Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== The Political persecution of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks ====== (Please add content to this wiki. Resources can be found [[https://challengepower.info/_media/update_re_julian_assange_in_belmarsh_to_22_mar_2020_.docx|here]].) ===== A Collective persecution ===== **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...** === Shady strategies === ** strafor emails ** 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 https://search.wikileaks.org/gifiles/emailid/1056763 https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/10/1056763_re-discussion-assange-arrested-.html ** Assange be moved around sine die** https://www.zerohedge.com/political/assange-be-moved-around-sine-die === Honest Government Ad: Assange, by Juice Media === Satirist Juice Media tells it like it is : All America's bitches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1efOs0BsE0g&cc_load_policy=1&cc_lang_pref=fr === UN expert says "collective persecution" of Julian Assange must end now (May 2019) === “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!” https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24665 ===== Threats to Assange life ===== === 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 === A video compilation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuQW0US2sJw === Fury over BBC writer's 'kill Assange' tweet (2015) === 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 'shocking' and 'dangerous' – and make him unfit to write about the issue. https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2015/01/30/21744/fury_over_bbc_writers_kill_assange_tweet ===== Banking Blockade ===== https://wikileaks.org/Banking-Blockade.html ===== Swedish case ===== For a better understanding of the scandal surrounding the "Swedish sex case", and how through various due process violations in all involved jurisdictions it turned out to be instrumental in Assange's political persecution, visit [[https://challengepower.info/tools_to_fight_a_disinformation_campaign#understanding_the_swedish_case|this page]] ===== Years of restrictions of liberties and Arbitrary detention ===== === House arrest === === Ecuadorian Embassy === **The siege of Julian Assange is a farce - a special investigation (Nov 2014)** by John Pilger http://johnpilger.com/articles/the-siege-of-julian-assange-is-a-farce-a-special-investigation **59 International Organizations Call Upon UN to Remedy Human Rights Violations in Pre-Charge Detention of Wikileaks Publisher Julian Assange (2014)** https://wikileaks.org/59-International-Organizations.html **The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention deems the deprivation of liberty of Mr Assange arbitrary (Feb 2016)** https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=17012&LangID=E === Belmarsh prison === See [[Belmarsh high-security prison]] === Judge refusals to grant bail === On January 6th 2021 District judge Vanessa Baraister denies Assange bail **RSF condemns “unnecessarily cruel” decision to keep Julian Assange detained** https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-condemns-unnecessarily-cruel-decision-keep-julian-assange-detained **Amnesty International: UK Decision to refuse Assange bail renders his continued detention “arbitrary”** https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/01/uk-decision-to-refuse-assange-bail-renders-his-continued-detention-arbitrary/ ===== Spying on Assange and his visitors ===== See [[Spying on Assange inside the Ecuadorian Embassy]] ===== Damages to Assange's health / Access to healthcare denied ===== === WikiLeaks medical reports === 14 Sept 2016 WikiLeaks releases confidential medical and psychological reports concerning our editor Julian Assange's situation. This part one publication consists of three documents: a twenty-seven page psycho-social and medical assessment from 10 November 2015, a report from Mr. Assange's physician from 8 December 2015 and a dentist's report from 31 July 2015. The in-depth assessment of the psychological and physical effects that the severely restrictive conditions of confinement within the small premises of the Embassy have had on Mr. Assange is by far the most detailed insight into the circumstances of his life inside the Embassy --including the multi-million dollar covert operation the United Kingdom admits to subjecting him to. He has been deprived of his liberty since 7 December 2010. He has not been charged with an offence. The deterioration of Mr. Assange's physical health has arisen as a result of the extremely restrictive conditions of his confinement. The United Kingdom has formally refused safe access to even the most basic hospital diagnostics. https://wikileaks.org/Medical-Reports.html === Access to medical care, a human right, must also be guaranteed to Julian Assange === Doctor Sean Love, 2018 https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/06/22/sean-love-access-medical-care-must-guaranteed-julian-assange/ === Letter by Doctor Sondra Crosby === 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. