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• "Former Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel is among 130 public figures urging the UK to follow the advice of the UN special rapporteur on torture to release Julian Assange on medical grounds." #CloversForAssange https://www.dw.com/en/130-prominent-germans-appeal-for-julian-assanges-release/av-52278739

• Julian Assange’s detention “sets a dangerous precedent for journalists”, according to politicians from the Council of Europe’s parliamentary arm, who voted to oppose the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition to the US #CloversForAssange https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/28/julian-assange-detention-sets-dangerous-precedent-for-journalists

• A US grand jury has indicted #JulianAssange on 18 charges, 17 of which fall under the Espionage Act, he is charged with conspiracy to receive, obtain, disclose classified diplomatic & military documents. They are extraditing Assange for the crime of journalism #CloversForAssange

• “We have now learned from submissions and affidavits presented by the United States to the court that they do not consider foreign nationals to have a first amendment protection.” - Kristinn Hrafnsson #CloversForAssange https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/01/28/split-hearings-the-assange-extradition-case-drags-on/

• "The extradition of an Australian or Italian journalist by the US would just as easily justify the same action by Saudi Arabia and Russia... an extra-territorial extension of US power to punish the world’s scribblers, bloggers and publishers." #CloversForAssange https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/01/28/split-hearings-the-assange-extradition-case-drags-on/

• Assange’s extradition hearing begins in London on February 24th The British courts will decide whether to flagrantly disregard fundamental democratic principles and dispatch him to his American state persecutors where by law he will not be able to present a defense #CloversForAssange

• Assange has already served a 50-week prison sentence in Britain for jumping bail. A rape investigation launched against him in Sweden has been dropped, so he would likely be freed from prison if extradition is denied. If the extradition is granted journalism dies #CloversForAssange

• Assange has been charged with 17 counts of espionage for publishing the government’s documents exposing US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan and torture in Guantanamo Bay. Journalism is not espionage. #CloversForAssange https://dailytimes.com.pk/542858/why-assange-extradition-case-matters-to-our-democracy/

• "Assange, through his work with WikiLeaks, not only informed the public about America’s troubled beginning but also provided a mechanism for people to redeem its unaccounted past." We must stand up against the extradition of Julian Assange #CloversForAssange https://original.antiwar.com/nozomi_hayase/2020/01/19/why-assange-extradition-case-matters-to-our-democracy/

• "While being held in solitary confinement in a maximum high security prison in London, Assange was awarded the 2019 Dignity Prize for his support of Catalan people’s struggle for independence." #CloversForAssange https://original.antiwar.com/nozomi_hayase/2020/01/19/why-assange-extradition-case-matters-to-our-democracy/

• "With the indictment of Julian Assange and the imprisonment of whistleblower Chelsea Manning, we are seeing the US government’s blatant attack on the First Amendment. This assault now is officially acknowledged by a US federal court" #CloversForAssange https://original.antiwar.com/nozomi_hayase/2019/08/12/the-prosecution-of-julian-assange-affects-us-all/

• "I have never seen a group of democratic States ganging up to deliberately isolate, demonize & abuse a single individual for such a long time & with so little regard for human dignity & the rule of law" - UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer #CloversForAssange https://original.antiwar.com/nozomi_hayase/2019/11/20/the-prosecution-of-julian-assange-calls-for-the-publics-defense-of-free-speech/

• "@wikileaks has radically changed the media landscape. By publishing truthful information about the United States, the organization came head-to-head with the Pentagon & the CIA." Global powers cant fathom an uncontrolled media organization #CloversForAssange https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/19/why-americans-and-world-ought-be-concerned-about-julian-assanges-extradition-case

• "It is important to congratulate WikiLeaks for what they have done. The best kind of journalism is the most difficult kind of journalism... It is an injustice against WikiLeaks... As Martin Luther King said, an injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere."- @RichardBurgon #Clovers4Assange

• “It is a rifle shot to steer clear of a case that would worry the average journalist that they could be prosecuted over stories that make it into The NYT, The Washington Post, and Politico all the time” - Law Professor Ashley Deeks #CloversForAssange https://www.politico.eu/article/julian-assange-extradition-dispute-over-political-crimes-looms/

