Julian Assange

The Revolutionary Act Of Telling The Truth

October 4, 2015 John Pilger, www.johnpilger.com Educate! Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks

By John PIlger - Real dissent has become exotic; yet those who dissent have never been more important. The book I am launching tonight, 'The WikiLeaks Files', is an antidote to a fascism that never speaks its name. It's a revolutionary book, just as WikiLeaks itself is revolutionary - exactly as Orwell meant in the quote I used at the beginning. For it says that we need not accept these the daily lies. We need not remain silent. Or as Bob Marley once sang: "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery." In the introduction, Julian Assange explains that it is never enough to publish the secret messages of great power: that making sense of them is crucial, as well as placing them in the context of today and historical memory. Never has such truth-telling been so urgently needed. With honourable exceptions, those in the media paid ostensibly to keep the record straight are now absorbed into a system of propaganda that is no longer journalism, but anti-journalism. This is true of the liberal and respectable as it is of Murdoch. Unless you are prepared to monitor and deconstruct every specious assertion, so-called news has become unwatchable and unreadable. Reading The WikiLeaks Files, I remembered the words of the late Howard Zinn, who often referred to "a power that governments can't suppress". That describes WikiLeaks, and it describes true whistleblowers who share their courage.

Assange: US Empire’s Long Term Plans To Overthrow Assad Gov’t

September 14, 2015 RT, www.rt.com Educate! Julian Assange, Wars and Militarism, Wikileaks

By RT - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has opened up about his new book, 'The WikiLeaks Files,' speaking about the 'US empire' and telling RT's 'Going Underground' program that Washington had plans to overthrow Syria's government long before the 2011 uprising began. Speaking to 'Going Underground' host Afshin Rattansi, Assange referred to the chapter on Syria, which goes back to 2006. In that chapter is a cable from US Ambassador William Roebuck, who was stationed in Damascus, which apparently discusses a plan for the overthrow of the Assad government in Syria. He added that the most serious part of the plan was to “foster tensions between Shiites and Sunnis. In particular, to take rumors that are known to be false...or exaggerations and promote them – that Iran is trying to convert poor Sunnis, and to work with Saudi and Egypt to foster that perception in order to make it harder for Iran to have influence, and also harder for the government to have influence in the population.”

Assange Denied Right To Defend Himself Against Allegations

August 15, 2015 Interview with Carey Shenkman Sharmini Peries in The Real News Network, www.facebook.com Educate! Ecuador, Julian Assange, Law

Interview with Carey Shenkman by Sharmini Peries in The Real News Network - Today's development does not mean that Assange can leave the embassy. The next step is that the whole case in Sweden needs to go away once and for all. It's completely outrageous at this point, because the Swedish courts have already said that this is a closed case. Nearly nine months ago the Swedish court of appeals criticized the prosecutor for failing to move the case forward. In May the Supreme Court, in a split decision, urged the prosecutor to advance the case. And here we are months later, and the prosecutor has still not come to London to question Assange. This is absolutely unacceptable, because back then, months ago, there were four allegations. Now there's just one. It's a very different case now.

Julian Assange Case: Sweden To Drop Sex Assault Inquiry

August 13, 2015 Caroline Hawley, www.bbc.com Educate! Julian Assange, Law, Sweden, Wikileaks

By Caroline Hawley in BBC - Swedish prosecutors will drop their investigation into sexual assault allegations against Julian Assange on Thursday because of the statutes of limitation, the BBC has learned. The Wikileaks founder still faces the more serious allegation of rape. But prosecutors have run out of time to investigate Mr Assange for sexual assault because they have not succeeded in questioning him. He denies all allegations and has said they are part of a smear campaign. The Australian journalist and activist sought asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden. Under Swedish law, charges cannot be laid without interviewing the suspect.

