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+======In Defence of Julian Assange======
 **Many people and organizations worldwide have expressed their support of Assange and his work with WikiLeaks (see also [[Assange's awards and recognition]]). Many expressed their concerns about how his rights were abused during the time of his political asylum inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and about his welfare now that he is imprisoned at [[Belmarsh high-security prison]].
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 Voices are rallying with yet more urgency now that Assange's life is at stake, with the understanding that the threat to Assange and WikiLeaks is a threat to us all.**
-====== Intergovernmental Organizations ======
+===== Intergovernmental Organisations =====
-=== Council of Europe ===
+==== Council of Europe ====
 == Parliamentary assembly Resolution 2317: Threats to media freedom and journalists’ security in Europe, 28/01/2020 ==
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 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=28508&lang=en
-=== United Nations ===
+==== United Nations ====
   * The working group on arbitrary detention deems the deprivation of liberty of Mr Assange as arbitrary https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=17012&LangID=E
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   * Dismantling the Swedish "rape" narrative against Julian Assange, by Nils Melzer, UN rapporteur on torture, 2 Jul 2019 https://medium.com/@njmelzer/response-to-open-letter-of-1-july-2019-7222083dafc8
-=== Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ===
+==== Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe ====
 /02/2020 OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his concern at the potential extradition of WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange, ahead of his hearing on 24 February.
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-====== Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) ======
+===== Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) =====
 === a List of Press freedom and human rights groups that condemn Assange's arrest ===
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-=== Amnesty International ===
+==== Amnesty International ====
 Julian Assange must not be extradited - 11 April 2019
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 https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/uk-extradition-julian-assange-usa-must-not-go-ahead
-=== Human Rights Watch ===
+==== Human Rights Watch ====
 “The Assange prosecution threatens modern journalism.” - Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch
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-=== La Quadrature du Net ===
+==== La Quadrature du Net ====
 Privacy for the weak, Transparency for the powerful /
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   * (Fr) https://www.laquadrature.net/2019/05/01/la-vie-privee-pour-les-faibles-la-transparence-pour-les-puissants/
-=== American Civil Liberties Union ===
+==== American Civil Liberties Union ====
 “For the first time in the history of our country, the government has brought criminal charges against a publisher for the publication of truthful information. This is an extraordinary escalation of the Trump administration's attacks on journalism, and a direct assault on the First Amendment.” - Ben Wizner, director
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-====== Journalists ======
+===== Journalists =====
-=== Journalists speak up for Julian Assange ===
+==== Journalists speak up for Julian Assange ====
 In this appeal to all fellow professionals in every branch of the press and media, journalists worldwide speak out in support of Julian Assange in the name of fundamental human rights and the public's right to know.
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   * (Fr) https://blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/article/061219/des-journalistes-prennent-la-defense-de-julian-assange
-=== Reporters without borders (RSF) ===
+==== Reporters without borders (RSF) ====
 "Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by reports that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s health has deteriorated in detention, and calls for his immediate release on humanitarian grounds. RSF condemns the continued targeting of Assange for his journalistic like activities, which sets a dangerous precedent".
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 https://rsf.org/en/news/two-months-assanges-extradition-hearing-rsf-calls-his-release-humanitarian-grounds-and-us-espionage
-=== IFJ & EFJ ===
+==== The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) ====
-European Federation of Journalists stated that the arbitrary detention of Julian Assange sets a dangerous precedent for journalists, media actors and freedom of the press. Together with the International Federation Of Journalists they expressed their concerns: “This case stands at the heart of the principle of free speech. If the US government can prosecute Mr Assange for publishing classified documents, it may clear the way for governments to prosecute journalists anywhere, an alarming precedent for freedom of the press worldwide. Also, the use of espionage charges against people publishing materials provided by whistleblowers is a first and should alarm every journalist and publisher. In a democracy, journalists can reveal war crimes and cases of torture and abuse without having to go to jail. It is the very role of the press in a democracy. If governments can use espionage laws against journalists and publishers, they are deprived of their most important and traditional defense – of acting in the public interest – which does not apply under the Espionage Act.”
+The European Federation of Journalists stated that the arbitrary detention of Julian Assange sets a dangerous precedent for journalists, media actors and freedom of the press. Together with the International Federation Of Journalists they expressed their concerns: “This case stands at the heart of the principle of free speech. If the US government can prosecute Mr Assange for publishing classified documents, it may clear the way for governments to prosecute journalists anywhere, an alarming precedent for freedom of the press worldwide. Also, the use of espionage charges against people publishing materials provided by whistleblowers is a first and should alarm every journalist and publisher. In a democracy, journalists can reveal war crimes and cases of torture and abuse without having to go to jail. It is the very role of the press in a democracy. If governments can use espionage laws against journalists and publishers, they are deprived of their most important and traditional defense – of acting in the public interest – which does not apply under the Espionage Act.”
