After years of imprisonment and fighting for his freedom, #Wikileaks founder Julian #Assange is finally free and reunited with his family in his home country of Australia. I am so happy for his entire family, who truly deserve this belated happiness!

Nevertheless, the US government has succeeded in criminalising for the first time the exposure of abuses of power and human rights abuses by the powerful. The Assange court conviction for "conspiracy to obtain information" will deter investigative journalism worldwide. As a reminder, watch this video in which Stella Assange explains the importance of our right to the truth. https://peertube.european-pirates.eu/w/sDD6jA1vmrFgWhZMMfg5ZY

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Julian Assange: Intimidating the press to keep us ignorant

03.05.2024: On Press Freedom Day, it's a disgrace for the West that Julian #Assange remains in prison for his unwelcome revelations! "Intimidating the press is to keep us ignorant" Stella Assange told me.

^{Peertube of European Pirates}

Freedom of #Assange is IMMENSE news!💗 Still processing the multiple emotions: joy, relief, gratefulness.. and a bit of worry.

Sure it IS a reason to celebrate🥳

His unjust ordeal is (probably) over (for now). He walks out of this hellhole that is Belmarsh.

Now there are also reasons to be concerned🧐

The plea deal is nor public nor signed yet. It may contain tons of unjust clauses (gag order? etc.) and is still a strong political signal to deter further journalistic efforts like #WikiLeaks

La liberté d'#Assange est une INCROYABLE nouvelle!💗 Que d'émotions: joie, soulagement, gratitude.. et un brin d'inquiétude.

Raisons de célebrer:🥳

Son calvaire injuste touche (probablement) à sa fin. Il sort de ce donjon immonde qu'est Belmarsh.

Raisons de s'inquiéter:🧐

L'accord "plaider coupable" n'est pas encore signé ni public. Il contient peut-être des saloperies (baillons, etc.) et demeure un précédent politique pour décourager les efforts journalistiques futurs inspirés de #WikiLeaks

Nothing is normal in the #JA and
#WikiLeaks case:

1) key docs DESTROYED by the #UKCrownProsecutionService

2) key docs DESTROYED by the #SwedishProsecutionAuthority
both revealed by my #FOIA

3) key files DISAPPEARED from the phone of #UCGlobal boss
revealed by José Maria Irujo, #ElPais

https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-06-19/files-disappear-from-the-phone-of-the-former-spanish-soldier-who-spied-on-julian-assange-for-the-cia.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_source=Twitter&ssm=TW_CM_EN#Echobox=1718794058

Files disappear from the phone of the former Spanish soldier who spied on Julian Assange for the CIA

The police did not hand over David Morales’ WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Proton Mail and Skype conversations to the judge. The magistrate has ordered their immediate recovery

^{José María Irujo (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)}

One of the Mexican leading newspaper, #LaJornada, just interviewed me on #JA,#WikiLeaks and the #Spanish version of my book #ElPoderSecreto ( #AkalEdiciones) .

At the end of our interview,I told #LaJornada's journalist, #JesusAbrahamFernandez, how lucky #Mexican citizens: they see #progress,a highly educated woman president,we Italians see #regress

1. last Friday, #StellaAssange, Pulitzer Prize winner, #EwenMacAskill and I discussed the #JA and #WikiLeaks case and my book #SecretPower.

#StellaAssange told us a story about the #JA whom I have known for over a decade

(Here is the video):

https://youtu.be/Vs6N0HtcBeA?si=fKrr7mvQ2GRlOjX4

1. venerdì scorso a #Londra con @Stella_Assange e con il premio Pulitzer del Guardian, @ewenmacaskill, abbiamo parlato del caso #JA e #WikiLeaks e del mio libro #SecretPower.

Stella ha raccontato un episodio in puro stile #JA (qui il video):

https://youtu.be/Vs6N0HtcBeA?si=MGt07iH25q2YR5cB

TODAY, #London, #BookmarksBookshop

#StellaAssange, Pulitzer Prize winner, #EwenMacAskill, and I will discuss #JA,#WikiLeaks and my book #SecretPower (foreword by #KenLoach, #PlutoPress)

You are very welcome!
It' a FREE event:
join us and ask whatever you're interested in

my book #SecretPower,based on over a decade of investigative work on #WikiLeaks,will be available in #German in Sept. by #Papyrossa:

papyrossa.de/wp-content/upl…

It is now available in 5 languages:

#English
#Italian
#French
#Spanish
#German

#London

Join #StellaAssange and #EwenMacAskill at #BookmarksBookshop to discuss the #JA and #WikiLeaks case and my book #SecretPower.

These are the last months for president #Biden to do the right thing: #FreeJA. Or does he want to end up in history with #Trump?