🚨 MAYDAY 🚨
🗓️ 20th May
📍Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
⏰ 8:30am
Assange faces his final battle in the UK Courts and we need you!
#MAYDAYMAYDAY
#LetHimGoJoe
To donate to the campaign to free Julian, click here:
"He exposed horrific crimes that the US citizens were deeply opposed to. Seems like we're talking about some dictatorship where you have no protection of
#FreedomOfSpeech
, no protection under
#FirstAmendment
, no protection for the rights of the press."
@joerogan
#pardonAssangeNOW
"They want to discourage people from leaking information that makes them look horrible, it's that simple. When you look at the crimes that he's revealed, he's revealed some staggering crimes, and no one is concentrating on that."
@joerogan
#pardonAssangeNOW
#FreeAssangeNOW
BREAKING: Julian Assange's fiancée
@StellaMoris1
gives powerful statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London. "This case is the most vicious attack on global press freedom in history."
#AssangeCase
#FreeAssange
Julian Assange's wife
@StellaMoris1
: "His health is deteriorating by the day. He's been in Belmarsh prison for over 3 years, not serving a sentence. He's just there at the behest of the US gov who wants to extradite him to the United States to serve a life sentence."
#FreeAssange
What is "National Defense information"?
It's anything they say it is.
What is "Conspiracy to obtain National Defense information?"
It's journalism
"They want to put him [Assange] in jail for 175 years for practicing journalism"
- Journalist,
@mtaibbi
Today 15 years ago, 11 civilians were murdered by two US helicopters. This event was kept secret until Julian Assange exposed the current systemic abuse to international rules of war. Let's remember who the real criminals are.
#FreeJournalism
#FreeJulianAssange
Pink Floyd's singer
@rogerwaters
joins protest outside US DOJ: "Merrick Garland, do your job. It's so obvious what the right thing to do is. Free Julian Assange."
#FreeAssangeNOW
#DropTheCharges
Thank you to everyone who showed their support for
#JulianAssange
over the past two days!
"Everything turns on the outcome of this case. Whether states can criminalise and put journalists in prison like they've been doing in the UK with an Australian citizen - publisher who's…
"The UK has no obligation to extradite Julian to USA, in fact it is required by its international obligations to stop this extradition." Statement from
@StellaMoris1
after the Court has issued an order to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
#FreeAssangeNOW
#DropTheCharges
"Julian Assange is not a solider - he's a journalist with no connection to the US. No valid legal or contractual obligations of secrecy to the US government and he's still in jail. Still being persecuted by the US, abandoned by Australia and facing a lifetime in a US prison" -…
Stella Moris: Julian’s freedom is tied to all of our freedoms. I call on insiders to come forward to expose the full extend of the misconduct in this case.
#FreeJulian
#FreePress
Statement of
@SwaziJAF
this morning. "
#JulianAssange
is looking down the barrel of 175 years in a US prison under inhumane conditions. And for what? For doing the right thing. For publishing information of war crimes."
#AssangeCase
#FreeAssange
BREAKING: Assange’s lawyers have announced that they will be applying for bail at court this Wednesday, 25 March. They argue that he is in imminent danger from Coronavirus spreading through the prison population and should be released for his and other prisoners and staff safety.
Irish politician calls for release of Julian Assange "who has done more to highlight war crimes in the last 20 years [than anyone else]"
#FreeAssangeNOW
#DontExtraditeAssange
Activists heckle
#Pompeo
over
#Assange
and warmongering policies at Yale university last night, just days after he was served with NY lawsuit for violating 4th amendment
#FreeAssange
Day X is here: the last chance in the British courts to stop Julian Assange’s extradition
Protest to defend a free press.
Tuesday 20 February and Wednesday 21 February
Time: 8.30am
Place: Royal Courts of Justice, the Strand, London WC2A 2LL (nearest tubes Holborn and Temple)…
Vivienne Westwood: “I am Julian
#Assange
, I am the cannary in the coal mine... but I’m half poisoned already because of government corruption and gaming of the legal system”.
#FreeAssange
#FreeAssangeNOW
"Julian Assange exposed horrific crimes, things that US citizens are deeply opposed to. If he can be extradited and prosecuted for that, it seems like we’re talking about a kangaroo court, a dictatorship."—
@joerogan
#FreeAssangeNOW
#DropTheCharges
An update from
@Stella_Assange
Thank you to everyone around the world who took to the streets and who have raised awareness for Julian’s case.
As we wait for the decision, our momentum must continue. Your support is vital at this critical time.
If you are able to donate in…
Crowds are gathering in support of Julian Assange. Make sure you show your support online by sharing, retweeting and spreading the word.
#FreeAssangeNOW
#NightCarnival4Assange
Thank you to everyone who has made their voices heard! Thanks to you, Julian has gained more and more support over the years which was evident in the numbers we saw outside The Royal Courts of Justice and on the march to Downing Street
@CraigMurrayOrg
#FreeJulianAssange
Julian
#Assange
's US criminal defense lawyer Barry Pollack updates us on how well the defense team is doing in court today, demolishing the prosecution's case.
