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IRISH ANTI WAR MOVEMENT PRESS RELEASE 07 SEPTEMBER 2020 • STOP THE EXTRADITION OF JULIAN ASSANGE TO THE USA • STOP THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE OF JULIAN ASSANGE • DEFEND THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND WHISTLE-BLOWERS • IRISH GOVERNMENT MUST SUPPORT THE ‘FREE ASSANGE CAMPAIGN’ • RELEASE JULIAN ASSANGE NOW! Today, 7th September 2020 is a grim day for press freedom, the rights of whistle-blowers and human rights generally. Award winning journalist and founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange is facing a 175-year prison sentence simply for publishing US government documents revealing evidence of war crimes and human rights abuses. If extradited to the USA he will be tried on a century old Espionage Act that has never previously been applied to journalists. The documents released by Wikileaks were published widely by such media outlets as the Guardian, The New York Times, Der Spiegel, Le Monde and many others. Many prominent US politicians have sought to excoriate Julian Assange’s good character. Current Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden called him a terrorist. Other US politicians, including former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Sarah Palin, called for his assassination. These comments alone should question how he can possibly receive a free and fair trial in the USA? Numerous Human Rights organizations including Amnesty international, Reporters Without Borders, the International Federation of Journalists (British National Union of Journalists & Australian Union of Journalists, MEAA) have called for the extradition to be halted. In February 2020, 118 Doctors and Psychologists, from 18 different countries – Doctors for Assange – penned an open letter in the Lancet Magazine noting his dire state of health and calling for an end to the psychological torture he has suffered while being incarcerated at the Ecuadorian Embassy and at Belmarsh Prison.
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IRISH ANTI WAR MOVEMENT PRESS RELEASE 07 SEPTEMBER 2020 • STOP THE EXTRADITION OF JULIAN ASSANGE TO THE USA • STOP THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE OF JULIAN ASSANGE • DEFEND THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND WHISTLE-BLOWERS • IRISH GOVERNMENT MUST SUPPORT THE ‘FREE ASSANGE CAMPAIGN’ • RELEASE JULIAN ASSANGE NOW! Today, 7th September 2020 is a grim day for press freedom, the rights of whistle-blowers and human rights generally. Award winning journalist and founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange is facing a 175-year prison sentence simply for publishing US government documents revealing evidence of war crimes and human rights abuses. If extradited to the USA he will be tried on a century old Espionage Act that has never previously been applied to journalists. The documents released by Wikileaks were published widely by such media outlets as the Guardian, The New York Times, Der Spiegel, Le Monde and many others. Many prominent US politicians have sought to excoriate Julian Assange’s good character. Current Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden called him a terrorist. Other US politicians, including former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Sarah Palin, called for his assassination. These comments alone should question how he can possibly receive a free and fair trial in the USA? Numerous Human Rights organizations including Amnesty international, Reporters Without Borders, the International Federation of Journalists (British National Union of Journalists & Australian Union of Journalists, MEAA) have called for the extradition to be halted. In February 2020, 118 Doctors and Psychologists, from 18 different countries – Doctors for Assange – penned an open letter in the Lancet Magazine noting his dire state of health and calling for an end to the psychological torture he has suffered while being incarcerated at the Ecuadorian Embassy and at Belmarsh Prison.
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