Julian Assange’s Attorney Gareth Peirce Speaks about Imminent British Court Decision on Sweden’s Request to Extradite Assange
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Loses Appeal To Stop His Extradition to Sweden
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WIKILEAKS - Pilger told the audience: “The real threat is not WikiLeaks or Julian Assange, but you. The real threat is you finding out the truth about those who pretend to be democratic, and to act in your interests, and to promote a peaceful world. The real threat is you being able to call your government to account.”
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"We have a right to know these things just like the people of Egypt and Tunisia had the right to know about the corruption of their regimes."
— John Pilger
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We have no idea whether he is one of our sources. All our technology is geared up to make sure we have no idea.
He is in a terrible situation. And if he is not connected to us, [then] he is there as an innocent … and if he is in some manner connected to our publications, then of course we have some responsibility. That said, there is no allegation that he was arrested as the result of anything to do with us. The allegation is that he was arrested as a result of him speaking to Wired magazine in the United States.
"— Julian Assange, 2011 (speaking about Pfc. Bradley Manning)
"It [the web] is not a technology that favours freedom of speech. It is not a technology that favours human rights. It is not a technology that favours civil life. Rather it is a technology that can be used to set up a totalitarian spying regime, the likes of which we have never seen. Or, on the other hand, taken by us, taken by activists, and taken by all those who want a different trajectory for the technological world, it can be something we all hope for."
— Julian Assange, 2011
Everyone should take the time to read this. - Ed.
Julian Assange’s lawyers used the link between the police investigator and one of the sexual assault accusers to argue against his extradition to Sweden. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA
"We support a cause that is no more radical a proposition than that the citizenry has a right to scrutinise the state. The state has asserted its authority by surveilling, monitoring and regimenting all of us, all the while hiding behind cloaks of security and opaqueness… We at WikiLeaks recognise the difference between secrecy and privacy. Individuals, not governments, have the right to privacy. Strong powers must be held to account while the weak must be protected."
— Julian Assange, Feb 2011
