I am very happy and relieved for Julian and his family that at last they can be together again after such a fraught and unjust ordeal. I pray that this victory for freedom of speech holds out for journalists and for each of us in these dystopian times, when we all need honest bottom line truth for our ultimate survival.
I, too, am delighted by the news. However, I am also saddened by the comment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (on X): << The bad news is that he had to plea guilty to conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense info. Which means the US security state succeeded in criminalizing journalism and extending their jurisdiction globally to non-citizens. >>
Reminds me of the life of freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. Because of Mandela, Africa is still the soul of the anti-imperial fight against Apartheid/colonialism.
Indeed and at last May more and more of us revisit the kind of people who’ve kept Julian Assange ‘s voice for truth and peace suppressed so many years!
If reporting the truth is a threat to "national security," then "national security" has become a euphemism for "protection for the power structure" and it no longer serves the interests of the citizenry.
Also,the whistle blowers supposed protections. In usa we have seen the hypocrisy of that act. Snowden among so many others. Boeing whistleblower is dead.
I am very happy and relieved for Julian and his family that at last they can be together again after such a fraught and unjust ordeal. I pray that this victory for freedom of speech holds out for journalists and for each of us in these dystopian times, when we all need honest bottom line truth for our ultimate survival.
I, too, am delighted by the news. However, I am also saddened by the comment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (on X): << The bad news is that he had to plea guilty to conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense info. Which means the US security state succeeded in criminalizing journalism and extending their jurisdiction globally to non-citizens. >>
Reminds me of the life of freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. Because of Mandela, Africa is still the soul of the anti-imperial fight against Apartheid/colonialism.
Indeed and at last May more and more of us revisit the kind of people who’ve kept Julian Assange ‘s voice for truth and peace suppressed so many years!
If reporting the truth is a threat to "national security," then "national security" has become a euphemism for "protection for the power structure" and it no longer serves the interests of the citizenry.
Surprise Surprise!!!
Wee it happened. Wonderful news.
Also,the whistle blowers supposed protections. In usa we have seen the hypocrisy of that act. Snowden among so many others. Boeing whistleblower is dead.
National security is dog whistle for war crimes. We either tell the truth or we don’t, there is no freaking gray area.
Those rape charges just vanished into thin air then.