Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of The Guardian

'The precedent that is going to be set by the case against Julian Assange should worry everybody' Democracy Now! #FreeAssange NOW #FreeAssange

New interview with wife of Julian Assange, Stella Assange #FreeAssangeNOW, as May 20 extradition decision approaches: “There's a a very plausible argument that extraditing him would make it easier to assassinate him” Europinion #FreeAssange #FreeAssange NOW
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A descent into cruelty and barbarism:

2004: Law Lords ruled against 1) a British #Guantanamo in #Belmarsh 2) the use of evidence obtained under #torture
2024: Britain 1) deports asylum seekers to #Rwanda 2)keeps in prison a journalist, #JA
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Whistleblowers and publishers are different. They need different types of protections. Julian Assange is a publisher, and he has been charged as a publisher. The Assange prosecution creates the political and legal conditions to be able to imprison, harass and charge other

'The fight for the liberation of Julian Assange in the Lecco pre-Alps' #FreeAssangeNOW

La lotta per la liberazione di Julian Assange è salita ancora di quota, nelle prealpi lecchesi Comitato per la Liberazione di Julian Assange - IT

Craig Murray: The Farce of US Diplomatic Assurances

The assurance that Julian Assange will be allowed to rely on the First Amendment in his defence is a blatantly weak piece of sophistry.

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Ai Weiwei: “Julian Assange truly represents a core value of why we are free: because we have freedom of the press - Let him be a free man” #FreeAssangeNOW

There are only four weeks left (May 20) until Julian Assange finds out whether the UK will allow his extradition to the US for reporting which exposed war crimes and human rights violations

All major free speech and human rights orgs have denounced his prosecution as an attack

The New York Times: “This [ #Assange ] case now represents a threat to freedom of expression and, with it, the resilience of American democracy itself” The New York Times #FreeAssangeNOW

Guardian Editorial: Why Julian Assange should not be extradited

‘A society that claims to uphold freedom of the press cannot possibly remain indifferent’ [18 February 2024] #FreeAssange #FreeAssange NOW theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Amnesty: While the US has allegedly assured the UK that it will not violate the rights of Julian Assange, we know from past cases that such ‘guarantees’ are deeply flawed' #FreeAssangeNOW amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

🧵10 reasons It's time to #LetHimGoJoe #FreeAssangeNOW

‘Why the pursuit of Julian Assange creates an 'immediate jeopardy' for journalists’ | Press Gazette IFJ [July 2023] #FreeAssange #FreeAssange NOW pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analys…

Executive Director of Freedom of the Press on why the attempted extradition of Julian Assange is a threat to press freedom, and all journalists: “If you care about press freedom, make some noise about Julian Assange’ [May 2023] #FreeAssangeNOW theguardian.com/media/2023/may…

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…

WikiLeaks founder’s wife says he will not be afforded first amendment protections #FreeAssangeNOW
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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

The assurances have been made public by The New York Times. This dangerous prosecution cannot be allowed to proceed on the basis of unenforceable niceties between states. These grounds deserve full consideration by the High Court. Assange’s fate, and the future of journalism, depend on it.

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The United States has now, on the face of it, produced the Diplomatic Note giving the two assurances required by the High Court to allow the extradition of Julian Assange to proceed. The assurance that Julian Assange will be allowed to rely on the First