Julian Assange: The Story Of An Epic Struggle For Justice

August 2, 2015 John Pilger, www.counterpunch.org Educate! Julian Assange, Wikileaks

By John Pilger for Counterpunch - The siege of Knightsbridge is both an emblem of gross injustice and a gruelling farce. For three years, a police cordon around the Ecuadorean embassy in London has served no purpose other than to flaunt the power of the state. It has cost £12 million. The quarry is an Australian charged with no crime, a refugee whose only security is the room given him by a brave South American country. His “crime” is to have initiated a wave of truth-telling in an era of lies, cynicism and war. The persecution of Julian Assange is about to flare again as it enters a dangerous stage. From August 20, three quarters of the Swedish prosecutor’s case against Assange regarding sexual misconduct in 2010 will disappear as the statute of limitations expires. At the same time Washington’s obsession with Assange and WikiLeaks has intensified. Indeed, it is vindictive American power that offers the greatest threat – as Chelsea Manning and those still held in Guantanamo can attest.

The Injustice Inflicted On Julian Assange Must End

June 21, 2015 John Pilger, www.counterpunch.org Educate! Criminal Justice, Julian Assange, Wikileaks

By John Pilger in CounterPunch. London, UK - Julian Assange, founder and editor of WikiLeaks, has now been a refugee in the Ecuadoream embassy in London for three years. The key issue in his extraordinary incarceration is justice. He has been charged with no crime. The first Swedish prosecutor dismissed the misconduct allegations regarding two women in Stockholm in 2010. The second Swedish prosecutor’s actions were and are demonstrably political. Until recently, she refused to come to London to interview Assange. Finally, when the British government almost pleaded with her to come, she agreed. She has now cancelled her trip. It is a farce, but one with grim consequences for Assange should he dare step outside the Ecuadorean embassy.

Two Years Ago Today, Snowden Was In Hong Kong

June 5, 2015 Edward Snowden, www.ACLU.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, NSA, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks

By Edward Snowden for ACLU Action. Two years ago today, in a Hong Kong hotel room, three journalists and I waited nervously to see how the world would react to the revelation that the National Security Agency had been collecting records of nearly every phone call in the United States. Though we have come a long way, the right to privacy remains under attack. Last month, the NSA’s invasive call-tracking program was declared unlawful by a federal appeals court in ACLU v. Clapper, and it was disowned by Congress. And, after a White House investigation found that the program never stopped a single terrorist attack, even President Obama ordered it terminated. This is because of you. This is the power of an informed public.

Sweden’s Top Court Will Hear Assange Appeal Over Arrest Warrant

April 29, 2015 Al Jazeera, www.america.aljazeera.com Resist! Julian Assange, Sweden, Whistleblowers

Sweden's Supreme Court said Tuesday it would hear an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian to lift the arrest warrant against him issued by prosecutors who want to question him over allegations of sexual assault. Assange, 43, an Australian citizen, has been staying in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual assault against two women in 2010. He denies the accusations. Prosecutors first insisted he go to Sweden for questioning but in a U-turn in March agreed to conduct the interview in London. Assange has said he fears that if Britain extradites him to Sweden, he could then be extradited to the United States, where he would be tried for one of the largest leaks of classified information in U.S. history.

Assange Interview: ‘Obvious And Conspicuous’ Injustice

March 25, 2015 Chris Spannos and Julian Assange, www.telesurtv.net/english Educate! Julian Assange, Media, Transparency, Wikileaks

What the U.S. is claiming is that any information about the United States gives it jurisdiction and if we publish information that came from the U.S. government, therefore it has jurisdiction to prosecute publishers that exist outside the United States, because of their connection. Now, the way journalists and publishers work is that some journalists get something from a source and then communicate it to other journalists in the organization; the editors and subeditors, the publisher, the distributor, the tech guys, and so on. What the U.S. government is saying is that this flow of information, that occurred within WikiLeaks as a media organization, is a conspiracy. So they have worked out a way to embroil an entire media organization in the U.S. jurisdiction based on any information coming in through one journalist working for that media organization.

Assange Breakthrough: Swedish Prosecutors Will Interview Him

March 14, 2015 David Crouch, www.theguardian.com Educate! Criminal Justice, Julian Assange, Law, Sweden

Lawyers for Julian Assange have claimed victory after a Swedish prosecutor bowed to pressure from the courts and agreed to break the deadlock in the WikiLeaks founder’s case by interviewing him in London. Marianne Ny, who heads the investigation into accusations of rape, coercion and sexual molestation against Assange, made a formal request to interrogate him in the Ecuadorian embassy – the first sign of movement in a case that has been frozen since August 2012. The prosecutor will also ask the UK government and Ecuador for permission to carry out the interviews at the embassy in London, where Assange has been staying for more than two-and-a-half years to avoid extradition to Sweden, from where he fears being handed over to the US to face espionage charges.

