Pilger writes: "The Assange case amplifies many truths, and one is the
growing, global totalitarianism of Washington, regardless of who is elected
president."
Julian Assange. (photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Free Julian Assange
By John Pilger, teleSUR
22 June 15
The Assange case amplifies many truths, and one is the growing, global
totalitarianism of Washington, regardless of who is elected president.
On June 19, Julian Assange, founder and editor, of WikiLeaks has been a
refugee in the Ecuadorean 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 - then she said she was coming; then she
cancelled her appointment. It is a farce, but one with grim consequences for
Assange should he dare step outside the Ecuadorean embassy. The U.S.
criminal investigation against him and WikiLeaks - for the "crime" of
exercising a right enshrined in the U.S. constitution, to tell unpalatable
truths - is "unprecedented in scale and nature", according to U.S.
documents. For this, he faces much of a lifetime in the hellhole of a U.S.
supermax should he leave the protection of Ecuador in London.
The Swedish allegations are no more than a sideshow to this - the SMS
messages between the women involved, read by lawyers, alone would exonerate
him. They refer to the accusations as "made up" by the police. In the police
report one of the women says she was "railroaded" by the Swedish police.
What a disgrace this is for Sweden's justice system.
Julian Assange is a refugee under international law and he should be given
right of passage by the British government out of the UK, to Ecuador. The
nonsense about him "jumping bail" is just that - nonsense. If his
extradition case went through the British courts today, the European Arrest
Warrant would be thrown out and he would be a free man. So what is the
British government trying to prove by its absurd police cordon around an
embassy whose refuge Assange has no intention of giving up? Why don't they
let him go? Why is a man charged with no crime having to spend three years
in one room, without light, in the heart of London?
The Assange case amplifies many truths, and one is the growing, global
totalitarianism of Washington, regardless of who is elected president.
I am often asked if I think Assange has been "forgotten." It's my experience
that countless people all over the world, especially in Australia, his
homeland, understand perfectly well the injustice being meted out to Julian
Assange. They credit him and WikiLeaks with having performed an epic public
service by informing millions about what the powerful plan for them behind
their backs, the lies governments and their vested interests tell, the
violence they initiate. The powerful and the corrupt loathe this, because it
is true democracy in action.
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Free Julian Assange
By John Pilger, teleSUR
22 June 15
The Assange case amplifies many truths, and one is the growing, global
totalitarianism of Washington, regardless of who is elected president.
n June 19, Julian Assange, founder and editor, of WikiLeaks has been a
refugee in the Ecuadorean 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 - then she said she was coming; then she
cancelled her appointment. It is a farce, but one with grim consequences for
Assange should he dare step outside the Ecuadorean embassy. The U.S.
criminal investigation against him and WikiLeaks - for the "crime" of
exercising a right enshrined in the U.S. constitution, to tell unpalatable
truths - is "unprecedented in scale and nature", according to U.S.
documents. For this, he faces much of a lifetime in the hellhole of a U.S.
supermax should he leave the protection of Ecuador in London.
The Swedish allegations are no more than a sideshow to this - the SMS
messages between the women involved, read by lawyers, alone would exonerate
him. They refer to the accusations as "made up" by the police. In the police
report one of the women says she was "railroaded" by the Swedish police.
What a disgrace this is for Sweden's justice system.
Julian Assange is a refugee under international law and he should be given
right of passage by the British government out of the UK, to Ecuador. The
nonsense about him "jumping bail" is just that - nonsense. If his
extradition case went through the British courts today, the European Arrest
Warrant would be thrown out and he would be a free man. So what is the
British government trying to prove by its absurd police cordon around an
embassy whose refuge Assange has no intention of giving up? Why don't they
let him go? Why is a man charged with no crime having to spend three years
in one room, without light, in the heart of London?
The Assange case amplifies many truths, and one is the growing, global
totalitarianism of Washington, regardless of who is elected president.
I am often asked if I think Assange has been "forgotten." It's my experience
that countless people all over the world, especially in Australia, his
homeland, understand perfectly well the injustice being meted out to Julian
Assange. They credit him and WikiLeaks with having performed an epic public
service by informing millions about what the powerful plan for them behind
their backs, the lies governments and their vested interests tell, the
violence they initiate. The powerful and the corrupt loathe this, because it
is true democracy in action.
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