12 Years Ago Today: Wikileaks began publishing #Cablegate in conjunction with The Guardian, Le Monde, El País, Der Spiegel and New York Times. Nine days later its publisher Julian Assange is arrested and has been in detention ever since #Cablegate12 #FreeAssangeNOW pic.twitter.com/p0f40O5pJc
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 28, 2022
The now 3+ year imprisonment with no trial of Julian Assange – easily one of the most consequential Western journalists of his generation – makes US/UK lectures about press freedom a total farce. Good to see the media outlets who profited from his scoops finally defending him: https://t.co/wDLhL6oEB6
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 28, 2022
It’s disgusting that the New York Times would be making a call to release Assange after what they’ve done to him.
As a State Department apparatus, they were the leading force shilling for the imprisonment and prosecution of Assange.
It’s very easy to come out now and say this.
The United States should end its prosecution of Julian Assange, leading media outlets from the United States and Europe that had collaborated with the WikiLeaks founder said on Monday, citing press freedom concerns.
“This indictment sets a dangerous precedent, and threatens to undermine America’s First Amendment and the freedom of the press,” editors and publishers of the Guardian, the New York Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and El País said in an open letter.
The other three New York Times of the UK, Germany and Spain. They are basically franchises, promoting the US/Globalist/Jew agenda.
Assange is wanted by U.S. authorities on 18 counts, including a spying charge, related to WikiLeaks’ release of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables. His supporters say he is an anti-establishment hero who has been victimized because he exposed U.S. wrongdoing, including in conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Monday marked twelve years since those media outlets collaborated to release excerpts from over 250,000 documents obtained by Assange in the so-called “Cablegate” leak.
The material was leaked to WikiLeaks by the then American soldier Chelsea Manning and revealed the inner workings of U.S. diplomacy around the globe. The documents exposed “corruption, diplomatic scandals and spy affairs on an international scale,” the letter said.
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“Publishing is not a crime,” the media outlets said in their letter on Monday.
Well, I agree with that.
Maybe they should tell Andrew Anglin?
Journalism is not a crime. Free Julian Assange. pic.twitter.com/ThAWNhgQmb
— Eliza (@elizableu) November 28, 2022
Never forget – Keep fighting and let freedom and free speech prevail. pic.twitter.com/dxW6vkB5eK
— Triasime 100mg (@Triasime100mg) November 28, 2022
Football Legend Eric Cantona: "Let's not forget Julian Assange. A journalist jailed in England for publishing war crimes." 🔥 pic.twitter.com/OJ6BjvAvNw
— sarah (@sahouraxo) November 20, 2022