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Julian Assange’s detention “sets a dangerous precedent for journalists”, according to politicians from the Council of Europe’s parliamentary arm, who voted on Tuesday to oppose the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition to the US

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Labour peer and UK Rapporteur on #mediafreedom Lord Foulkes, ...had drafted an initial report – Threats to Media Freedom and Journalists’ Security in Europe – that will now contain amendments referring to Assange tabled by a number of European parliamentarians.
One of the amendments backs the recommendation of the UN special rapporteur on torture who called last year for Assange’s release and for extradition to the United States to be blocked.
The other states that his possible extradition to the US “would set a precedent and threaten journalists’ freedoms in all member states”.
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Defence lawyer Edward Fitzgerald: The extradition is for political purposes and that’s prohibited under US/UK treaty.

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Defence lawyer Edward Fitzgerald: This prosecution is not about criminal justice, it is due to underlying political motives of the US government.
Extraditing #Assange would also lead to "inhuman and degrading treatment," in the US prison system, his counsel tells the court, says mental condition could put him at risk of suicide.
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Ahead of Mike Pompeos' @SecPompeo visit to London tomorrow - more relevant than ever: The Pompeo Doctrine

Julian Assange 2017 editorial: The CIA director is waging war on truth-tellers like WikiLeaks

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@SecPompeo JA: 'When the director of the CIA, an unelected public servant, publicly demonizes a publisher such as WikiLeaks as a “fraud,” “coward” and “enemy,” it puts all journalists on notice, or should'.
@SecPompeo JA: 'Pompeo’s next talking point, unsupported by fact, that WikiLeaks is a “non-state hostile intelligence service,” is a dagger aimed at Americans’ constitutional right to receive honest information about their government'.
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Spain's top criminal court investigates company responsible for security at the [Ecuadorian] embassy which spied on Assange and passed on information to the US
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"The case being investigated in Spain states that Mr Assange has been subjected to widespread interference on a massive scale by the American authorities, violating his confidential communications with his lawyers, among other rights," his legal team said.
"The information gathered by this firm -- through the alleged use of video cameras which also captured audio, hidden microphones, copying identity documents, monitoring the electronic and mobile phones of visitors, among other things -- ended up in the hands of the US intel.."
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#JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange We express our grave concern for #Assange wellbeing, his detention and the draconian espionage charges. This case stands at the heart of #freespeech .@gianninasegnini signed speak-up-for-assange.org
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I made a presentation at the public forum in SF on the topic of prosecution of Julian #Assange & the US war on the First Amendment. Here are the slides that I used to explore the role of corporate media in this war. nozomihayase.com/wp-content/upl… #WikiLeaks
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