Wikileaks just dumped all of their files online. The law is being thrown out the window at the behest of the growing mono-empire that is the USA β and it is so wrong. In any sane universe, Julian Assange would be lauded as a hero of the people.
Waters also took aim at mainstream media, where he said it is now nearly impossible to find a truthful narrative of events. Assange is currently languishing in Belmarsh awaiting a hearing on extradition to the US, where he could face years in prison for publishing leaked military documents and exposing war crimes.
A London court ruled against the whistleblower in October after his lawyers sought to have the extradition hearing delayed. Despite the lack of coverage or biased coverage in mainstream media, there is now an understanding that Julian is being extradited to the United States for nothing except for publishing the truth.
Share it with a friend! Oh okay, now the issue is illuminated and pressing. Not six months ago, when the U. Not seven months ago, when Assange was forcibly pried from the Ecuadorian embassy and slapped with the U. Not any time between his April arrest and his taking political asylum seven years ago, which the Ecuadorian government explicitly granted him because it believed there was a credible threat of U.
Not nine years ago when WikiLeaks was warning that the U. Nope, no, any of those times would have been far too early for The Guardian to begin opposing U. They had to wait until Assange was already locked up in Belmarsh prison and limping into extradition hearings supervised by looming U.
