[Peace-discuss] Assange discussion

[Robert Naiman]

It's possible that the extradition case to the United States could be
stopped, in which case they might have to set him free, presumably to
return to his native Australia.

Corbyn and the leadership of the Labour Party are against the extradition.

Tulsi Gabbard and Ro Khanna have spoken out against the extradition. It's
plausible that we could get Bernie to speak out against it. Ro Khanna is
close to Bernie. He's national co-chair of Bernie's campaign. We got Bernie
to improve what he was saying about Venezuela by organizing more people to
speak out.

Tulsi is going to be in the Democratic debates, having received the
required number of individual contributions to qualify.

This issue isn't going away, as long as Julian sits in a UK jail with a US
extradition threat hanging over him. Journalists, activists, voters will
continue to ask about it.

Remember, this isn't just about the fate of Julian, although we should
always care about someone who is unjustly imprisoned for a long time,
especially if our government is responsible for it. This is about the U.S.
government's attempts to chill national security journalism by curbing the
protections of the First Amendment. Therefore, it concerns everyone who
wants to end and prevent wars.

Block Extradition & Prosecution of Julian Assange for First
Amendment-Protected Journalism
https://www.change.org/p/block-extradition-prosecution-of-julian-assange-for-first-amendment-protected-journalism

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Robert Reuel Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1





On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 10:14 PM Brussel, Morton K via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> There is a very long discussion about the Assange situation on Consortium
> News. It is interesting and informative to listen in to it here and there
> over its 6 hours. Various aspects of the case are illuminated, relative to
> the UK, the U.S., France, and Equador. One conclusion from the discussion
> is that Assange's case in the UK will probably extend for quite some time,
> during which Assange will be better treated than he was in the Equadorian
> embassy.
>
>
> https://consortiumnews.com/2019/04/11/emergency-meeting-for-assange-live/#comments
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