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  • Speech on behalf of Julian Assange at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

    from bazril on Feb 20, 2024 10:03 PM
    Gracias Fabian!
    Abrazo
    Azril
    
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    From: Fabian Scheidler <fabian.scheidler@...>
    Date: Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 7:37 PM
    Subject: Speech on behalf of Julian Assange at the Brandenburg Gate in
    Berlin
    To: Fabian Scheidler <fabian.scheidler@...>
    
    
    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
    
    Fabian Scheidler
    www.fabianscheidler.com
    www.end-of-the-megamachine.com