Swedish Supreme Court Turnaround, Will Hear Assange Appeal

March 12, 2015 Philip Dorling, www.smh.com Resist! Julian Assange, Law, Sweden

Sweden's highest court will hear an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he seeks to quash an arrest warrant arising from rape and sexual molestation allegations. On Tuesday the Swedish Supreme Court agreed to consider Mr Assange's appeal against the decisions of lower courts to uphold an arrest warrant issued in November 2010. The Supreme Court has decreed that the Swedish "Attorney-General [Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson] expeditiously submit its reply to the case, especially on the issue of the conduct of investigations and the principle of proportionality". Last week a United States court confirmed that WikiLeaks and Mr Assange are still being targeted by the US Department of Justice in a criminal investigation prompted by leaks of secret military and diplomatic documents by US army private Chelsea Manning in early 2010.

Accused WikiLeaks Courier Tortured, Extradited

March 8, 2015 Staff, www.couragefound.org Resist! Anonymous, Espionage Act, Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks

Matt DeHart is a 30-year-old former US National Guard drone team member and alleged WikiLeaks courier who worked with the hactivist group Anonymous. He has been deported/extradited from Canada to the United States to face charges that judges in two countries (the US and Canada) have found to lack credibility. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said: “Canada’s actions are shameful. It may as well not have a border.” A few minutes ago Matt DeHart appeared before a judge in Buffalo and was ordered to be transferred to Tennessee for arraignment. For the past five years, Matt DeHart has been at the centre of a US national security investigation and has experienced extraordinary hardship as a result. In 2010, Matt was detained at the US–Canadian border by FBI agents, who administered an IV (intravenous line) to Matt against his will. They questioned him over several days regarding his military unit, his involvement with Anonymous and WikiLeaks. They denied him access to his lawyer, deprived him of sleep, food and water, and tortured him during this time.

Assange Appeals To Sweden’s Supreme Court Over Arrest Warrant

February 26, 2015 David Crouch, www.theguardian.com Resist! Julian Assange, Law, Sweden

Julian Assange is taking his appeal to Sweden’s highest court in a final attempt to persuade a Swedish judge that the arrest warrant against him should be lifted. His lawyers will ask Sweden’s supreme court on Wednesday to agree that the “severe limitations” on Assange’s freedoms since he claimed asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012 to escape extradition to Sweden are unreasonable and disproportionate to the case. In August 2010, the WikiLeaks founder and campaigning journalist was accused by two women of rape and sexual molestation, but he has not been charged because the prosecutor insists she is unable to interview him about the allegations. Prosecutor Marianne Ny has declined invitations by Assange to do so in London, where he has taken refuge in the embassy to avoid a perceived threat of extradition to the US for publishing military secrets. Assange denies all the charges.

Glimmer Of Hope For Assange

February 1, 2015 Gustavo Capdevila, www.ipsnews.ne Organize! Julian Assange, Wikileaks

There is a window of hope, thanks to a U.N. human rights body, for a solution to the diplomatic asylum of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in the embassy of Ecuador in London for the past two and a half years. Authorities in Sweden, which is seeking the Australian journalist’s extradition to face allegations of sexual assault, admitted there is a possibility that measures could be taken to jumpstart the stalled legal proceedings against Assange. The head of Assange’s legal defence team, former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, told IPS that in relation to this case “we have expressed satisfaction that the Swedish state“ has accepted the proposals of several countries. The prominent Spanish lawyer and international jurist was referring to proposals set forth by Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, Slovakia and Uruguay.

Swedish Court Upholds Assange Warrant, Criticizes Prosecutor

November 21, 2014 BBC, www.bbc.com Educate! Julian Assange, Law

A Swedish appeal court has upheld an arrest warrant against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, wanted for questioning over sexual assault claims. The Court of Appeal refused Mr Assange's attempt to have a detention order issued in 2010 revoked. Mr Assange, who denies the allegations, has sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid extradition. If he goes to Sweden, he fears he could be extradited to the US to face charges of leaking government documents. Wikileaks has published thousands of secret documents, which have caused intense embarrassment for the US and lifted the lid on diplomatic relations.

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