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Whistling in the dark (www.themonthly.com.au)

But while the Albanese government soaked up the plaudits for engineering Assange’s long overdue return, several of the signs on display that evening hinted that not everything was well on the home front. “Assange, McBride, Boyle”, offered one. Another particularly well-worn sign had the demand: “Fix the PID Act”. The WikiLeaks publisher may be free, but the Public Interest Disclosure Act – the whistleblower protection law for federal public servants in Australia – remains broken, as recent high-profile cases demonstrate all too well.

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Stefania Maurizi, John Goetz and Christian Mihr discussed in Georg Büchner Buchladen (bookshop) in Berlin about: “What is the Purpose of Journalism if War Crimes Are Not Allowed to be Published?”.

I think this is a good question for discussion. What do you think?

[-] oahi@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

For years the appeals process was dominated by the factor of Julian's mental health and whether or not he would survive US prison condition. Then after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal of the High Court ruling allowing flimsy US assurances, his application for a cross appeal of the ruling by the first instance court was finally allowed to be submitted - a document I highly recommend reading (Craig Murray published it this year). The judge then sat on it for the most part of a year before lazily rejecting it half a year ago in a 3 page document. His legal team immediately filed to have this decision appealed and have been waiting for a court date to be set for the past half year. It was said to be just a 30 minute sitting. This 2-judge panel court-date is the last avenue of appeal in the UK justice system to stop extradition to the US. Imagine being up in the air for year after year, always inching closer towards your biggest fear. This travesty must be stopped.

[-] oahi@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

Will the High Court finally let freedom of opinion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, due process, and other essential human and legal rights take centre stage in this UK-US extradition case? That is the question to be decided at this February hearing.

[-] oahi@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

While I'm glad this post did so well, I do apologies to anyone I may have offended by posting a barely 1yr old article in a news community. Please let me explain. My understanding is that news is information about current events. The letter written by the editors and publishers of: The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, El País, which were WikiLeaks' media partners, attempts to protect investigative journalism as an institution, which is still threatened by the persecution of Julian Assange is a current event: in fact, now is a critical moment, with his last-gasp UK appeal in the extradition-fight set for 2 months from now. When an event happens in slow-motion, such as this slow-motion torture-to-death, we have to widen our field of vision to get a clear picture of what's going on. If you want more recent criticism of the case by prominent journalists, the US just had another Belmarsh Tribunal. I posted about it here: https://aussie.zone/post/5092162

[-] oahi@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Funny. The post didn't show up until now.

[-] oahi@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

walk about the cabin.

I don't follow. What cabin?

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https://stellaassangeofficial.substack.com/p/day-x-is-here

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'Day X Is Here': Assange Granted Hearing That May Be Last Opportunity To Stop Extradition https://thedissenter.org/day-x-is-here-assange-granted-hearing-that-may-be-last-opportunity-to-stop-extradition/

And related news:

Judge Rules Assange Visitors May Sue CIA For Allegedly Violating Privacy https://thedissenter.org/judge-assange-visitors-may-sue-cia-for-spying/

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"Secure homeland"

[-] oahi@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

That's a lie. Of course they didn't. Nobody says they did.

[-] oahi@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Those newspapers did not sign a legally binding SF312 CLASSIFIED INFORMATION NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT of which every single person who holds a clearance must sign.

Neither did WikiLeaks doi

[-] oahi@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

(Swedish =/= Swiss.)

[-] oahi@aussie.zone -1 points 9 months ago

Publishing classified information is treason

Tell that to the Guardian and the New York Times, who publish classified information routinely.

Oh, wait, seems like they got the message when they read the Assange indictment and wrote a whole editorial about how it threatens the 1st Amendment of (I'll assume you're from the US) your constitution.

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Watch Amy Goodman and The Intercept’s Ryan Grim co-chair the Belmarsh Tribunal on the case against imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.

Inspired by the Russell-Sartre Tribunals of the Vietnam War, the Belmarsh Tribunal brings together a range of expert witnesses — from constitutional lawyers to acclaimed journalists and human rights defenders — to present evidence of the assault on press freedom and the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The tribunal was organized by Progressive International and the Wau Holland Foundation.

Members of the tribunal included:

  • Ewen MacAskill, journalist and intelligence correspondent (formerly The Guardian)

  • John Kiriakou, former intelligence officer for the CIA

  • Sevim Dağdelen, member of the German Bundestag

  • Lina Attalah, co-founder and chief editor of Mada Masr

  • Abby Martin, journalist and host of The Empire Files

  • Michael Sontheimer, journalist and historian (formerly Der Spiegel)

  • Mark Feldstein, veteran investigative reporter and journalism historian at the University of Maryland

  • Maja Sever, president of European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)

  • Ben Wizner, lawyer and civil liberties advocate with the ACLU

  • Marjorie Cohn, professor of law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and former president of the National Lawyers Guild

  • Trevor Timm, journalist and co-founder of Freedom of the Press Foundation

  • Ece Temelkuran, journalist and author

  • Rebecca Vincent, director of campaigns, Reporters Without Borders>>

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Related:

Watch: The Belmarsh Tribunal on Julian Assange, Press Freedom https://www.democracynow.org/live/watch_live_the_belmarsh_tribunal_on

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The url has changed since I posted this. The correct url is

https://thedissenter.org/us-congress-resolution-urges-end-assange-case/

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