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The url has changed since I posted this. The correct url is
https://thedissenter.org/us-congress-resolution-urges-end-assange-case/
Fuck Assange. Do Snowden.
If it weren’t for WikiLeaks, Snowden would have been rotting in a US gaol for the past 10 years with no end in sight. WikiLeaks’ Sarah Harrison accompanied Snowden from Hong Kong to safety. They were the only journalists to reach out to help Snowden.
Timely reminder that the indictment Assange faces has nothing to do with any 2016 releases and everything to do with the Trump administration’s war on journalism as he is charged with publishing Afghanistan war logs, Iraq war logs, Iraq Rules of Engagement (needed to contextualise the Collateral Murder video they published at the same time), Guantanamo detainee briefs, and most embarrassingly US State Department cables. These files hold evidence of war crimes, corruption and torture, perpetrated not only by the US. Looks like the movement demanding the charges to be dropped has reached the upper echelons of US democracy which is good not only for Julian and his young family, but also for journalists world-wide and for everyone’s ability to speak truth.