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Francesca Albanese has been sanctioned for doing her job and demanding an end to the Genocide in Palestine. The EU has failed to protect her, the UN has failed to protect her.
In this video message .@FranceskAlbs updates us on the current state of affairs regarding the US imposed sanctions on her and the ongoing legal battle in the US to have them removed.
Please watch and share Francesca´s update on the Court Case and continue raising awareness about our petition to pressure the EU to do its job!
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"My naiveté was in believing in the law. When push comes to shove laws are just pieces of paper and they can be reinterpreted for political expediency" - Julian Assange
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Carles Puigdemont, 130th President of Catalonia, supports press freedom and Julian Assange
#WeAreMillions #FreeAssange
@KRLS
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“I’ve tried in my work to be rigorously accurate, I believe accuracy is everything, primary sources are everything. But there is one area where I am activist and all journalists must be activists. Journalists must be activists for the truth” - Julian Assange
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Obama's final chance to reverse course on war on whistleblowers: grant clemency to Chelsea Manning couragefound.org/2016/11/che… #FreeChelsea
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338 intellectuals from 33 countries join call to #ReconnectJulian, delivering Spanish-language open letter to @Lenin today couragefound.org/2018/04/338…
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RIP Courage founding trustee Gavin MacFadyen: "We would not be who we are without him, and we will miss him dearly." couragefound.org/2016/10/rip…
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“It took millions of people, it took people working behind the scenes, people protesting on the streets – for days and weeks and months and years, and we achieved it.”
. @stellaassange addresses the world's press as #JulianAssange returns home
#AssangeFreed #JournalismIsNotACrime
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Courage nominates Julian Assange for the 2019 Galizia Prize defend.wikileaks.org/2019/03…
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Support truth! Support truthtellers! Support the Courage Foundation now! fundrazr.com/d19Bc3
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Whistleblowers keep us safe. We can’t allow them to be silenced theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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From 2018: Sweden tried to drop Assange extradition proceedings in 2013, CPS emails show, but UK prosecutors dissuaded Swedish counterparts from doing so theguardian.com/media/2018/f…
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Assange: "I cannot communicate with my lawyers or ask them for clarifications without the other side seeing"
"The other side has about 100 times more contact with their lawyers per day"
"What is the point of asking if I can concentrate if I cannot participate?"
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"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been denied access to evidence and even basic items like paper and pens by British prison officials, putting his US extradition case on the brink of judicial review"
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There is still time to lobby those who can make nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize.
See here how you can help nominate Julian #Assange
Deadline January 31
#FreeAssangeNOW #DropTheCharges
couragefound.org/2021/01/jul…
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Statement from Ecuadorian Human Rights Commission: Julian Assange's "indefinite isolation...violates [his] freedom of opinion and expression", calls for it to end immediately cdh.org.ec/ultimos-pronuncia… #reconnectJulian
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Full text of the letter: Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
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Support Manning, Snowden, Hammond, Love, Brown and DeHart. Support whistleblowers and their rights. Support Courage: fundrazr.com/campaigns/d19Bc…
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Our Defend WikiLeaks site is back! DefendWikiLeaks.org has background on Assange's persecution & WikiLeaks' revelations, timelines & resources, & a daily liveblog of developments in the case and the news: defendwikileaks.org/
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Thank you to activists around the world for never giving up in the fight for Chelsea Manning's freedom. #ChelseaFree
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We're on the verge of breaking 50,000 signatures! #ReconnectJulian change.org/p/end-julian-assa…
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DEFEND JULIAN ASSANGE
This Saturday, @jimmy_dore will host an online panel discussion with 3 preeminent experts on free speech and the fight to protect it:
-Noam Chomsky
-Alice Walker
-Daniel Ellsberg
1pm EST / 6pm BST
Register: is.gd/DefendAssange
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5 years ago, Ecuador granted @JulianAssange asylum, validating his fears of persecution. Support his legal team: fundrazr.com/courage-wikilea…
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"Julian #Assange is being persecuted for telling a shameful and dangerous truth." | @SusanSarandon
#FreeAssangeNOW
#LetHimGoJoe
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The five biggest corporations in the world have far too much power over which voices we hear. When governments put pressure on the major online platforms, it's inevitable that activists will be silenced. aljazeera.com/programmes/lis…
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Julian #Assange now 10 years detained in the UK and 2 years jailed in Belmarsh maximum security prison. For WikiLeaks' publishing which exposed war crimes and human rights abuses.
Assange must be freed if press freedom is to mean anything.
