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#DavidMcBride is a hero.
He exposed #Australian Special Forces #WarCrimes in #Afghanistan.
Please help to save this man of integrity
Donate to support his legal fees.
Even small donations (5 dollars) can make a difference.
Donate here:
https://chuffed.org/project/davidmcbride
Help free David McBride from prison - David vs Goliath
On 14 May 2024, the ACT Supreme Court jailed David McBride for trying to expose the Australian Defence Force’s unethical, harmful and highly politicised leadership. David is not giving up.Chuffed
We did overcome in the case of Julian #Assange.
We will overcome in the case of #DavidMcBride.
We'll keep fighting for creating a society in which whistleblowers and journalists can reveal #WarCrimes and be free and safe.
#FreeDavidMcBrideNOW!
Packed court cheers as David McBride granted chance to appeal sentence for leaking defence secrets
Former army lawyer will appeal on the basis he believed it was his duty to release information in the public interestSarah Basford Canales (The Guardian)
#DavidMcBride had the courage to reveal #Australian Special Forces' #WarCrimes in #Afghanistan and has been sentenced to spend 5 years and 8 months in prison.
It's a monstrous injustice.
Please consider to donate to help him to pay his legal fees
HERE:
https://chuffed.org/project/davidmcbride?s=09
David McBride's Appeal - David vs Goliath
On 14 May 2024, the ACT Supreme Court jailed David McBride for trying to expose the Australian Defence Force’s unethical, harmful and highly politicised leadership. David is not giving up.Chuffed
I woke up to the terrible news that #DavidMcBride was sentenced to 5 years+8 months in prison
His crime? Having a conscience
He revealed #WarCrimes by #Australian special forces in #Afghanistan
David McBride: former army lawyer sentenced to five years for stealing and leaking Afghanistan war documents
McBride, who pleaded guilty to stealing commonwealth information and passing it to the ABC, receives non-parole jail term of 27 monthsSarah Basford Canales (The Guardian)
mi sono svegliata con la terribile notizia che il whistleblower australiano #DavidMcBride è stato condannato a 5 ANNI e 8 mesi per aver passato ai giornalisti della TV australiana ABC documenti segreti sui #criminiDiGuerra delle forze speciali australiane
David McBride: former army lawyer sentenced to five years for stealing and leaking Afghanistan war documents
McBride, who pleaded guilty to stealing commonwealth information and passing it to the ABC, receives non-parole jail term of 27 monthsSarah Basford Canales (The Guardian)
1. Must read this note by #DavidMcBride's lawyers, #XDLawyers, on what APPEARS to be a very unethical handling of a journalistic source who risks prison: getting the scoop and throwing the source under the bus
https://twitter.com/XDlawyers/status/1772091306866819347?t=VyMjBjED7ynwHP4S4Ecb2A&s=19
Seriously, no joke:
"But the trial judge Justice David Mossop rejected the argument, finding the law provided no duty to members of the military [like #DavidMcBride] to act in the public interest"
Whistleblower David McBride loses bid to stave off trial over public interest defence
ACT supreme court says law provides no duty to members of the military to act in the public interestChristopher Knaus (The Guardian)
Eccole le nostre guerre umanitarie: un militare australiano, #DavidMcBride, rivela #criminiDiGuerra delle forze speciali dell' #Australia in #Afghanistan e finirà lui in galera, non i criminali di guerra:
Whistleblower David McBride loses bid to stave off trial over public interest defence
ACT supreme court says law provides no duty to members of the military to act in the public interestChristopher Knaus (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/15/whistleblower-david-mcbrides-trial-delayed-slightly-over-key-public-interest-argument?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Whistleblower David McBride’s trial delayed slightly over key public interest argument
Former military lawyer has pleaded not guilty to five charges in ACT supreme court over decision to leak material that was used as basis for ABC series on war crimesChristopher Knaus (The Guardian)