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====== The Political persecution of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks ====== | ====== The Political persecution of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks ====== | ||
- | ===== Years of Arbitrary detention ===== | + | (Please add content to this wiki. Resources can be found [[https:// |
- | ===== Threats to life ===== | + | ===== A Collective persecution |
- | ===== Spying ===== | + | **From the early years of WikiLeaks, there have been concerted efforts between public and private agents to put a definitive end to WikiLeaks and neutralize, if not destroy, its founder Julian Assange - some would say, a conspiracy...** |
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+ | === Shady strategies === | ||
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+ | **Pile on** | ||
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+ | In 2012 Strafor analysts (a private global intelligence company contracting for corporations and US agencies) were discussing strategies to crush Assange in their e-mails | ||
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+ | ** Assange be moved around sine die** | ||
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+ | === Honest Government Ad: Assange, by Juice Media === | ||
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+ | Satirist Juice Media tells it like it is : All America' | ||
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+ | === UN expert says " | ||
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+ | “In 20 years of work with victims of war, violence and political persecution I have never seen a group of democratic States ganging up to deliberately isolate, demonise and abuse a single individual for such a long time and with so little regard for human dignity and the rule of law,” Melzer said. “The collective persecution of Julian Assange must end here and now!” | ||
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+ | ===== Threats to Assange life ===== | ||
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+ | === High-level U.S. government officials, including Clinton and Biden, have called for the assassination of Assange and to list WikiLeaks as a terrorist organization === | ||
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+ | A video compilation : https:// | ||
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+ | === Fury over BBC writer' | ||
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+ | The writer of the BBC's new comedy inspired by Julian Assange once called for the police to publicly shoot the Wikileaks founder in the head. Supporters of Assange say tweets Thom Phipps posted about him were ' | ||
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+ | ===== Banking Blockade ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Swedish case ===== | ||
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+ | For a better understanding of the scandal surrounding the " | ||
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+ | ===== Years of restrictions of liberties and Arbitrary detention ===== | ||
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+ | === House arrest === | ||
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+ | === Ecuadorian Embassy === | ||
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+ | **The siege of Julian Assange is a farce - a special investigation (Nov 2014)** | ||
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+ | by John Pilger http:// | ||
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+ | **59 International Organizations Call Upon UN to Remedy Human Rights Violations in Pre-Charge Detention of Wikileaks Publisher Julian Assange (2014)** | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | **The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention deems the deprivation of liberty of Mr Assange arbitrary (Feb 2016)** | ||
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+ | === Belmarsh prison === | ||
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+ | See [[Belmarsh high-security prison]] | ||
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+ | === Judge refusals to grant bail === | ||
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+ | On January 6th 2021 District judge Vanessa Baraister denies Assange bail | ||
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+ | **RSF condemns “unnecessarily cruel” decision to keep Julian Assange detained** | ||
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+ | **Amnesty International: | ||
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+ | ===== Spying | ||
See [[Spying on Assange inside the Ecuadorian Embassy]] | See [[Spying on Assange inside the Ecuadorian Embassy]] | ||
- | ===== Damages | + | ===== Damages |
- | ===== Smears | + | === WikiLeaks medical reports |
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+ | 14 Sept 2016 | ||
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+ | WikiLeaks releases confidential medical | ||
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+ | The deterioration of Mr. Assange' | ||
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+ | === Access to medical care, a human right, must also be guaranteed to Julian Assange === | ||
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+ | === Letter by Doctor Sondra Crosby === | ||
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+ | A letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in April 2019, asking her office look into the case of Assange, who according to doctor Crosby is denied the fundamental right to health accorded to him as a refugee. | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | === Julian Assange suffered severe psychological and physical harm in Ecuadorian embassy, doctors say === | ||
+ | by James Risen, The Intercept, April 15 2019 https:// | ||
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+ | === UN expert on torture sounds alarm again that Julian Assange’s life may be at risk (Nov 2019) === | ||
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+ | === End torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange === | ||
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+ | Published in The Lancet Feb 2020 | ||
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+ | === Extradition trial witness statements === | ||
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+ | During Assange' | ||
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+ | See [[: | ||
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+ | ===== Smears and character assassination in media ===== | ||
=== ‘Media Freedom’ Campaign Pushes Magnitsky Sanctions – But Ignores Case of Julian Assange === | === ‘Media Freedom’ Campaign Pushes Magnitsky Sanctions – But Ignores Case of Julian Assange === | ||
https:// | https:// | ||
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+ | === Assange considers law suit against UK Deputy Prime Minister === | ||
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+ | === Debunking all the Assange smears === | ||
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+ | by Caitlin Johnstone, 2019 | ||
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+ | ===== Threats to supporters, family and friends ===== | ||
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+ | **Murder threats to family of Julian Assange** (Dec 2010) | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | see also [[Targeting of Assange & WikiLeaks supporters ]] | ||
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+ | ===== Persecution of alleged sources & associates ===== | ||
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+ | see also [[Targeting of Assange & WikiLeaks supporters ]] | ||
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+ | === Chelsea Manning (Iraq and Afghan War Logs) === | ||
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+ | === Jeremy Hammond (Global Intelligence files) === | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | === Alleged Vault 7 source Joshua Schulte === | ||
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+ | **Barbaric torture: Alleged WikiLeaks source details prison conditions ** | ||
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+ | by Kevin Gostonzola, 29 jan 21 | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | === The conspiracy charge in the indictment === | ||
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+ | ===== More abuses of Justice : Extradition trial " | ||
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+ | See also all the pages of this wiki relating to the extradition trial : | ||
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+ | * [[USA vs Julian Assange extradition hearing Part 1 24-28 Feb]] | ||
+ | * [[usa_uk_vs_julian_assange_-_extradition_hearing_part_2| USA vs Julian Assange extradition hearing Part 2 Sept 7 - Oct 1 2020]] | ||
+ | * [[Extradition hearing first instance verdict - No US extradition, | ||
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+ | === Kangaroo court === | ||
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+ | **Jérémie Zimmerman on the travesty at Woolwich Crown court (Feb 2020)** | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | ** A day in the death of British Justice ** | ||
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+ | John Pilger, Consortium News, August 12, 2021 | ||
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+ | **Steve Bell on a UK judge backing the US appeal in Julian Assange’s extradition case – cartoon** 12 aug 2021 | ||
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+ | === Extradition denied but judge refusals to grant bail === | ||
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+ | On January 6th 2021 District judge Vanessa Baraister denies Assange bail | ||
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+ | **RSF condemns “unnecessarily cruel” decision to keep Julian Assange detained** | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | **Amnesty International: | ||
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+ | === Lies and Fabrications === | ||
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+ | ** In his own words: Assange witness explains fabrications ** (7/09/21) | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | ===== The Actors of a persecution ===== | ||
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+ | Visit [[: |