Stella Assange speaking to the Luxembourg Parliament on the persecution of Julian Assange
- joneskind ( @joneskind@beehaw.org ) 20•1 year ago
Well, he did help Trump being elected by releasing Clinton’s emails, in exchange of a pardon he didn’t obtain.
Remember the indictment of Julian relates to 2010-2011 publications only: the Afghanistan War Logs, Iraq War Logs, Diplomatic Cables, Guantanamo Bay Detainee Briefs. The charges have nothing to do with the 2016 release of Clinton’s emails, or with WL allegedly helping Hillary loose the election to Trump.
- joneskind ( @joneskind@beehaw.org ) 5•1 year ago
Absolutely.
- TWeaK ( @TWeaK@lemm.ee ) English12•1 year ago
So he publicised that Clinton was illegally managing her emails while in public office (while simultaneously exonerating her of the accusations that Trump actually made) and that means he’s politically aligned with Trump? The guy’s a journalist, he pisses off everyone, that’s how you know he’s good.
- joneskind ( @joneskind@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
It doesn’t mean he’s aligned with Trump ideology.
It means he’s corruptable
Remember Julian Assange is in a high security prison without conviction awaiting extradition to the US where the conditions he will be incarcerated in will be even worse. He will be burried in the prison with no contact to his friends or family while being tried in the ‘espionage court’ where he is charged. The long-term threat of these conditions have amounted to psychological torture, resulting in a medical state that could end his life at any moment. Julian is literally hanging by a thread. His limited contact with his wife and 2 young children are literally his life line. He won’t have that in US prison. This is a matter of life and death. Torturers torture to intimidate. In Julian’s case it is to intimidate everyone else and in particular the press, so they won’t do what he did and expose serious state criminality to the world. The purpose is to avoid accountability and avoid facing justice.
Remember: the indictment of Julian relates to 2010-2011 publications only: the Afghanistan War Logs, Iraq War Logs, Diplomatic Cables, Guantanamo Bay Detainee Briefs. The charges have nothing to do with the 2016 release of Podesta/Clinton’s emails, or with Russia.
The 18 count indictment: https://www.justice.gov/d9/press-releases/attachments/2020/06/24/06_24_20_returned_redacted_foreperson_name_0.pdf
The Assange High Court appeal (UK) application as blocked by Justice Swift: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/assangehighcourtappeal.pdf
- dingleberry ( @dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de ) 6•1 year ago
As much of a PoS Assange is, he would’ve been treated the same even without all the elections interfering.