British law prohibits extradition to a country that may impose capital punishment. The indictment would punish conduct that national security journalists routinely engage in; no publisher has ever been prosecuted for disclosing government secrets....
Prosecuting Assange gives a green light to countries around the world that it is possible to protect their government secrets by charging international reporters or editors with crimes.
"The bottom line is that journalism is not a crime," said Rep. Jim McGovern. "The stakes are too high for us to remain silent."
While US media fixated on Russian interference in the 2016 election, an Israeli secret agent’s campaign to influence the outcome went unreported.
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"If they succeed with Julian Assange, … we will not have a First Amendment," says Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg.
The U.S. government has never prosecuted a journalist or newspaper for publishing classified information, which constitutes an essential tool of journalism. WikiLeaks published evidence of war crimes that the U.S. military had committed...
Julian Assange’s extradition to the US has been blocked, but he still faces the injustice of years in prison in the UK. While world leaders remain quiet, AMLO stands alone in speaking for freedom of speech — and has offered Assange asylum in Mexico.
“If wars can be started by lies, peace can be started by truth.”
“In 20 years of work with victims of war, violence and political persecution I have never seen a group of democratic States ganging up to deliberately isolate, demonise and abuse a single individual for such a long time...
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