 https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2020/01/02/international-journalist-statement-in-defence-of-julian-assange/?fbclid=IwAR2Qy2pUFEEu-wXjxzuAFEb7GYedM6hPa9YNC62rKa842pxLU279wjV4ogo
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 https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/future-of-journalism/article/brussels-journalism-is-not-a-crime-julian-assange-must-be-released.html?fbclid=IwAR08yECV377J0GCcjMRUJkugSq7fqe2lOYBMwmoyOy77mS1RwvNLipEj8ts
-=== TCIJ ===
+==== The Centre For Investigative Journalism (TCIJ) ====
-Centre For Investigative Journalism stated that “whatever your view of its philosophy of radical transparency, Wikileaks is a publisher. Any charges now brought in connection with that material, or any attempt to extradite Mr Assange to the United States for prosecution under the deeply flawed cudgel of the Espionage Act 1917, is an attack on all of us. Mr Assange deserves the solidarity of the community of investigative journalists. The world is now watching.”
+The Centre For Investigative Journalism stated that “whatever your view of its philosophy of radical transparency, Wikileaks is a publisher. Any charges now brought in connection with that material, or any attempt to extradite Mr Assange to the United States for prosecution under the deeply flawed cudgel of the Espionage Act 1917, is an attack on all of us. Mr Assange deserves the solidarity of the community of investigative journalists. The world is now watching.”
 https://tcij.org/news/a-statement-from-the-cij-on-julian-assanges-arrest/
-=== The Guardian view: don't do it ===
+==== The Guardian Newspaper's view: don't do it ====
-The Guardian view on extraditing Assange: Don't do it
+The Guardian's view on extraditing Assange: Don't do it
 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/20/the-guardian-view-on-extraditing-julian-assange-dont-do-it
-=== Glenn Greenwald ===
+==== Glenn Greenwald ====
 Julian Assange indictment poses grave threats to free press
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 https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/12/greenwald_every_journalist_in_the_world_should_speak_out_against_arrest_of_julian_assange.html#!
-=== Serge Halimi ===
+==== Serge Halimi ====
 Prisoner for free speech
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-====== Jurists ======
+===== Jurists =====
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-=== International Jurists' letter in defence of Julian Assange to B.Johnson 22/02/2020 ===
+==== International Jurists' letter in defence of Julian Assange to B.Johnson 22/02/2020 ====
 https://medium.com/@deepadriver/international-jurists-letter-82c90061994c
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-====== Hackers, activists, whistleblowers ======
+===== Hackers, activists, whistleblowers =====
-=== Edward Snowden ===
+==== Edward Snowden ====
 "Images of Ecuador's ambassador inviting the UK's secret police into the embassy to drag a publisher of--like it or not-- award-winning journalism out of the building are going to end up in the history books. Assange's critics may cheer, but this is a dark moment for press freedom"
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 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/26/edward-snowden-trump-has-created-global-playbook-attack-those-revealing-uncomfortable-truths/
-=== Lauri Love ===
+==== Lauri Love ====
 "WikiLeaks embarrassed the US government by shedding light on powerful people who do horrific things with public money and as a result, Julian has been put on the sacrificial altar."
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 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/lauri-love-julian-assange-put-sacrificial-alter-190414110242061.html
-=== Daniel Ellsberg ===
+==== Daniel Ellsberg ====
 Assange's arrest is the beginning of the end
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJuCNrRXxC4&feature=youtu.be
-====== Thinkers, artists, celebrities ======
+===== Thinkers, artists, celebrities =====
-=== In Defense of Julian Assange / OR Books ===
+==== In Defense of Julian Assange / OR Books ====
 https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/in-defense-of-julian-assange/
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 Pamela Anderson, Julian Assange, Renata Avila, Katrin Axelsson, Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Sally Burch, Noam Chomsky, Patrick Cockburn, Naomi Colvin, The Courage Foundation, Mark Curtis, Daniel Ellsberg, Teresa Forcades i Vila, Charles Glass, Kevin Gosztola, Serge Halimi, Nozomi Hayase, Chris Hedges, Srećko Horvat, Caitlin Johnstone, Margaret Kimberley, Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, Lisa Longstaff, Alan MacLeod, Stefania Maurizi, Craig Murray, Fidel Narváez, John C. O’Day, John Pilger, Jesselyn Radack, Michael Ratner, Angela Richter, Geoffrey Robertson, Jennifer Robinson, Matt Taibbi, Natalia Viana, Ai Weiwei, Vivienne Westwood and Slavoj Žižek.
