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ICYMI: This morning CODEPINK's @medeabenjamin and Tighe Barry told @SecBlinken to #FreeAssange and seek #JusticeForShireen at a #WorldPressFreedomDay event where he mentioned neither of them.
Assange has been in prison for years in London while fighting extradition to the United States.
His "crime"? Publishing the truth about US operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Gitmo, and all around the world.
His "crime"? Publishing the truth about US operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Gitmo, and all around the world.
"You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over you." - Julian Assange 
Assange is not the only truthteller the United States has punished while pretending to celebrate #WorldPressFreedomDay.
Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison, had her sentence commuted, and then was imprisoned AGAIN in 2019.
Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison, had her sentence commuted, and then was imprisoned AGAIN in 2019.
Manning's whistleblowing exposed US atrocities during the war on terror.
One leak even included footage of the US military drone striking Reuters staff and children.
You can find it here: (graphic content) collateralmurder.wikileaks.org
One leak even included footage of the US military drone striking Reuters staff and children.
You can find it here: (graphic content) collateralmurder.wikileaks.org
John Kiriakou was sentenced to 30 months in prison for exposing the systematic implementation of the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" (TORTURE) methods.
Philip Agee had his passport revoked for exposing the CIA's role in backing military dictatorships, torture, and death squads throughout Latin America to repress social movements.
"After 12 years with the agency I finally understood how much suffering it was causing, that millions of people all over the world had been killed or had their lives destroyed by the C.I.A. and the institutions it supports.” - Philip Agee
Daniel Hale is currently in prison under accusations of leaking the Drone Papers.
"I couldn’t keep living in a world in which people pretend that things weren’t happening that were.”
"I couldn’t keep living in a world in which people pretend that things weren’t happening that were.”
The Drone Papers revealed:
• The US has secret "kill lists"
• The US regularly registers civilians killed by drones as "enemies"
• Use of drone strikes was much more widespread than previously acknowledged
theintercept.com/drone-papers/
• The US has secret "kill lists"
• The US regularly registers civilians killed by drones as "enemies"
• Use of drone strikes was much more widespread than previously acknowledged
theintercept.com/drone-papers/
Edward Snowden is currently living in exile for exposing:
• 90% of Americans watched by the NSA weren't targets
• The NSA got access to Americans' phone records + tech companies' communication networks
• The NSA harvested contact lists, email content, & cell phone locations
• 90% of Americans watched by the NSA weren't targets
• The NSA got access to Americans' phone records + tech companies' communication networks
• The NSA harvested contact lists, email content, & cell phone locations
Abroad, US allies Saudi Arabia and Israel have killed American journalists Jamal Khashoggi and Shireen Abu Akleh. Neither country has faced recourse, not even halting weapons shipments, from the US government.
This #WorldPressFreedomDay and every day, we fight for a truly free press and truly free society.
While our government fears and punishes truthtellers, we celebrate and embrace them.
"If wars can be started by lies, peace can be started by truth" - Julian Assange
While our government fears and punishes truthtellers, we celebrate and embrace them.
"If wars can be started by lies, peace can be started by truth" - Julian Assange
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