After years of imprisonment and fighting for his freedom, #Wikileaks founder Julian #Assange is finally free and reunited with his family in his home country of Australia. I am so happy for his entire family, who truly deserve this belated happiness!
Nevertheless, the US government has succeeded in criminalising for the first time the exposure of abuses of power and human rights abuses by the powerful. The Assange court conviction for "conspiracy to obtain information" will deter investigative journalism worldwide. As a reminder, watch this video in which Stella Assange explains the importance of our right to the truth. https://peertube.european-pirates.eu/w/sDD6jA1vmrFgWhZMMfg5ZY
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To protect press freedom and our right to the truth, Europe must clearly rule out any future detention and extradition of those who expose human rights abuses in the public interest - #transparency is not a crime. Europe must finally offer these people protection from persecution and safe residence - including NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden!
#Pirates #AssangeFree #FreedJulianAssange
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@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social Assange is a credibly accused rapist who managed to dodge justice. Fuck him, we can do better for our heroes.
@echo_pbreyer Do you honestly think what Julian Assange was doing under Wikileaks umbrella can be called journalism (let alone investigative journalism)?
@gytisrepecka He was publishing
@gytisrepecka @echo_pbreyer you can charge a non-US citizen anywhere in the world for defying US espionage laws, but yes let us debate the quality of journalism of this gentleman.
@echo_pbreyer Is he already free? The guardian says he is on his way to Saipan to plead guilty, and *then* be allowed to leave for Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/25/julian-assange-plea-deal-with-us-free-to-return-australia
@echo_pbreyer das hier? https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/VJT199
EDIT: Julian Assange hat noch geschätzte 54 Minuten Flugzeit bis zur Insel Saipan.