"[US prosecution] is trying to placate the UK court...saying "we won't put Assange in Special Administrative Measures, SAMs, you can count on us - don't worry - unless he does something to make us do that" ...
We have to get Julian Assange out of prison!"
Activist Susan McLucas, co-organizer of 'Boston Area Assange Defense'. #AssangeDefenseBoston
Activist Jeanne Winner on #Assange being charged under Espionage act:
"His crime was passing info to us the public..you're seen as potentially an enemy of the state...important to protect 1st Amend rights..& make clear that the state shld not regard its own citizens as the enemy"
"When govts lie, democracy dies. We have to save #JulianAssange! Call President Biden and AG Merrick Garland, let them know to #DropTheCharges ... if Assange gets extradited it will be a dark day for the American Bill of Rights with no press freedom" Joe Kebartas, Vet, activist
Peace activist James Van Looy on recent war crimes explained by the US military "as a 'righteous kill' but the reality is of course it was all a big coverup. These kind of coverups have been going on for 20 years."
"Julian Assange’s crime is that he laid out the memos which allowed journalists to prove that we were systematically torturing people in Iraq. We were taking the information we got from that torture & we were assassinating people in their home" James Van Looy, Veteran, activist
"This is about democracy, the rule of law, and the need to defend it. This case is emblematic - a precedent. If telling the truth becomes a crime, this will not just have a chilling effect on journalism- it will do away with it." @Plucille54 quotes @NilsMelzer on #AssangeCase
"Journalists should not be put in prison for doing their job. The big picture here is that the prosecution of #JulianAssange is a threat to democracy & to journalism & to people's right to know. #JournalismIsNotACrime & we must all step up & defend our truthtellers" @Plucille54
"In 2010-11 Assange released the Iraq War Logs,Guantanamo Files & Diplomatic Cables...so the US is embarrassed, too bad they shouldn't have done those things. Being embarrassed is no reason to put someone away for life...they're trying to make an example out of him" Susan McLucas
"If media covered #AssangeCase, you would know prominent civil liberties & press freedom org have written to Biden & Garland demanding they #DropTheCharges against Assange..in light of @YahooNews story..heightens our concerns abt motivations behind this prosecution" @Plucille54
"We got to break through that trust in the mainstream..have some courage & curiosity to look behind it. Most people are good-hearted but the machine isn't good hearted. They're fooling & deceiving us..We got to look through it & decide for ourselves. WikiLeaks helped us do that."
Activist and Co-organizer of Boston Area Assange Defense talks about @NilsMelzer new book and his advocacy for #JulianAssange.
Susan asks others to get informed, speak up for Assange and join us in the fight to #FreeAssange!
Feb 7th, Boston showed up to defend press freedom and #FreeAssangeNOW!
Good turnout - new supporters!
Good speeches and lots of handouts distributed!
👉Calling on the Biden administration to #DropTheCharges@POTUS AG Merrick Garland #AssangeDefenseBoston
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"We are here not only for the freedom of Julian Assange, we are here to support the journalists.We are here to support the truth. We are here to support the freedom of expression. That's why we are asking the US to #DropAllCharges against Assange.
Massoudeh Edmond, Peace Activist
"[Our reps] should be hearing from us every day. They need to #DropTheCharges - it would be as simple as that ... Assange has lost 10 yrs of his life ...it's been 3 yrs of murder by process ...@NilsMelzer says it's insane for Julian to be in jail."
Susan McLucas, Peace Activist
"Assange's only crimes are exposing the crimes of the war makers, of the genocidal war machine that exploits and oppresses working people in countries around the world. ...He is our hero. Please join us in the campaign to #FreeJulianAssange." John Harris, bostonmayday.org
"Here we are New Year Eve's day as part of #FirstNightBoston. We are very concerned about Julian Assange. He just lost his case...who knows how long he'll be in jail?...@POTUS & Merrick Garland could just #DropTheCharges & the case would go away" Susan McLucas, Activist Organizer
"Assange stuck his neck out & released the Iraq War Logs, Afghan Diaries, Guantanamo Files..& he is paying the consequences.He had a stroke in prison..he is in frail health..if he dies, it will be on the @JoeBiden administration.
Susan McLucas Co-organizer #AssangeDefenseBoston
"Assange shouldn't be under the jurisdiction of the US at all. He's not an American citizen, he didn't do any of his work publishing in the US, & yet somehow he's the one who's threatened. The threat is that any of us who publish info might be prosecuted." Jeanne Winner, activist