To date Julian Assange has spent 1771 days in a UK prison for publishing which revealed war crimes and human rights abuses Assange has spent more than 13 years detained in one form or another If extradited to the US he faces a 175 year sentence in conditions the UN's torture expert this month said would amount to torture @DrAliceJEdwards Earlier this week the publishers' wife, @Stella_Assange told assembled journalists that if Julian were extradited, "he will die" During the first day of the two day hearing on Tuesday the court was told of 'compelling evidence' of a CIA plot to kidnap or assassinate Mr. Assange, meaning that should extradition be allowed he would be sent to the very country that plotted to assassinate him Major media, free speech and human rights organisations have urged the immediate release of the WikiLeaks publisher including Amnesty, Reporters Without Borders, ACLU, PEN, HRW, The International Federation of Journalists, NUJ, The New York Times, The Guardian, El Pais, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, as well as politicians and leaders across the globe Amnesty: "Extraditing Julian Assange would set a dangerous precedent, threaten press freedom and undermine our right to know" #FreeAssange #FreeAssangeNOW #JournalismIsNotACrime
@wikileaks @mirandadevine I remember the Washington correspondent of some famous news agency describing how fake the US press freedom was. I was a teenager back then and didn’t know much about the US media except the Anderson tapes and the Watergate.
@wikileaks If extradition is granted, we must impede this pathway in our millions upon millions upon millions and free Julian Assange by force, it is possible a few of us would die in this attempt, but it would no doubt be successful. They cannot get away with this.
@wikileaks When will the judge decide, today or tomorrow?
@wikileaks Julian Assange wasn't 'reporting' as a newsman. He dropped Bradley Manning's STOLEN Classified US files out to the world, in an organized/plotted fashion! Manning and Assange's process: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_M…
@wikileaks @barnes_law I can't find any media COVERAGE of the Hearing? Where is it?
@wikileaks @laralogan If you can be imprisoned for telling the truth… Thrown into a GULAG. No, it’s not the Soviet Union or Chyyyyyna.
@wikileaks Will Julian Assange be celebrating day 1776? I sure hope so