Julian Assange

The Assange Saga gets more and more like something written by Tolkein, full of oligarchal monsters trying to kill tall heroic white-haired elves, and jealous witches and wizards lurking in dark towers of power.

Good evening. Earlier this evening, earlier today in a courthouse in Saipan, we had a hearing that brought to a close a prosecution that never should have been brought.

Today, a press release from a 'Monash Expert' came across my desk, entitled, "Monash expert: Julian Assange plea deal." It cited Associate Professor, Johan Lidberg, Head of Journalism, School of Media Film and Journalism.  My attention was caught by a statement a few sentences down, where the associate professor, said, "Assange's legacy is complex.

Julian Assange - Out of Belmarsh, but still not home 'free,' until he really is.  Maybe Thursday?

(This article has been adapted from a double-sided A5 leaflet, the PDF file from which it can be printed is here.) Yesterday, on Friday 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, four members of the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Support Group (Assange Support Group) - Andrew Wilkie, Josh Wilson, David Shoebridge and Bridget Archer - issued a press release [1] in which they “urge[d] the United States to discontinue the long, expensive and punishing process that prevents Mr Assange from returning home to his family in Australia.” The press release concluded “there is no justice, compassion, or reasonable purpose in the further persecution of Julian Assange when one considers the harsh conditions of detention he has already endured.”

Dear Prime Minister Anthony Albanese,

As you are surely aware, Julian Assange has been locked away since 11 April 2019 – more than 5 years ago - in solitary confinement for more than 23 hours per day for more than 5 years

If Julian Assange, who has broken no British law [1] can be treated in this way, this means that any Australian citizen can also be imprisoned. (This article has been adapted from a PDF file. To download, see the end of this article.)

(Update 7pm +11 27/3/24) Dear Andrew Wilkie, Adam Bandt, Josh Wilson, Bridget Archer, David Shoebridge, Ms. Bridget Archer, Tony Zappia, Peter Khalil, Peter Whish-Wilson and other members of the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Support Group,

In the recent 29 February by-election for the UK seat of Rochdale, George Galloway campaigned against Israel's mass-murder of Palestinians in Gaza and for Julian Assange's freedom. He defeated the two major pro-war parties, Labor and the Conservatives, to become the new MP for Rochdale in the House of Commons. In the attached 18 minute YouTube video, he is interviewed by Syrian-born British journalist Richard Medhurst.

On 29 February 2024, Israeli soldiers machine-gunned crowds of Palestinians in north Gaza while they stood waiting for food to arrive. Something between 80 and 200 Gazans were killed and hundreds are wounded. "How can this still be possible?" a friend wrote in an email sent to me at 02:19 hrs. "You mean, how come our 'democracies' have not responded to calls,  based on our purported shared values, to stop it?" I replied.

At the end of this document you can see a list of who voted for Mr Wilkie's motion for, among other things, [underlining] the importance of the UK and USA bringing the matter to a close so that Mr Assange can return home to his family in Australia. The motion was carried by a majority, which included the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. References: Nos 11 and 12 in THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS No. 104
WEDNESDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2024

In this 14 minute video, British journalist Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst) gives all of the critical facts about the Australian journalist Julian Assange who faces the threat of extradition to the United States. There he would be tried at a kangaroo court and would almost certainly be imprisoned for the rest of his life in conditions of solitary confinement that would be even worse than all that he is now being made to endure at London's Belmarsh Prison.

Starting on Tuesday 20 February, 9 days from today, a two day hearing, to decide whether or not Julian Assange is to be extradited to the United States, will commence. It seems highly likely that the judge will rule that Assange be extradited to the United States. There he will face a kangaroo court hearing, thence imprisonment for 175 years, in conditions even worse than the solitary confinement he is now being made to endure in London's Belmarsh Prison (find PDF adaptation of this article here).

Saturday morning September 30th 2023 started out innocently and happily for Lorine of Assange Vigil Melbourne Australia, but within the hour she was injured, bruised and traumatised by Melbourne police. 

The following article has been adapted from the attached leaflet (modified, 29/9/23 - previous version here), which Melbour

This article is republished from the Italian website, https://www.pressenza.com/2023/08/on-september-2-rallies-for-julian-assange-outside-australian-embassies-worldwide-whats-behind-them/.  On September 2, 2023 there were rallies for Julian Assange outside Australian embassies worldwide, because people internationally had become aware that the Australian Government was part of the problem and not helping Assange.

In his interview of one hour and 22 minutes, which is embedded within this article, Robert F. Kennedy Junior (@RobertKennedyJr), who is seeking to be the Democratic Party's candidate for the Presidential election on 5 November 2024, explained how he will end the war in Ukraine by ceasing the supply of US military aid to the Kiev regime, which so far, totals US$43 billion. Most of this military aid has turned into charred wreckage containing much of the flower of young Ukrainian manhood [1] in the east of Ukraine.

Update, 19 August : 28 minute YouTube video embedded. 2 August 2023 : Four parliamentary speeches in support of Julian Assange and one weak defense of Government's weasel words from the ALP's Linda White.  Thanks to the Office of Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson for helping to bring us up to date.

Monday 31 July 2023 update included below.

Dear Andrew Wilkie,

On 9 June you said, "It’s deeply disappointing that the United Kingdom High Court has denied Julian Assange the right to appeal his extradition to the United States.

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Further update, Wed 15 June: Assange mentioned only once this week in Parliament this week, whilst German MP speaks up (see Appendix 2 below). Although Julian Assange was not mentioned either in the House of Representatives or the Senate, yesterday, on Tuesday 13 June, there is still good reason to hope that, over the remaining 7 days, in which both houses sit (including today), we will he

I emailed the following to Independent Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie and to a number of other members of the Bring Julian Assange Parliamentary Support Group on the evening of Monday 12 June, the day before the 13 June resumption of the sitting of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. How you can help : Contact your local Member of Parliament, your state Senators or members of the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Support Group and ask them to vote for my proposed motion, included below or, at least, to vote for the procedural motion to allow Standing Orders to be suspended so that motion can be put. Please let us know here on candobetter of your efforts, any responses or lack thereof.

More fantastic speaking from the Friday afternoon Julian Assange support group at the Sydney Town Hall.

As Australia agrees to host a second US military base among the 800 to 1000 US bases and installations round the world, it also stands almost silently by as the US pursues Julian Assange's extradition to the bowels of the bent and fractured US legal system. This appalling system is now poised to outlaw free speech indefinitely in the United States and wherever its tentacles reach around the globe.

Always fantastic off the cuff speakers,encouraging Australians to stand up to their lousy government, and for freedom.