to Edward @Snowden and @Wikileaks that we know.— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) April 8, 2019
2. I asked #ScotlandYard for the #CCTV footage to look for FACTUAL information. The lack of any photo/video surfaced 5 months after the story was published + #ScotlandYard answer to my FOIA bring me to draw the conclusion that it's highly likely that #Guardian's story is baseless— stefania maurizi (@SMaurizi) April 7, 2019
An atrocity against your right to know is unfolding. Julian Assange is about to be thrown into the US supermax gulag. Years of fake news is now whittled down to a simple act of revenge against the person who embarrassed our states by exposing to us crimes committed in our name.— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) April 6, 2019
WikiLeaks has obtained agreed Assange press strategy— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 5, 2019
1. UK lead
2. Ecuador will say Assange has broken many of its invented "asylum terms"
3. UK will say won't let US kill Assange, due process. Ecuador will pretend that this is a concession and that asylum was for death penalty.
Exactly.— Elizabeth Lea Vos (@ElizabethleaVos) April 5, 2019
For journalists, it is impossible to be neutral on this issue. Either they rise up against the persecution of a free press as embodied by WikiLeaks' accurate reporting, or they damn themselves. https://t.co/MdtfYjNF3H