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JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was g

by esnard 2y ago

JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stanstead airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK. This is the result of a global campaign that spanned grass-roots organisers, press freedom campaigners, legislators and leaders from across the political spectrum, all the way to the United Nations. This created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice, leading to a deal that has not yet been formally finalised. We will provide more information as soon as possible. After more than five years in a 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours a day, he will soon reunite with his wife Stella Assange, and their children, who have only known their father from behind bars. WikiLeaks published groundbreaking stories of government corruption and human rights abuses, holding the powerful accountable for their actions. As editor-in-chief, Julian paid severely for these principles,and for the people's right to know. As he returns to Australia, we thank all who stood by us, fought for us, and remained utterly committed in the fight for his freedom. Julian's freedom is our freedom. [More details to follow]

ironcurtain 2y ago
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dang 2y ago
That is the text of https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1805388007475732646 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1805388007475732646, for those keeping track. (We merged that thread hither from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40782571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40782571.) Other URLs from threads we merged: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-25/julian-assange-released-from-prison-/104017664 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-25/julian-assange-releas... https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/us/politics/assange-plea.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/us/politics/assange-plea.... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgggyvp0j9o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgggyvp0j9o
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chromoblob 2y ago
i love just your last line.
- deleted 2y ago
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Neil44 2y ago
1901 days in prison, after all that time since 2012 holed up in a room in the Ecuadorian embassy first.
- mytailorisrich 2y ago
  He was in isolation in a high security prison without having been convicted of any crimes since 22 September 2019. He was only released after 'admitting' that he was guilty... I think the UK and US should abstain from criticising any countries' courts and justice system after that...
  - randomopining 2y ago
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    - orhmeh09 2y ago
      Which ones are truly authoritarian?
      - metabagel 2y ago
        Russia and China both have authoritarian governments. https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2024 https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2024
        kelipso 2y ago
        That’s just a bunch of statements made by people in the US.. Maybe you should ask the Chinese and Russians for a list and compare lol.
        garciasn 2y ago
        I appreciate what you’re saying here, but it’s impossible to view the opinions of residents of an authoritarian state as unbiased and unaffected observers. They know they cannot possibly openly share their opinions without the potential for severe penalty. This is exactly why Putin did what he did to Alexei Navalny; it reminds the populace to keep the opinions to themselves or die in the most horrible way possible.
Wytwwww 2y ago
> 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours a day Why, though? I didn't even think that was a thing in Britain, at least if you're not some very high risk criminal convicted of violent crimes, which I don't think he is? Regardless of what one think about what Assange did that just seems extremely unnecessarily cruel unless he was a threat to guards or other prisoners...
- wahnfrieden 2y ago
  It's used as a torture method
- ToucanLoucan 2y ago
  > Why, though? Because he fucked with the powerful.
- kzzzznot 2y ago
  Why? To punish and deter. He exposed terrible things done by large powers, therefore he was persecuted absolutely.
  - Wytwwww 2y ago
    Sure that's obvious (or not... depending on one's political views), but there must be some legal justification. Or can they put someone in permanent solitary confinement without giving any reason at all in Britain? I'm reading at some sites that this isn't really true and that he wasn't literally held in a 2x3m cell for 23 hours every day. Although it's not very clear what were the actual conditions. edit: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/11/un-expert-torture-sounds-alarm-again-julian-assanges-lifemay-be-risk#:~:text=Assange%20had%20to%20be%20transferred,bail%20terms%20in%202012%2C%20Mr https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/11/un-expert-to.... it's very vague and unspecific though..
    - lp0_on_fire 2y ago
      Turns out when governments toss around the words "spy" and "espionage" freely and without regard to their actual definitions they can get away with things like this.
attentive 2y ago
Julian Assange, on his leaking of the names of hundreds of Afghan civilian informants into the hands of the Taliban: "Well, they're informants. So, if they get killed, they've got it coming to them. They deserve it." that's rich coming from an informant.
- feedforward 2y ago
  If it has been leaked, then show me the name of one of the hundreds of names of Afghan informants that has been leaked. You can't because no Afghan informant names were leaked.
  - TrapLord_Rhodo 2y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_documents_leak_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_documents_leak_o...
    - feedforward 2y ago
      The web site you link to says information about Afghanistan was leaked, and no informant names published.
      - Cthulhu_ 2y ago
        Yes it does, please read / search carefully before making an assertion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_documents_leak_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan#Informants_named https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_documents_leak_o... > [...] the detailed logs had exposed the names of Afghan informants, thereby endangering their lives.
        feedforward 2y ago
        You apparently didn't read carefully yourself. The names were never published. That the logs exposed their names to Wikileaks and other reporters is known. If many names were published, what is one name?

