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re: Artist Will DESTROY Picasso/Rembrandt & More Masterpieces If Assange Dies in Prison
Assange FIGHTS The FATAL Blow to Press Freedom
Julian Assange Can Appeal Extradition;
Stella Moris Blasts "Politically Motivated Prosecution"
AP, 26 JAN 2022.
A British judge has ruled that political dissident and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the United States. The ruling dealt a major blow to the Biden administration's efforts to put Assange on trial for espionage charges. Assange has spent over 1,000 days locked up in the Belmarsh high-security prison in London, where he recently suffered a mini-stroke.
The "politically driven" prosecution of Assange is punishing "a publisher for doing his work, for having published evidence of U.S. crimes," says Stella Moris, Assange's fiancée. "For every win that we get, Julian's situation doesn't change. And this is punishment through process."
Today the UK announced the Julian Assange has won the right to appeal his extradition to the USA.
Assange's brother, Gabriel Shipton, reveals the full story of government corruption, assassination attempts, and why this case sets the most dangerous precedent for freedom of the press of our lifetime.
"The national security state doesn't want its secrets exposed. They're using the espionage act to clamp down on publishers. They're afraid of leaks. They're afraid of being surveilled. ... Julian turned the lens of surveillance back around onto them. ... They want Julian dead. ... There's a worldwide movement of people who see this case for what it is.
It's the criminalization of telling the truth - the criminalization of journalism. ...
He's my hero actually. But he's also my brother."
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