#WorldPressFreedomDay #FreeAssangeNOW
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The DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks Is an Attack on the Freedom of the Press pastemagazine.com/articles/2…
Support the right to publish, support WikiLeaks' defence: iamwikileaks.org/donate/
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Coverage: the US charging Julian Assange presents a grave threat to press freedoms: couragefound.org/2018/11/us-…
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Last week, we reported that Julian Assange had not received letters for a month. Following public outcry, HMP Belmarsh has delivered Assange’s backlog of mail—hundreds of letters from supporters.
#FreeAssange
#NoUSExtradition
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"This is the first time in US history that the espionage act has been used to charge a publisher, let alone to then seek the extradition of a foreign publisher to the United States" - @suigenerisjen
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Courage announces We Are Millions, a global photo campaign in support of Julian Assange.
MIA, Oliver Stone, Ken Loach, Yanis Varoufakis, Alice Walker, & Slavoj Žižek are among hundreds who have already taken a stand for Assange. Join us:
defend.wikileaks.org/freeass…
#FreeAssange
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Demands surge for Britain to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Ongoing updates: defend.wikileaks.org/2018/07…
How to take action to support WikiLeaks & Assange: defend.wikileaks.org/take-ac…
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The government wanted to silence Barrett Brown. Instead, he continued his journalism from prison: couragefound.org/2016/11/bar… #BBfree
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French National Union of Journalists @SNJ_national has chosen to make Julian Assange an honorary member of its organization
#FreeAssangeNOW
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Ecuador suspends Julian Assange’s internet access, denies visitors couragefound.org/2018/03/ecu…
Sign the petition to end Assange's isolation now!
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The Times of London comes out in support of Lauri Love: "it may be that the extradition treaty should be reconsidered" #FreeLauri
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White House confirms US and Ecuador are coordinating over Assange couragefound.org/2018/06/liv…
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Throw a letter-writing party for Chelsea Manning! We've compiled some tips and guidelines: couragefound.org/projects/wr…
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Tulsi Gabbard Says She Would Drop Julian Assange Charges and Pardon Edward Snowden
"[Assange's arrest] poses a great threat to our freedom of the press and to our freedom of speech"
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5 years since Ecuador’s courageous decision to grant asylum to @JulianAssange couragefound.org/2017/08/5-y…
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Ecuador says Britain is unwilling to mediate a resolution to Julian Assange's detention: reuters.com/article/us-ecuad…
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Now over 20,000 have signed the petition to end Julian Assange's isolation #ReconnectJulian
Over 10,000 signatures on the petition already change.org/p/the-government-…
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Mexican President Calls for Assange’s Freedom
“I express my solidarity [with Assange] and hope that he is pardoned and freed." - Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador
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#AssangeCase: A preliminary High Court hearing has been scheduled for 11 August
Join #FreeAssange protest in front of the Royal Courts of Justice
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Noam Chomsky calls for immediate release of Julian #Assange, whose prosecution has implications for all journalists and citizens | @todaynewsafrica
#FreeAssangeNOW
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In an interview with Repubblica's @SMaurizi, Edward @Snowden reflects on 5 years since blowing the whistle, holding the NSA accountable, and the relationship between the White House and the Deep State: repubblica.it/esteri/2018/03…
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The Courage Foundation is aware of the arrest in Ecuador of Swedish national Ola Bini, a personal friend of Julian Assange. We are monitoring this case closely and ask the Ecuadorian government guarantee his rights.
