A #UK High Court hearing on 20 May will decide whether #JulianAssange ’s permission to appeal can proceed. The dangerous prospect of his extradition is all too real. We urge the #US to drop all charges. #FreeAssangeNOW : pen-international.org/news/julian-as…

Call your reps today! Urge support for H. Res. 934, which affirms support for the First Amendment right to publish and calls for dropping the charges against Julian Assange: assangedefense.org/press-release/…

While dictators kill troublesome journalists with guns and missiles, democracies can afford to be more patient. But the end result is the same.

The US Government’s Plot to Murder Julian #Assange | Charles Glass

#FreeAssangeNOW

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'This is a non-assurance. It's no assurance at all', Jen Robinson breaks down US 'assurances' regarding Julian Assange's First Amendment rights.

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“The note contains a hollow statement, namely, that Assange can try to raise the First Amendment at trial (and at sentencing), but the U.S. Department of Justice can’t guarantee he would get those rights, which is precisely what it must do under British extradition law based on…

‘Assange’s wife decries US ‘weasel words’ on extradition’ | The Times and The Sunday Times

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The only clear path to freedom for Julian #Assange is for the US government to drop the charges against him. theage.com.au/world/europe/j… #MEAAmedia #pressfreedom

If the US can’t guarantee that Julian Assange will unequivocally be able to rely on the free speech protection under the First Amendment, the UK High Court of Justice must allow Mr Assange to appeal his extradition andrewwilkie.org/2024/04/us-ass…. #FreeAssangeNOW #auspol #politas

U.S. continues its pursuit of Julian Assange

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Julian Assange should be free.

The US has refused to guarantee First Amendment rights (to free speech) to Julian #Assange . Extradition should be refused on these grounds. Better still President Biden could make good his suggestion of offering a plea deal or dropping the charges. Until he does, journalism is at risk.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's wife Stella Assange #FreeAssangeNOW has told LBC she believes her husband 'could be killed' in the United States, 'either through the death penalty or by assassination' if his extradition were to go ahead.

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⚠️ No matter what assurances the US has provided in the final stages of extradition proceedings against Julian Assange, the grounds of his appeal deserve proper consideration by the UK High Court. We’ll be back in court to monitor the hearing on 20 May. It’s time to #FreeAssange !

BREAKING:

“The United States has issued a non-assurance in relation to the First Amendment, and a standard assurance in relation to the death penalty. It makes no undertaking to withdraw the prosecution's previous assertion that Julian has no First Amendment rights because he…

The general consensus among human rights defenders has been that assurances are ineffective at best, and at worst actually undermine protections by implicitly downplaying the weight of obligations already established under international human rights law.

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While dictators kill troublesome journalists with guns and missiles, democracies can afford to be more patient. But the end result is the same.

The US Government’s Plot to Murder Julian #Assange | Charles Glass

#FreeAssangeNOW

thenation.com/article/societ…

VIDEO: Amnesty, CPJ brief Congress on dangers of Assange case (Feb. 2024) assangedefense.org/press-release/…

Stella Assange on BBC Today 11/4/2024

“I hope Joe Biden really, just drops this case now as, the entire, human rights community and press freedom community is asking him to do”

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Over the past five years, the USA has been granted endless opportunities to alter its extradition request for Julian Assange: Three rounds of indictments and two rounds of assurances. Where the grounds for the US request are barred by the Extradition Act, the court has invited…

BREAKING: CIA director William J. Burns files State Secrets Privilege demand in spying on Assange lawyers, journalists case
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