I'm flying to London for the #HighCourt hearing on #JA
Some Italian mayors & orgs asked me the courtesy of handing over the parchment of honorary citizenships, memberships and even a good luck charm to #StellaAssange for #JA.

Like this from the tiny city of #Chiusi(Tuscany)

A descent into cruelty and barbarism:

2004: Law Lords ruled against 1) a British #Guantanamo in #Belmarsh 2) the use of evidence obtained under #torture

2024: Britain 1) deports asylum seekers to #Rwanda 2)keeps in prison a journalist, #JA

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/apr/23/global-system-refugee-rights-risk-rwanda-bill-un-council-europe-conservatives-rishi-sunak-labour-uk-politics-latest-updates

Rwanda bill puts global refugee rights in danger, says UN and Council of Europe – UK politics latest

International concern over new law increases as UN high commissioner for refugees says it marks ‘step away from UK’s tradition of providing refuge’

^{Andrew Sparrow (The Guardian)}

Sabato 20 aprile al @journalismfest #IJF24, ascolterò con grande piacere
#JesselynRadack,#JameelJaffer, #JeffreySterling #SamLebovic
sull'incriminazione di giornalisti e fonti che rivelano leaks.
Chiaro che si parlerà del caso #JA e #WikiLeaks

https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/impact-of-leak-prosecutions-on-the-free-press

Impact of leak prosecutions on the free press

This panel discussion will explore the impact of U.S. leak prosecutions on global investigative journalism. The Espionage Act is a draconian, World War I-era law used to prosecute media sources in the U.S.

^{International Journalism Festival}

oggi vi spieghiamo l'ultimo sviluppo del caso Julian #Assange e #WikiLeaks: gli USA NON garantiscono che, se estradato e processato,#JA godrà dello scudo costituzionale del #FirstAmendment che ha permesso la pubblicazione dei leggendari #PentagonPapers

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2024/04/17/assange-usa-per-lui-niente-pena-di-morte-ma-non-garantiamo-il-primo-emendamento/7516111/

Assange, Usa: “Per lui niente pena di morte ma non garantiamo il Primo Emendamento”

Gli Stati Uniti non cercheranno né imporranno la pena di morte a Julian Assange, se estradato dal Regno Unito e processato per la pubblicazione dei documenti segreti del governo, ma non garantiscono che il fondatore di WikiLeaks potrà godere della pr…

^{Stefania Maurizi (Il Fatto Quotidiano)}

1. Today marks 5 YEARS since Julian #Assange was arrested and incarcerated in Belmarsh

You expect democracies

respecting aggressive journalism

journalists do NOT have to pay the high price #JA has paid

you don't expect plans to kill/kidnap/spy them as dictatorships do

After 6 years of obstruction, my #US #FOIA lawyers, Alia Smith and Lauren Russell of Ballard Spahr, and I will challenge extremely heavy redactions of US documents on #JA and #WikiLeaks, to unearth facts like these

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2024/03/26/revealed-military-spies-hidden-microphones-and-u-s-plans-to-detain-julian-assange-after-the-collateral-murder-video/7491881/

Revealed: Military spies, hidden microphones and U.S. plans to detain Julian Assange after the Collateral…

Exclusive FOIA documents expose how in July 2010, when WikiLeaks had not even published the secret files on the war in Afghanistan, a large-scale investigation on WikiLeaks had already been launched, with the American authorities relying on spies, in…

^{Stefania Maurizi (Il Fatto Quotidiano)}