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Noam Chomsky, @pamfoundation, @yanisvaroufakis, @FollowWestwood, @dark_shark @theoliverstone and many many others: The isolation of Julian Assange must end couragefound.org/2018/03/ope… #ReconnectJulian
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#HumanRightsDay: More than 30 Parliamentarians of the German Parliament and EU Parliament write to UN Secretary General @antonioguterres calling for Julian Assange's protection, @hrw Exec Director calls out UK/Ecuador, more: defend.wikileaks.org/2018/07… #UDHR70
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Germany: More than 130 political and cultural figures are calling on Britain to release jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Appeal and signatories:
assange-helfen.de/en/
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BREAKING: WikiLeaks publisher Julian #Assange was granted permission by the British High Court of Justice to appeal to the Supreme Court
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Electronic jammers have been placed inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London to isolate Julian Assange: news.com.au/world/breaking-n… #ReconnectJulian
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"If #Assange is extradited, no journalist in the world is safe from life imprisonment in the United States" - @DanielEllsberg
#FreeAssangeNOW
#DropTheCharges
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Should the Trump Admin be able to dictate what is published in the UK? That is what is at stake in the extradition of Julian Assange to the US. UK MPs must oppose his extradition to the US. New briefing on the facts of the Assange case available here: defend.wikileaks.org/2019/02…
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Support Snowden, Manning, Hammond, DeHart, Brown, and Love. Support Courage: fundrazr.com/campaigns/d19Bc…
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In Solidarity with the Journalists of Palestine
We've partnered with @RightsDissent, @Roots_Action, and more than 100 journalists, news outlets, & press freedom groups to author a letter to US Sec. Antony Blinken, calling for an arms embargo on Israel
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Fed criminal probe opened into WikiLeaks' publication of CIA docs edition.cnn.com/2017/03/08/p… Protect whistleblowers: couragefound.org/donate
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Julian Assange’s communications partly restored by Ecuadorian government -- but still limits his freedom of expression itv.com/news/2018-10-14/juli…
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"We are with you Julian #Assange!" says @rogerwaters after performing 'Wish you were here' in front of the UK Home Office in London
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USA v Julian Assange: Extradition Day 3
-Defense: Julian Assange must not be extradited for a political offense
-US gov: Assange is not entitled to any rights from the US-UK Extradition Treaty
-Assange can’t participate in his own defense
#AssangeCase
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Julian Assange has been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, by 1976 Prize-winner Mairead Maguire:
"It is our duty as citizens to protect Julian’s human rights and freedom of speech as he has fought for ours on a global stage."
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Ten Years Ago, Edward Snowden Blew the Whistle on the US’s Most Secretive Spy Agency. | @ChipGibbons89 jacobin.com/2023/06/snowden-…
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US lectures the world on press freedom while imprisoning Julian Assange for his journalism | @ggreenwald greenwald.substack.com/p/ant…
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Courage is recruiting for a campaigner to defend Assange & @wikileaks, highlighting First Amendment issues in the US couragefound.org/2017/09/cou…
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USA v Julian Assange Extradition Hearing
-Case Overview
-FAQs
-Recommended reading
-Essential Background
-Selected Commentary on the Prosecution of Julian Assange
-Commentators
-How to get to Court
#FreeAssange
#DontExtraditeAssange
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Mairead Maguire, Irish Nobel Peace Prize winner, nominates arbitrarily detained WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange for 2019 Nobel Peace Prize worldbeyondwar.org/mairead-m…
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Masses of actions going on today to mark the sixth anniversary of #Assange's asylum. classconscious.org/2018/05/3…
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Democrats condemn the prosecution of Julian Assange as an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment right to publish. #FreeAssangeNOW #DropTheCharges
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Stella Assange is in Australia raising support for the release of her husband, imprisoned publisher Julian Assange.
“Julian’s life is in the hands of the Australian government”
#FreeAssangeNOW
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"Journalists all over the world are looking to the west to see whether press freedom is vindicated in this case and Julian is released. It is more than public confidence in the UK justice system that hangs in the balance." | @Stella_Assange
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Former CIA director Mike Pompeo served, in Ashland Ohio on October 29th, with a lawsuit alleging the Trump-era CIA spied on visitors of Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, in violation of the 4th Amendment
BREAKING: Pompeo and the CIA SUED for spying on lawyers and journalists at the Ecuadorian embassy. We will keep you updated as this develops.
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Barrett Brown returns to Dallas: a dispatch from his halfway house & a special thanks to Assange & Harrison: dmagazine.com/frontburner/20… #BBfree
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Over 10,000 signatures on the petition already change.org/p/the-government-…
Ecuador suspends Julian Assange’s internet access, denies visitors couragefound.org/2018/03/ecu…
Sign the petition to end Assange's isolation now!
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Acclaimed musician Roger Waters releases statement in support of Julian Assange, endorsing demonstrations for his protection: wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02…
"We, the citizens of the world, have an absolute duty to protect Julian Assange from their unwarranted and illegal attacks."
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Julian Assange remains isolated, cut off from the internet, his only outlet to the world outside the embassy
couragefound.org/2018/06/liv…
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A Year of Silencing Julian Assange consortiumnews.com/2019/03/2… by @ElizabethleaVos
Support: defend.wikileaks.org/donate/
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Please support the campaign to defend imprisoned Wikileaks publisher Julian #Assange
defend.wikileaks.org/donate/
Find out more and get involved
defend.wikileaks.org/liveblo…
defend.wikileaks.org/take-ac…
defend.wikileaks.org/events/
#FreeASSANGE
#FreeAssangeNOW
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Why won't this government stand up to the US on free speech, give Julian Assange an assurance against extradition and save British taxpayers all of this money?
