Thread by @sms2sms

Last Friday, home secretary @pritipatel gave her approval for the UK to send my husband, #JulianAssange, to the country that plotted his assassination. @StellaMoris1

"Patel’s decision to extradite Julian has sent shockwaves across the journalism community. The home secretary flouted calls from representatives of the Council of Europe, the OSCE, almost 2000 journalists and 300 doctors for the extradition to be halted." #FreeAssange

“Who is @mikepompeo, @CIA?”

While at the helm of the @CIA, President @POTUS45 most loyal supporter reportedly tasked his agents with preparing “sketches” and “options” for the assassination of #JulianAssange.

Across the pond, ever since the Nixon administration’s attempted prosecution of the New York Times over the Pentagon Papers over half a century ago, constitutional lawyers had been warning that the 1917 Espionage Act would one day be abused to prosecute journalists.

It was President @BarackObama's administration that enlivened the creeping misuse of the #EspionageAct. More journalistic sources were charged under the Act than all previous administrations combined, including WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning; (...)

(...) @CIA torture whistleblower #JohnKiriakou; and @NSAGov spying whistleblower @SnowdenSnowden.

Following massive public pressure @BarackObama commuted #ChelseaManning’s 35-year sentence. #Obama declined to prosecute #JulianAssange for publishing Manning’s leaks because of the implications for press freedom.

After the Obama administration’s Espionage Act charging spree, it was just a matter of time before another administration expanded the interpretation of the Act even further.

That day came soon enough. @POTUS45 administration broke new legal ground with the indictment of #JulianAssange for receiving, possessing, and publishing the #Manning leaks. Meanwhile in Langley, Virginia, @mikepompeo tasked @CIA assassination plans.

@pritipatel’s decision comes amidst sweeping government reforms of an increasingly totalitarian bent – the plans to weaken the influence of the European Court of Human Rights @ECHR_CEDH and the decision to extradite Julian are the coup de grace.

The home secretary’s proposed reforms to the UK’s Official Secrets Act largely track the Trump-era indictment against Julian: publishers and their sources can be charged as criminal co-conspirators.

Julian’s extradition case itself creates legal precedent. What has long been understood to be a bedrock principle of democracy, press freedom, will disappear in one fell swoop.

As it stands, no journalist is going to risk having what Julian is being subjected to happen to them. Julian must be freed before it’s too late. His life depends on it. Your rights depend on it.

(auszüge aus einer eMail)

ich höre solches zeux nur aus eMails, tweets, #tiktok...

war DIE #presse wirklich so laut?

mit einer einzigen mitteilung?

ähnlich wie zu #PMT und #CovidGesetz zur auflösung der #gewaltenteilung?

loop: #FreeAssange

https://twitter.com/sms2sms/status/1542157035533471746

who defends #pressfreedom?

professional information journalism?
politics?
science? Universities? academics?
economy?
human rights activist, like @amnesty_de @Amnesty_Schweiz @AmnestyAustria?
...

are you sure? @StellaMoris1 @wikileaks 😳🥴😵‍💫😵😭 |🍄👾🚀

https://twitter.com/sms2sms/status/1537959747336298499

#julianAssange #FreeAssange @OVALmediaGroup