It is a disgrace how he has been treated, just for exposing the war crimes of a powerful country that doesn’t want their war crimes exposed. All the while that they are accusing others of supporting terrorism.
Assange was [allegedly] caught in a classic honey trap even though no evidence was produced and the relevant country has dropped charges.
But the UK and his own country have sold him out. Farking disgrace.
Ecuador gave him citizenship a while back. Assume it has been revoked.
Reportedly, the US indictment, now unsealed , does not involve treason, but connected to assisting Manning to access a computer password. Reportedly also, unconnected to the Mueller investigation.
Australia will be obliged to give him consular assistance for the UK charges of jumping bail, but doubt that it would have any legal right to intervene in a US extradition request to UK. Now, let’s see what High Commisioner Brandis has to say.
Imagine Shorten will want to stay out of this.
If you’re for freedom of the press, you should be fighting tooth and nail for Assange. This prosecution by the U.S if successful, is basically criminalising journalism.
Australia has had numerous opportunities to petition to the UK Gov’t to get Assange back to Australia and has done nothing because they are just as complicit and as much of a lap dog to the U.S as the U.K is.
The weakness of the charge from the DoJ is shocking - the allegation that Assange tried (and failed) to help crack a password has been public for a decade, it’s the same item that the Obama DoJ refused to charge saying it endangered journalism.
Seems as though we have stood back and allowed Assange to go it alone and also the Chinese fellow an Australian Citizen being held in China and interrogated and tortured.
This Federal Government are truly gutless and who is to say it couldn’t happen to anyone of us.
ScoMo is just too lovey dovey with the Chinese Government for mine. Remember this is the guy when Treasurer, secretly signed away Darwin Harbour to the Chinese for 99 years. What a moron a such a strategic move by us for our security and safety, NOT!
Thanks to Wikileaks the Chinese discovered what Kevin Rudd really thought about them. Those Chinese fuckkers are trying to rat-fuckk us.
For that reason alone, the UK should release Assange and offer him a cup of tea with Liz.
This is the world we live in - war criminals Bush, Blair and to a lesser extent Howard walk around freely under the sun, their crimes complete whitewashed (airbrushed from discourse) while the people who exposed those war crimes like Manning and Assange are imprisoned and tortured.
This is all possible because of a bankrupt and corrupt media who are simply bought and paid for courtiers of the establishment.