Thread by @StefSimanowitz

Good morning!

Next month is #WPFD22

If you’re at #IJF22, please add your voice to @amnesty’s #WPFD call to #FreeJulianAssange

I’ll be filming vox pops in Perugia

Whistleblowers, publishers & journalists are vital in holding govts to account. #Assange

“Perugia is great. The #IJF22 is great but let’s not forget about Julian Assange”

Today at the @journalismfest, we’d like to ask you a simple yes/no question

“Do you think that the US government’s indictment poses a grave threat to press freedom?” WPFD22

Here at the @journalismfest in Perugia, we are giving each journalist an Easter egg & asking them if they think that the US government’s attempt to “eggs-tradite” #JulianAssange poses a grave threat to press freedom

Do far the answer has been a unanimous “yes”!
#IJF22 #Assange

This wasn’t a scientific survey but of almost 200 journalists at #IJF22 who responded to the #Assange “eggs-tradition” question, ALL said that his prosecution “poses a grave threat to press freedom”

If you’ve not ‘laid an egg’ yet, join
@stellamoris @SMaurizi @SwaziJAF today.👇

We’ve set-up the press freedom ballot ahead of today’s #IJF22 Assange talk

11 April: 3rd anniversary of #Assange’s arrest

20 April: Magistrate to issue order to extradite #JulianAssange to the US

3 May: World Press Freedom Day #WPFD22

18 May: Submission deadline @pritipatel

By demanding that states extradite people for publishing classified information that is in the public interest, the US is setting a v dangerous precedent

Journalists voting in our poll at #IJF22 recognise the importance of #Assange’s case for press freedom. #FreeJulianAssange

“We’re going to need a bigger jar!”

Looking at much of the media, it’s easy to get the impression that journalists don’t care about the #Assange case or recognise its importance for press freedom

This week journalists at the @journalismfest showed this is not the case. #IJF22