-=== 10 organizations and 120 personalities in Belgium ===
+==== 10 organizations and 120 personalities in Belgium ====
 {{ :5e2ddfacf20d5a719a6b4edb.jpg?400}}
 Liberté pour Assange, journaliste, prisonnier politique
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 full text: https://www.lalibre.be/debats/opinions/liberte-pour-assange-journaliste-prisonnier-politique-5e2ddfadf20d5a719a6b4edd
-Signatories: {{:signaturesfinalassange_be.pdf}}
+Signatories: {{docs:signaturesfinalassange_be.pdf}}
-=== Dr. Cornel West, Professor at Harvard University ===
+==== Dr. Cornel West, Professor at Harvard University ====
 Dr. West lauds Julian Assange as a revolutionary truth-teller: "It's very clear that brother Julian is a person of very deep moral conviction, politcal commitment - that he was fundamentally commited to disclosing these truths, revealing these truths across the board... There needs to be much wider and intense support for him"
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 https://covertactionmagazine.com/index.php/2020/02/07/exclusive-interviews-with-cornel-west-max-blumenthal-and-ben-wizner-on-assange-countdown-to-freedom/
-=== Slavoj Zizek ===
+==== Slavoj Zizek ====
 "Assange helped teach the people about our tarnished freedom – now we are all he has left to defend him"
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-=== Pamela Anderson ===
+==== Pamela Anderson ====
 "This is the first time in history that a non-US publisher has been charged under the Espionage Act of 1917. All he published was the truth.
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 https://www.pamelaandersonfoundation.org/news/2019/9/14/assange-facts-and-support
-=== Geoffroy de Lagasnerie ===
+==== Geoffroy de Lagasnerie ====
 Why progressives should support WikiLeaks
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 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/digitaliberties/why-progressives-should-support-wikileaks/
-=== Arundhati Roy ===
+==== Arundhati Roy ====
 Arundhati Roy on why she admires WikiLeaks and opposes Assange extradition to the US
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-=== Andrei Makine ===
+==== Andrei Makine ====
 L’écrivain Andreï Makine prend fait et cause pour Julian Assange. Au nom d’une circulation de l’information sans fard, capable d’arrêter le bras des puissances hégémoniques. Entretien en forme de plaidoyer vibrant et audacieux.
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 https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-idees/280519/andrei-makine-pour-un-grand-prix-international-julian-assange
-=== Brian Eno ===
+==== Brian Eno ====
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eroLnU71pw
-=== Andreja Pejic ===
+==== Andreja Pejic ====
 “We live in a very complex world. There’s a lot of confusion and it’s hard to know where to stand in this huge crisis that is happening, but I think standing behind Assange and Manning is where we should all be.” -
-=== Roger Waters ===
+==== Roger Waters ====
 https://rogerwaters.com/assange-london-speech/
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 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/07/andr-f07.html
-====== Doctors ======
+===== Doctors =====
-=== Medical and psychological reports 2016 ===
+==== Medical and psychological reports 2016 ====
 https://wikileaks.org/Medical-Reports.html
-=== Open letter to Australian government ===
+==== Open letter to Australian government ====
 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/17/open-d17.html
-=== 60 doctors warn Assange could die in prison ===
+==== 60 doctors warn Assange could die in prison ====
 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/25/julian-assanges-health-is-so-bad-he-could-die-in-prison-say-60-doctors
-=== JH Bradol & R.Brauman, Anciens présidents de MSF ===
+==== JH Bradol & R.Brauman, Anciens présidents de MSF ====
 "Nous appelons à la libération de Julian Assange et de Chelsea Manning victimes de la vengeance d'états"
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 https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2019/12/18/nous-appelons-a-la-liberation-de-julian-assange-et-de-chelsea-manning-victimes-de-la-vengeance-d-etats_6023328_3232.html
-=== Swedish Doctors for Human Rights ===
+==== Swedish Doctors for Human Rights ====
 https://theindicter.com/psychological-torture-of-assange-open-letter-to-amnesty-international-sweden-by-swedish-doctors-for-human-rights-swedhr/
-====== Grassroots ======
+===== Grassroots =====
-=== DIEM25 petition ===
+==== DIEM25 petition ====
 https://internal.diem25.org/petitions/1
-=== French strikers & protesters ===
+==== French strikers & protesters ====
 French public sector strikers call to free Julian Assange
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 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/06/fras-d06.html
-=== Journalistes, universitaires, citoyens Belges ===
+==== Journalistes, universitaires, citoyens Belges ====
 Julian Assange, ce grand homme qui meurt dans l'indifférence générale, Aurore Von Opstal
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 https://www.lalibre.be/debats/opinions/julian-assange-ce-grand-homme-qui-meurt-dans-l-indifference-generale-5dc17356d8ad58388747e783
-=== Australian teenagers ===
+==== Australian teenagers ====
 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/05/teen-d05.html
-=== NATO protesters ===
+==== NATO protesters ====
 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/04/prot-d05.html