- @suigenerisjen challenging @MattHancock on last night's #bbcqt
Defend the right to publish: iamwikileaks.org/donate/
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CONGRATULATIONS to heroic hacker Jeremy Hammond on his long-overdue release from federal prison!! #FreedJeremy
I am absolutely overjoyed to announce that Jeremy has been released from FCI Memphis.
He is safely at a halfway house in Chicago & even got to spend a little time with his support crew.
We thank you so much for your support throughout the years. Until all are free! #FreedJeremy
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Free Chelsea Manning now! Several ways to call on @POTUS to commute Manning's sentence in his final days in office:
🔹Keep telling @POTUS to #FreeChelseaNOW
🔹Call the DOJ: 202-353-1555
🔹Call the office of the Pardon Attorney: 202-616-6070
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#Assange should not die in UK prison for being a journalist!
Only public pressure can save Julian #Assange
Sign the petition
change.org/p/release-julian-…
UK: Email your MP
dontextraditeassange.com/mp/
#FreeAssange
#SaveJulian
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Today is Julian Assange's 52nd birthday, his 13th without freedom and 5th in Belmarsh prison
We will continue to fight to ensure that this is the last birthday Julian must spend locked away from his loved ones
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Sydney Peace Prize laureates urge Australian government to protect Julian Assange
"The Australian Government must intervene now. We call on the civilized world to uphold the true values of peace with justice and to stand up for Julian Assange."
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Breaking: Julian Assange is granted limited right to appeal his extradition to the United States #FreeAssange
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Julian Assange's father & brother, John & Gabriel Shipton, are touring the United States to call on the Biden Administration to drop the charges against Assange. The tour kicks off tonight in Miami -- find the livestream link and upcoming tour stops here: assangedefense.org/tour/
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The Guardian's reckless misreporting continues to have real-world ramifications: 'US officials to ask Ecuador embassy staff about Assange visitors' france24.com/en/20190118-us-…
Help WikiLeaks Fight Back: gofundme.com/wikileaks-suing…
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"The fact that the Australian government has said and done nothing about #Assange is consistent with the contempt with which this government holds journalists who hold them to account." | @BernardKeane in @crikey
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Julian #Assange has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
Sign the petition to encourage the Nobel Peace Prize Committee to consider Julian for the Nobel Peace Prize and to persuade formal nominators to support Julian's nomination
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CIA whistleblower @JohnKiriakou - "I feel like we're heading into an international crisis if we turn our backs on Julian Assange"
Startling discussion with former CIA officer @JohnKiriakou on the situation of @JulianAssange pscp.tv/Unity4J/1yoKMkoLMNpJ…
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Mother of Julian #Assange @MrsC_Assange calls for his immediate release from prison over coronavirus fears
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6 months ago, Julian Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The US, the UK, Sweden and Ecuador conspired against him in
violation of intl. law, to discourage others to follow his inspiration.
Don't extradite #Assange!
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Lauri Love's appeal ruling will be handed down at 11.15am this Monday, 5 February, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Please direct all media inquiries to: courage.contact@couragefound.org
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COVID19 is spreading through Assange’s prison wing, a judge is due to rule on his extradition, and the U.S. presidential transition provides a new opportunity to appeal for his immediate freedom.
Help save Julian Assange now
#GivingTuesday
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TOMORROW: Details on a lawsuit brought by US citizens against former CIA director Mike Pompeo and Spanish security firm UC Global for spying on their conversations with Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. #FourthAmendment #FreeAssange piped.video/watch?v=w50I7nsu…
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The US may submit its #Assange appeal filing by Friday to meet its deadline, but one would expect a serious policy decision to be made by the new Attorney General who, once confirmed, can review the incredibly weak case against Assange in full before making a determination.
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Media continue to falsely report that Julian Assange is being detained in London over a bail violation. That is incorrect. Assange's bail sentence has ended and the UK is holding Assange solely on the United States' behalf: defend.wikileaks.org/2019/09…
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A number of reporters and activists in the UK - @richimedhurst, @swilkinsonbc and @Richard_palact - have been arrested for, or charged with, violating section 12 of the Terrorism Act. This creakdown on pro-Palestinian speech and reporting is deeply concerning
UK: Police charge co-founder of Palestine Action under Terrorism Act
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Chelsea #Manning faces punishment for suicide attempt, highlighting injustice of US prison system couragefound.org/2016/07/che…
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New briefing | The 'Assange Precedent': The Threat to the Media Posed by the Trump Administration's Prosecution of Julian Assange: defend.wikileaks.org/2019/03…
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Julian Assange receives 4th Annual DANNY Award for Journalism
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