Latest #Unity4J online vigil for Julian Assange a major international success with over 220,000 views on Periscope!
Thousands of additional viewers perused other platforms such as multiple Facebook and YouTube streams, and analytics show the #Unity4J hashtag clocked over 153,178,640 impressions on Twitter. The unique, trans-partisan movement’s widespread appeal has drawn over 2,800 volunteers to the #Unity4J organising platform, gained multiple shares from the Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Twitter accounts, and the expressed support of Christine Assange, Julian’s mother.
The Unity4J movement announced in this historic vigil that a future global protest action campaign is currently in the works. Aiming to augment its online events with on-the-ground actions worldwide, the #Unity4J platform is currently restructuring to become even more effective, efficient and welcoming.
https://unity4j.com/discord
blatant brutal political persecution of my son, its editor.”
Organizer Suzie Dawson said: “The people have spoken. Despite an abject lack of mainstream acknowledgment or coverage of this historic, newsworthy movement, we are smashing our records and expanding our reach with every event. As the list of participants and supporters continues to grow, so does hope that this generation can, as previous generations have, rise together to demand the emancipation of one of the world’s most persecuted political prisoners: Julian Assange.”
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See the replay of the event at:
https://unity4j.com/stream
Movement hashtag: #Unity4J
Official website:
https://unity4j.com/
Official Twitter: @Unity4J
WikiLeaks Legal Defence Fund:
https://justice4assange.com/donate.html
WikiLeaks support website:
https://iamwikileaks.org
Courage Foundation:
https://couragefound.org/
Other credible accounts for Julian Assange updates:
https://twitter.com/suzi3d/lists/assange-updates
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For more background on the recent escalation of gravethreats to Julian Assange’s life and liberty, we recommend reading the following articles:
Courage Foundation: Assange’s protection from US extradition “in jeopardy”
https://www.iamwikileaks.org/2018/05/25/assanges-protection-from-us-extradition-in-jeopardy/
Did Rep. Adam Schiff Just Admit the US Has a Secret Indictment of Julian Assange?
https://grayzoneproject.com/2018/05/26/did-rep-adam-schiff-just-admit-the-us-has-a-secret-indictment-of-julian-assange/
Conspiracy emerges to push Julian Assange into British and US hands
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/16/assa-m16.html
The UK’s Hidden Role in Assange’s Detention
https://original.antiwar.com/cook/2018/02/12/uks-hidden-role-assanges-detention/
Treatment of Assange is unjust, says former Ecuador minister
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/16/julian-assange-treatment-irresponsible-ecuador-foreign-minister-guillaume-long
Ecuador's Ex-President Rafael Correa Denounces Treatment of Julian Assange as “Torture”
https://theintercept.com/2018/05/16/ecuadors-ex-president-rafael-correa-denounces-treatment-of-julian-assange-as-torture/
Opinion: Ecuador’s Solitary Confinement Of Assange Is Torture
https://disobedientmedia.com/2018/04/opinion-ecuadors-solitary-confinement-of-assange-is-torture/
Being Julian Assange
https://contraspin.co.nz/beingjulianassange/