FINALLY!!! JULIN ASSANGE IS FREE!! Congratulations and thank you to the tireless activists around the world who have been fighting for so many years for this day to come. You should be proud.

Julian #Assange should never have had to endure years of imprisonment. #Assange’s prosecution will go down in history as an ill-conceived attempt to stifle publishing truthful information in the public interest and a stain on any U.S. proclamation on the value of the free press.

Small reminder that a “non-state hostile intel service” & its head don’t get sweetheart plea deals. ALWAYS fight govt efforts to censor, blockade, bankrupt, smear, kidnap & imprison media figures. #AssangeFreed theguardian.com/media/live/202…

So much love for Jen Robinson who has fought this fight relentlessly and from the very beginning. Definitely the person you want in your corner. ❤️

Judge asked Assange what Assange did to constitute crime charged: "Working as a journalist I encouraged my source to provide information that was said to be classified in order to publish that information. I believe that the First Amendment protected that activity… "

Assange added in Saipan court, " I believe the First Amendment and the Espionage Act are in contradiction with each other but I accept that it would be difficult to win such a case given all these circumstances."

We did it. 14 years of legal battles and we are finally taking him home to Australia to be reunited with Stella Assange and his kids - and giving him his life back. So many thank yous to make - and will come. Can’t wait to touch down in 🇦🇺

Elated #Assange is free. But we’ve seen such “victories” before. Whistleblowers Thomas Drake & ⁦⁦Daniel Ellsberg (Memorial)⁩ both saw their #EspionageAct prosecutions collapse while failing to stanch the longer-term 1st Am. threats at their core. #AmendEA #PassReporterShieldLaw

Julian Assange is Free - The Press is Not. whisper.exposefacts.org/whisper-statem…

Friday Live on Fly on WBAI New York at 99.5 FM, streaming at wbai.org Assange Countown Final Cut Guests (alphabetical order) Stevr Donziger, Abby Martin, Stefania Maurizi, Craig Murray, Jesslyn Radack, Afshin Rattansi, Scott Ritter, John Shipton & Roger Waters 6/28 3PM EST 99.5 FM NYC Stream wbai.org

Stella Assange It’s powerful to hear #Assange’s own voice in the actual plea, and his cogent articulation of how the #FirstAmendment & #EspionageAct are in contradiction.

We owe #Assange a debt of gratitude. Despite being in dire straits himself, Julian & WikiLeaks advocated for #whistleblowers Thomas Drake, Chelsea E. Manning , #JeffSterling, John Kiriakou, Edward Snowden, @reazlepuff, @god_is_a_cop & many more. ✊ assangecountdowntofreedom.com/audio/6-28-ass…

Please help this brave #whistleblower who was fired for exposing child migrants being exploited for labor. #JoshuaCallington gofund.me/6ca07c4d

Great piece on #DanielHale & “CMU creep” — using secret, extra-restrictive prisons to punish prisoners for their dissent . . . not their dangerousness. thenation.com/article/societ…

“This law would effectively protect those who serve the public interest by blowing the whistle on government wrongdoing. And it would help protect all Americans, who deserve nothing less than the full truth about the officials they elect and the government they fund.”

The inaugural Ellsberg Whistleblower Award goes to our client #DanielHale. It was ⁦Daniel Ellsberg (Memorial)⁩’s dying wish that Hale be the first recipient.🏆 #CourageIsContagious #Whistleblowers #FreePress ellsberg-award.org/get-informed/p…

At ExposeFacts, we've been warning on this for a LONG time. My colleagues unR̶A̶D̶A̶C̶K̶ted & Kathleen McClellan are the only pro bono attys dedicated to defending sources in these cases. As Kyle Paoletta points out, sources have the most to lose & least protection. cjr.org/covering_the_e…

ExposeFacts unR̶A̶D̶A̶C̶K̶ted Kathleen McClellan Kyle Paoletta As more and more reporters are working independently, funders in the journalism space need to consider alternate models of legal protection for press freedom.

Thank you to our panelists: Kathleen McClellan , Deputy Director, (WHISPeR) ExposeFacts Joe Spielberger , Senior Policy Counsel, Project on Government Oversight, Project On Government Oversight Mark S. Zaid , Esq.,Founding Legal Partner, Whistleblower Aid   #TransatlanticLeadershipNetwork

Today at RightsCon: unR̶A̶D̶A̶C̶K̶ted, Steven Renderos, & @chipgibbons.bsky.social discuss the over-policing of protests in the U.S.: the impact on the freedoms of speech and press