Dear friends and colleagues,

in view of the ongoing hearing in London and the possible extradition of Julian Assange, AcTVism Munich has republished my speech delivered at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on World Press Freedom Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoAzCJqdh8c 

X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScheidlerFabian/status/1759985485517119625 

The speech was also published by Scheerpost: https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/05/fabian-scheidler-why-the-release-of-julian-assange-is-crucial-for-our-future/ 

Here are some quotes:

„If Julian Assange  were extradited and convicted, it would set a dangerous precedent. Every journalist on Earth in the future would have to fear being imprisoned for life as a spy for revealing dirty secrets of governments. That would be the end of freedom of the press as we know it.“

"We live in an inverted, a perverted world. Julian Assange has uncovered major war crimes as a journalist. But none of the criminals has ever been charged, let alone convicted. Instead, the man who revealed the crimes has been incarcerated for four years under inhumane conditions at Belmarsh High Security Prison. Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture from 2016 to 2022, concluded that Assange has being tortured by this treatment."

The speech has been published in many other languages, including Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese: https://fabianscheidler.com/publications/ 

With best wishes,

Fabian