• UN torture expert says he has been left “genuinely outraged” by the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speakers at an event at London’s Frontline Cub this week warned the case should be considered an “attack on all journalists.” #CloversForAssange https://izodnews.com/2020/02/08/u-n-torture-expert-outraged-by-wikileaks-founder-assanges-extradition-case-what-about-the-war-crimes/

• “The judiciary in the UK has proven either unwilling or unable to guarantee due process,” Melzer stated Assange has symptoms that were consistent with psychological torture. “I think this case is in the hands of the public.” - @NilsMelzer #CloversForAssange https://izodnews.com/2020/02/08/u-n-torture-expert-outraged-by-wikileaks-founder-assanges-extradition-case-what-about-the-war-crimes/

• "Imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has been awarded Consortium News‘ 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award for courage in the face of an unprecedented attack on press freedom." #CloversForAssange https://consortiumnews.com/2020/02/10/julian-assange-wins-2020-gary-webb-freedom-of-the-press-award/

• German TV Exposes the Lies That Entrapped Julian Assange,a major German TV network has aired an interview with the UN rapporteur on torture that reveals the invention of the Swedish “rape” case against Julian Assange. #CloversForAssange https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2020/02/07/german-tv-exposes-the-lies-that-entrapped-julian-assange/

• Assange is not an American citizen. WikiLeaks, is not a U.S.-based publication. The extradition of Assange would mean that international journalist do not have freedom of speech and it will end journalistic investigations that expose power. #CloversForAssange https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/02/10/what-happening-assange-will-happen-rest-us

• Assange is being held in the notorious high-security HM Prison Belmarsh. He has spent much of his time in isolation, he's heavily sedated & has been denied medical treatment. His lawyers say they are routinely denied access to him. #CloversForAssange https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/02/10/what-happening-assange-will-happen-rest-us

• "He had hard evidence of US war crimes now the country guilty of the war crimes is trying to get a hold of him. For the Australian government to go along with this is unconscionable. The whole thing is mad from start to finish." - @WilkieMP #CloversForAssange https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australian-mps-to-meet-julian-assange-in-london-20200214-p540yu.html

• "One of the largest petitions ever tabled in Australia’s parliament—now signed by 280,000 people—was presented in the House of Representatives, calling for freedom for @WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange." Hands off Assange! #CloversForAssange #FreeAssange https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/13/parl-f13.html

• Spanish security firm UC Global recorded Assange 24/7 & gave this video to the CIA. “That firm was contracted by Ecuador to protect the embassy to protect Assange to protect us from his persecutors.” - Former Ecuadorian diplomat Fidel Narvarez #CloversForAssange https://thegrayzone.com/2019/10/10/cia-spied-on-julian-assange-in-ecuadorian-embassy/

• “There is an effort to distract the attention from the main important issues, which is he is the one persecuted; he is the one spied on; he is the one who they want in jail for publishing truthful information about war crimes.” - Fidel Narvarez #CloversForAssange https://thegrayzone.com/2019/10/10/cia-spied-on-julian-assange-in-ecuadorian-embassy/

• The first Right our founding fathers wrote down was freedom of speech, yet today we have become a country that uses its own powerful influences to silence not only American citizens but citizens of other countries as well. Stand up against the extradition of Assange! #CloversForAssange

• Wikileaks inspired revolutions that toppled governments without firing a single bullet, @Wikileaks did it by spreading information and knowledge which terrified global powers. Now Assange is facing extradition to the US for exposing #US war crimes in #Iraq. #CloversForAssange

• US fighter pilots shot 30 mm cannons down on civilians & journalist from Apache helicopter in Iraq, and those same soldiers then fired a missile into a van driven by a dad taking his kids to school. Wikileaks exposed these war crimes, that is journalism not espionage #CloversForAssange

• Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning did not fire those 30 mm cannons and kill civilians and journalist, the United States government did. If you condemn Julian and Chelsea then you condone the war crimes they sacrificed their liberty to expose. #CloversForAssange #FreeChelseaManning

• Julian Assange exposed the media establishment as frauds and exposed our entire political system for feigning democracy. That is why both sides of the political spectrum want to see Julian burned at the stake, extradited to the US and silenced. We must stand up #CloversForAssange