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5912322-UNHCHR-Final.html === Julian Assange suffered severe psychological and physical harm in Ecuadorian embassy, doctors say === by James Risen, The Intercept, April 15 2019 https://theintercept.com/2019/04/15/julian-assange-health-medical-care/ === UN expert on torture sounds alarm again that Julian Assange’s life may be at risk (Nov 2019) === https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25249&LangID=E === End torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange === Published in The Lancet Feb 2020 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30383-4/fulltext === Extradition trial witness statements === During Assange's extradition hearing in London in 2020, his defence team called several witnesses, including doctors who were asked to comment on the psychological and physical state of Julian Assange, the harm that was done to him over years of political persecution and arbitrary detention, and the dangers an extradition to the U.S would represent for his health and safety. See [[:witness_statements/assange_extradition_hearing_witness_statements|witness statements page]] ===== Smears and character assassination in media ===== === ‘Media Freedom’ Campaign Pushes Magnitsky Sanctions – But Ignores Case of Julian Assange === https://21stcenturywire.com/2020/02/17/media-freedom-campaign-pushes-magnitsky-sanctions-while-ignoring-the-persecution-of-julian-assange/ === Assange considers law suit against UK Deputy Prime Minister === https://wikileaks.org/Assange-considers-law-suit-against.html === Debunking all the Assange smears === by Caitlin Johnstone, 2019 https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/debunking-all-the-assange-smears-a549fd677cac ===== Threats to supporters, family and friends ===== **Murder threats to family of Julian Assange** (Dec 2010) https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/murder-threats-to-family-of-julian-assange/news-story/9bfd8b53a9fa08caf5c3e165363b482a?sv=27a8def22b848b81090bc261a570a063 see also [[Targeting of Assange & WikiLeaks supporters ]] ===== Persecution of alleged sources & associates ===== see also [[Targeting of Assange & WikiLeaks supporters ]] === Chelsea Manning (Iraq and Afghan War Logs) === === Jeremy Hammond (Global Intelligence files) === https://freejeremy.net/ === Alleged Vault 7 source Joshua Schulte === **Barbaric torture: Alleged WikiLeaks source details prison conditions ** by Kevin Gostonzola, 29 jan 21 https://shadowproof.com/2021/01/29/us-doj-moves-stifle-alleged-wikileaks-source-challenge-mccnewyork/ === The conspiracy charge in the indictment === ===== More abuses of Justice : Extradition trial "Kangaroo court" ===== See also all the pages of this wiki relating to the extradition trial : * [[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, but...]] === Kangaroo court === **Jérémie Zimmerman on the travesty at Woolwich Crown court (Feb 2020)** https://consortiumnews.com/2020/02/26/assange-extradition-interview-with-jeremie-zimmermann-assange-collaborator-and-friend-on-the-travesty-at-woolwich-crown-court-2/ ** A day in the death of British Justice ** John Pilger, Consortium News, August 12, 2021 https://consortiumnews.com/2021/08/12/john-pilger-a-day-in-the-death-of-british-justice/ **Steve Bell on a UK judge backing the US appeal in Julian Assange’s extradition case – cartoon** 12 aug 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2021/aug/12/steve-bell-on-a-uk-judge-backing-the-us-appeal-in-julian-assanges-extradition-case-cartoon? === Extradition denied but judge refusals to grant bail === On January 6th 2021 District judge Vanessa Baraister denies Assange bail **RSF condemns “unnecessarily cruel” decision to keep Julian Assange detained** https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-condemns-unnecessarily-cruel-decision-keep-julian-assange-detained **Amnesty International: UK Decision to refuse Assange bail renders his continued detention “arbitrary”** https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/01/uk-decision-to-refuse-assange-bail-renders-his-continued-detention-arbitrary/ === Lies and Fabrications === ** In his own words: Assange witness explains fabrications ** (7/09/21) https://stundin.is/grein/13910/his-own-words-assange-witness-explains-fabrications/ ===== The Actors of a persecution ===== Visit [[:the_actors:start|{{ ::actors_excerpt.png?nolink&310|}}]][[:the_actors:start|This section]] political_persecution_of_assange_and_wikileaks.txt Last modified: 2021/09/18 19:01by editor117