London accepted the extradition of Julian Assange to america, the place he faces as much as 175 years in jail for “conspiring” towards American pursuits. This determination is a severe breach of the liberty to tell and be told.
The British authorities’s Dwelling Secretary, Priti Patel, has simply signed the extradition order of Julien Assange to america. It is a severe offense towards the liberty of the press which, traditionally, will bear his identify eternally.
Julian Assange, revealed, greater than ten years in the past, conflict crimes dedicated by the American military in Afghanistan and Iraq. His info was then taken up by the media worldwide. Since then, he has been prosecuted, harassed, tortured and disadvantaged of his freedom. After eight years of asylum, in troublesome circumstances and underneath espionage, on the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, he has been incarcerated within the British jail of Belmarsh for 3 years.
Struggle crimes
The U.S. authorities accuses him of encouraging whistleblower Chelsea Manning to interrupt into the federal government pc system in 2010 and supply info containing clear proof of conflict crimes, together with the discharge of the “Collateral murders” video. A video launched confirmed, through a digital camera on a U.S. Apache helicopter in Iraq, the deliberate taking pictures of civilians by the U.S. navy in Baghdad on July 12, 2007. A minimum of 18 folks had been killed on this episode, together with two Reuters journalists.
He has since been prosecuted by america for conspiring towards American pursuits and endangering their pursuits. A minimum of 18 prices have been introduced towards him. He faces as much as 175 years in jail. Chelsea Manning was convicted after which amnestied by President Barack Obama. She is free.
Destroying the founding father of Wikileaks
In keeping with the United Nations Particular Rapporteur on Torture, the UK and america colluded to publicly destroy the founding father of Wikileaks and deter others from exposing their crimes. Since then, 2019, Nils Melzer, has undertaken a cautious examination not solely of the UK courts’ iniquitous therapy of Julian Assange over the previous dozen years, however extra importantly, whether or not due technique of regulation has been adopted. Gathered in a guide (*), he lists and paperwork all of the proof for his claims.
In keeping with Nils Melzer, the target was to not velocity up the prosecution of the Australian journalist, as a result of it could have been essential to show that the Swedish and American accusations had been true. The shortage of proof would have been too seen. Somewhat, it was to entice Julian Assange in a maze of prosecutions/non-prosecutions whereas preserving him in jail in circumstances described as “torture, offensive to the dignity of the particular person. It was a matter of letting him rot in order that he could be forgotten by all and in order that his extradition would go nearly unnoticed.
Against the law towards freedom of data
The People, led by President Joe Biden, are strongly indignant concerning the conflict crimes dedicated in Ukraine by the invading Russian armies and, on the identical time, wish to annihilate and make disappear a journalist whose solely crime is to have exercised his mission to tell!
The British signature for the extradition of Julian Assange to america is against the law towards the liberty to Inform and to be told. The Nationwide Union of Journalists (SNJ), the primary and foremost union of French journalists, along side the Worldwide Federation of Journalists (IFJ), has been supporting Julian Assange for all his years and denounces these procedures emanating straight from the explanations of state. It calls on your complete career to declare its solidarity and to tell totally on the scenario of their colleague and the worldwide stakes for all journalists of what’s presently being performed out between Nice Britain and america.
Each journalist should really feel involved. Would we stay detached if such accusations had been made towards our colleagues who enable, on the threat of their lives, to doc what is occurring as we speak in Ukraine or earlier than that in Syria?
To tell is neither against the law nor a misdemeanor, however a proper for all residents!
