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Not going to happen. They will bow to the needs of the USA, as Brazil has now done in its prosecution of Greenwald. Wikileaks is sitting on a ton of info abou
by fit2rule 7y ago
Not going to happen. They will bow to the needs of the USA, as Brazil has now done in its prosecution of Greenwald.
Wikileaks is sitting on a ton of info about the ADF's war crimes as well, and the Australian government want nothing more than to prevent the intense scrutiny of its proud fighting force by the worlds' people that would result from such a leak. They are fighting tooth and nail to ensure that Wikileaks is invalidated completely in the minds of the Australian public, who generally have very little temerity when it comes to criticism of their armed forces actions.
EDIT: Besides which, there is Australia's heinous Sedition law, which is being floated as the means by which Assange would be silenced were he to land back in Australias territory.
- threeseed 7y agoAustralian Federal Police is already investigating war crimes committed by the Defence Force: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-20/afp-travels-to-afghanistan-to-investigate-alleged-war-crimes/11527426 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-20/afp-travels-to-afghan... The media has had plenty of information about alleged war crimes so I doubt Wikileaks is going to offer anything new.
- fit2rule 7y ago.. and as we can see from this token investigation, the media in Australia is also under attack for its own investigations of ADF war crimes, a situation for which Australia has been lambasted by international journalistic organisations - who are strangely silent on Assange's treatment. So .. There is more to come.