"Julian Assange is put on trial for revealing war crimes, while the real criminals drink champagne and celebrate the Apocalypse." — @HorvatSrecko 
"Unlike the Russell Tribunal, we do not need witnesses, WikiLeaks has already revealed the crimes, from the assassination of innocent civilians to torture." — @HorvatSrecko
"Julian Assange fights for all of mankind, while the US government fights against everyone." — @HorvatSrecko
"Is it a crime to expose war crimes? Not it isn't. Exposing war crimes is the absolute duty of any journalist worth his salt." — @rogerwaters
"For once in your life Boris Johnson, do the right thing and free Julian Assange." — @rogerwaters
"We must turn Julian's prosecutors into defendants, and allow the grandest of juries — the demos — to pass fair judgment upon them. This is not hard to do. Thanks to @wikileaks, the evidence is at our fingertips." — @yanisvaroufakis
"We must make the transition from defending Julian to turn the tables on the criminals... We must turn the current court case into a trial of those who ordered young soldiers to kill civilians, to maim journalists, to shroud whole communities in pain." — @yanisvaroufakis
"When we see this man, who represents Truth, in this situation encaged like an animal, facing extradition to a country he didn’t harm, that he doesn’t belong to: This is the crisis of our civilization.” — @AliciaCastroAR
"I agree with comrade Noam Chomsky that we are on the verge of apocalypse. We are witnessing the abolition of justice." — @AliciaCastroAR
"We decided to grant asylum to Julian Assange because there was no warranty of a fair trial if he was extradited to the United States.” — @MashiRafael
“It’s the first time in history that a government has allowed a foreign force to enter its embassy. Moreno not only broke international law but broke the Ecuadorian Constitution.” — @MashiRafael
“This is a retroceso civilizatorio. This is the world backwards. A whistleblower is persecuted, and it is the criminals who come after him.” — @MashiRafael
"What we are witnessing today is effectively a war against democracy, against democratic rights, against the right of people to know." — @TariqAli_News
"We are also witnessing the insistence by the Western world, mainly the US and its British satellite, to impose one narrative on what is going on in the world today, and to prevent other news that challenges that narrative." — @TariqAli_News
“It’s unbelievable. The judge basically behaves like she is part of the prosecution team—because she is... Imagine if this happened in a country that the West doesn’t like.” — @TariqAli_News
“If Julian goes to the US, he will be put in a federal penitentiary in brutal conditions with at least 23 hours a day in solitary confinement. It will be a perpetual punishment.” — @jeremycorbyn
“But what were the truths that @wikileaks exposed? It was the truths about Iraq, the truths about Guantanamo bay, the truths about extraordinary rendition, the truths about the abuse of human rights.” — @jeremycorbyn
"Is there a way around all this? Yes. The British government should simply say it doesn't believe it's legally just or proper for Julian Assange to be deported to a place where he would suffer the torture of the US incarceration system." — @jeremycorbyn
"What happens when you invade Iraq? Children die, homes are destroyed, schools are destroyed, hospitals are destroyed, peoples lives are destroyed. And then, years later, they show up as refugees trying... to get to a place of safety." — @jeremycorbyn
"I'm pleased we're having this Tribunal. If we want to live in a safe and secure world, you respect human rights everywhere, for everybody, all over the world." — @jeremycorbyn
"Very few seem to take Julian’s situation seriously. Our own fate is at stake in his case. We are not appealing to ourselves in the Tribunal, general audience, we are appealing to you, because your world may be coming to an end. But another world is possible." — Žižek
"The press was doing a really bad job. They were following the narrative of American intelligence agencies. And this is something which is now a big problem because we would need a lot of support from the general public" to turn the tide. — @AngelaRichter_
“We need a mass mobilization of support, not just in the UK but globally. I’m glad this Tribunal is taking place to help with that.” — @johnmcdonnellMP
“I believe in democracy being the optimal form of government. But there are certain ground rules for such a system. One of them is freedom of the press. Therefore, standing up for a journalist that has defended that freedom is critical.” — @johnmcdonnellMP
"The case against Julian is not about him as an individual. It’s about these regimes’ message to all of us: 'Be silent or we’ll come for you.'" — @johnmcdonnellMP
“Morally, socially, politically, we all have a responsibility. The responsibility is on our shoulders to stand up in solidarity with Julian.” — @johnmcdonnellMP
"Empathy and love are the only hopes that we really have." — @pamfoundation
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