#AssangeCase
"This is a dangerous precedent. It means that any journalist and publisher who is outside of the United States, publishing truthful information about the United States but is not a United States citizen will not benefit from the First Amendment and that should be concerning for…
Julian Assange is my husband – his extradition is an abomination. Julian must be freed before it’s too late. His life depends on it. Your rights depend on it | Stella Assange
#FreeAssangeNOW
#DropTheCharges
“He does not deserve to be in a super max prison... he is an innocent person” -
@pamelaanderson
speaking in 2019 after a visit to Julian
Today marks 5 years of Julian Assange's incarceration in Belmarsh. If he is extradited he could face 175 years in a US maximum security prison…
Yesterday
@StellaMoris1
met
@longwalk4julian
who walked 800 km from Hamburg to London's Belmarsh in order to call attention to the continued detention of
#WikiLeaks
publisher Julian Assange, who faces a 175 year sentence if extradited for publishing
#FreeAssangeNOW
Julian showed from an early age the kind of leader he is; an idealist, an unrelenting visionary dedicated to fighting corruption and helping shape the world into one that lifts up the many.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#FreeJulianAssange
In his statement MEP Mick Wallace 'His [
#Assange
] only crime is exposing the truth about US war crimes and you cannot shout it loud enough.'
#AssangeCase
An important message from
@rogerwaters
We must keep Julian at the front of our minds and be ready to assemble when Day X is officially announced.
Please share this message and sign up below for updates:
#FreeJulianAssange
Join us tomorrow from 10am outside the Royal Courts of Justice for the crucial verdict announcement regarding Julian Assange’s right to appeal.
You can donate to the campaign here:
#FreeAssangeNOW
The Don't Extradite Assange movement is going global under a new banner: Free Assange. Join us as we amplify our international efforts to support the cause.
#FreeAssange
#GlobalSolidarity
"In Assange's case, it's necessary to save an individual from unspeakable torture for the crime of performing the honorable work of a journalist."
Noam Chomsky
#FreeAssangeNOW
#DropTheCharges
Day X is here: the last chance in the British courts to stop Julian Assange’s extradition
Protest to defend a free press.
Tuesday 20 February and Wednesday 21 February
Time: 8.30am
Place: Royal Courts of Justice, the Strand, London WC2A 2LL (nearest tubes Holborn and Temple)…
'Assange's actions...are actions that exposed power to sunlight, actions that might cause power to evaporate if the population grasps the opportunity to become independent citizens of free society rather then subjects of a master who operates in secret'
@noamchomskyT
#FreeAssange
“If Julian ends up in a maximum security prison for the rest of his life in the USA obviously that is abominable and appalling and virtually a life sentence for Julian but it’s also a message to every other journalist around the world” -
@jeremycorbyn
at The Fight To Free Julian…
There have been four confirmed Covid cases among prisoners at Belmarsh, one of whom died. At the last hearing the Judge refused Julian Assange bail because she did not believe that there were cases in Belmarsh. She must now reverse that decision and release him.
The Arab Spring spread across North Africa from 2011, but what was the real reason for NATO’s attack on Libya? Wikileaks revealed the truth in emails sent between Hillary Clinton and one of her advisors
#25DaysOfTruth
#Day17
@richimedhurst
- Independent journalist
To help us in…
“The successful extradition of Julian Assange would effectively criminalise investigative journalism as espionage. It would set a legal precedent allowing the prosecution of anyone who breaks the duty of silence on classified American information and state sponsored crime.” -…
“Today’s decision is astounding. The courts recognise that Julian is exposed to a flagrant denial of his freedom of expression rights... and that he remains exposed to the death penalty and yet what the courts have done is to invite a political intervention from the United States…
“The courts recognise that Julian is exposed to a flagrant denial of his freedom of expression rights, that he is being discriminated against on the basis of his nationality and that he remains exposed to the death penalty” -
@Stella_Assange
’s statement to the press outside the…
More and more people across the world are recognising the injustice faced by Julian Assange. Thankfully, the movement to free him is growing stronger by the day.
Join us this Saturday, Lincoln's Inn Fields @ 4pm for the
#NightCarnival
to show your support for Julian Assange!
"British authorities just take the orders from the United States and Julian Assange is one of the victims."—Noam Chomsky
#FreeAssangeNOW
#NoExtradition
A moving speech from
@Stella_Assange
at this afternoon's
@AnythingtoSay_
protest in London -
"The case against Julian goes to the heart, the fundamentals of what it means to live in an open, democratic society where we can challenge authority, where we can speak up"…
"This only ends if the public, if you take a stand. You have to be a witness becuase if this cotinues you will be a bearing witness to the worst judicial scandal in decades in the United Kingdom. It cannot happen!"
@khrafnsson
#DontExtraditeAssange
#FreeAssange
Imagine you learn about a crime and make it public. But it's not the perpetrators who are prosecuted, it's you.
Prevent this precedent against
#PressFreedom
. Stand up for Assange and our right to true information.
#FreeAssangeNOW
#DropTheCharges
“Julian’s imprisonment serves a purpose. The purpose is to intimidate, to bully, to discourage journalists from telling the truth and to keeping the public ignorant because an ignorant public is a public that can be manipulated and manipulating the public is essential to further…