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 https://tcij.org/news/a-statement-from-the-cij-on-julian-assanges-arrest/ https://tcij.org/news/a-statement-from-the-cij-on-julian-assanges-arrest/
  
 +=== Freedom of the Press Foundation ===
 +
 +**Major news outlets must push Biden DOJ to drop Assange charges — their press freedom rights are at stake** June 14, 2021
 +
 +https://freedom.press/news/major-news-outlets-biden-doj-to-drop-assange-charges-press-freedom/
  
 === The Guardian Newspaper's view: don't do it === === The Guardian Newspaper's view: don't do it ===
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 https://medium.com/@deepadriver/international-jurists-letter-82c90061994c https://medium.com/@deepadriver/international-jurists-letter-82c90061994c
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 https://www.newsweek.com/why-biden-prosecuting-assange-telling-truth-about-afghanistan-opinion-1627963 https://www.newsweek.com/why-biden-prosecuting-assange-telling-truth-about-afghanistan-opinion-1627963
  
-===== Thinkers, artists, celebrities =====+===== Thinkers, Professors =====
  
-=== Pope Francis === +=== In Defense of Julian Assange / OR Books ===
- +
-https://www.romereports.com/en/2021/03/29/pope-francis-writes-to-julian-assange/  +
-==== In Defense of Julian Assange / OR Books ====+
  
 https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/in-defense-of-julian-assange/  https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/in-defense-of-julian-assange/ 
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 https://www.rt.com/uk/461862-zizek-assange-extradition-brutality/ https://www.rt.com/uk/461862-zizek-assange-extradition-brutality/
  
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-=== 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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-So this extradition is not just an ordinary legal case. It is a test case, and if we lose it will set the precedent that no journalist is safe anywhere in the world" 
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-https://www.pamelaandersonfoundation.org/news/2019/9/14/assange-facts-and-support 
  
 === Geoffroy de Lagasnerie === === Geoffroy de Lagasnerie ===
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 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/digitaliberties/why-progressives-should-support-wikileaks/ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/digitaliberties/why-progressives-should-support-wikileaks/
 +
 +===== Writers =====
 +
 +=== PEN international ===
 +
 +https://pen-international.org/news/united-kingdom-usa-immediately-release-julian-assange-and-drop-extradition-case
  
 === Arundhati Roy === === Arundhati Roy ===
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 https://thewire.in/rights/journalists-writers-condemn-julian-assange-arrest https://thewire.in/rights/journalists-writers-condemn-julian-assange-arrest
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 === Andrei Makine === === Andrei Makine ===
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 https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-idees/280519/andrei-makine-pour-un-grand-prix-international-julian-assange https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-idees/280519/andrei-makine-pour-un-grand-prix-international-julian-assange
  
-=== Brian Eno ===+===== Celebrities =====
  
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eroLnU71pw+=== 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. 
 + 
 +So this extradition is not just an ordinary legal case. It is a test case, and if we lose it will set the precedent that no journalist is safe anywhere in the world" 
 + 
 +https://www.pamelaandersonfoundation.org/news/2019/9/14/assange-facts-and-support 
 + 
 +=== Vivienne Westwood === 
 + 
 +=== Eric Cantona ===
  
 === 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.” -  “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.” - 
 +
 +===== Artists, Musicians, Singers =====
 +
 +**https://artistsforassange.org**
 +
 +=== M.I.A ===
 +
 +=== Chrissie Hynde ===
 +
 +=== Lowkey ===
 +
 +=== Brian Eno ===
 +
 +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eroLnU71pw
  
 === Roger Waters === === Roger Waters ===
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 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/07/andr-f07.html  https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/07/andr-f07.html 
 +
 +===== Religious / Spiritual leaders =====
 +
 +=== Pope Francis ===
 +
 +https://www.romereports.com/en/2021/03/29/pope-francis-writes-to-julian-assange/ 
 +
  
 ===== Doctors ===== ===== Doctors =====
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 https://dontextraditeassange.com/press-release/icelandic-lawmakers-call-on-the-biden-administration-to-drop-the-charges-against-julian-assange/  https://dontextraditeassange.com/press-release/icelandic-lawmakers-call-on-the-biden-administration-to-drop-the-charges-against-julian-assange/ 
  
 +=== Letter of the 120 calling for the freedom of Assange, to Angela Merkel (Germany) ===
 +
 +12/07/2021
 +
 +https://www.sevimdagdelen.de/letter-of-the-120-calling-for-the-freedom-of-julian-assange/ 
  
  
 ===== Grassroots ===== ===== Grassroots =====
 +
 +=== Afghan activist Malalai Joya ===
 +
 +" He (Assange) is a hero. In my view, he exposed the wrong policies, the disgusting policies of the US government and Nato,” she says. “Now he’s living in the hearts of all the justice-loving people.”
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 +06/08/2021
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 +https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/malalai-joya-afghanistan-activist-peace-b1897113.html 
  
 === DIEM25 petition === === DIEM25 petition ===
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