by esnard 2y ago

ironcurtain 2y ago

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dang 2y ago

That is the text of https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1805388007475732646 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1805388007475732646, for those keeping track. (We merged that thread hither from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40782571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40782571.) Other URLs from threads we merged: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-25/julian-assange-released-from-prison-/104017664 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-25/julian-assange-releas... https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/us/politics/assange-plea.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/us/politics/assange-plea.... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgggyvp0j9o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgggyvp0j9o

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chromoblob 2y ago

i love just your last line.

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Neil44 2y ago

1901 days in prison, after all that time since 2012 holed up in a room in the Ecuadorian embassy first.

mytailorisrich 2y ago
He was in isolation in a high security prison without having been convicted of any crimes since 22 September 2019. He was only released after 'admitting' that he was guilty... I think the UK and US should abstain from criticising any countries' courts and justice system after that...
- randomopining 2y ago
  [flagged]
  - orhmeh09 2y ago
    Which ones are truly authoritarian?
    - metabagel 2y ago
      Russia and China both have authoritarian governments. https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2024 https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2024
      - kelipso 2y ago
        That’s just a bunch of statements made by people in the US.. Maybe you should ask the Chinese and Russians for a list and compare lol.
        garciasn 2y ago
        I appreciate what you’re saying here, but it’s impossible to view the opinions of residents of an authoritarian state as unbiased and unaffected observers. They know they cannot possibly openly share their opinions without the potential for severe penalty. This is exactly why Putin did what he did to Alexei Navalny; it reminds the populace to keep the opinions to themselves or die in the most horrible way possible.

Wytwwww 2y ago

> 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours a day Why, though? I didn't even think that was a thing in Britain, at least if you're not some very high risk criminal convicted of violent crimes, which I don't think he is? Regardless of what one think about what Assange did that just seems extremely unnecessarily cruel unless he was a threat to guards or other prisoners...

wahnfrieden 2y ago
It's used as a torture method
ToucanLoucan 2y ago
> Why, though? Because he fucked with the powerful.
kzzzznot 2y ago
Why? To punish and deter. He exposed terrible things done by large powers, therefore he was persecuted absolutely.
- Wytwwww 2y ago
  Sure that's obvious (or not... depending on one's political views), but there must be some legal justification. Or can they put someone in permanent solitary confinement without giving any reason at all in Britain? I'm reading at some sites that this isn't really true and that he wasn't literally held in a 2x3m cell for 23 hours every day. Although it's not very clear what were the actual conditions. edit: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/11/un-expert-torture-sounds-alarm-again-julian-assanges-lifemay-be-risk#:~:text=Assange%20had%20to%20be%20transferred,bail%20terms%20in%202012%2C%20Mr https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/11/un-expert-to.... it's very vague and unspecific though..
  - lp0_on_fire 2y ago
    Turns out when governments toss around the words "spy" and "espionage" freely and without regard to their actual definitions they can get away with things like this.

attentive 2y ago

Julian Assange, on his leaking of the names of hundreds of Afghan civilian informants into the hands of the Taliban: "Well, they're informants. So, if they get killed, they've got it coming to them. They deserve it." that's rich coming from an informant.

feedforward 2y ago
If it has been leaked, then show me the name of one of the hundreds of names of Afghan informants that has been leaked. You can't because no Afghan informant names were leaked.
- TrapLord_Rhodo 2y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_documents_leak_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_documents_leak_o...
  - feedforward 2y ago
    The web site you link to says information about Afghanistan was leaked, and no informant names published.
    - Cthulhu_ 2y ago
      Yes it does, please read / search carefully before making an assertion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_documents_leak_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan#Informants_named https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_documents_leak_o... > [...] the detailed logs had exposed the names of Afghan informants, thereby endangering their lives.
      - feedforward 2y ago
        You apparently didn't read carefully yourself. The names were never published. That the logs exposed their names to Wikileaks and other reporters is known. If many names were published, what is one name?