The ongoing saga of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has escalated with revelations and public outcry surrounding his potential extradition to the United States. Fourteen years ago, Assange released the 'Collateral Murder' video, showcasing the US military's killing of civilians and two Reuters journalists in Iraq. This act of journalism has led to Assange facing a possible 175-year sentence if extradited. The situation has sparked a debate on press freedom, with former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and others warning of the threat to mainstream journalism. Additionally, reports have surfaced that CIA Director Pompeo once instructed the agency to make plans to murder Assange after WikiLeaks published documents exposing the CIA's 'Year Zero Program' of massive, warrantless spying on US citizens and foreign politicians, as reported by Charles Glass. Press freedom groups and law professors have voiced concerns, calling the case an existential threat to the First Amendment and urging an end to the prosecution of Assange. Dean Yates has also urged the Prime Minister to watch 'Collateral Murder' and take action.
'CIA Director Pompeo instructed the agency to make plans to kidnap and murder Julian Assange after WikiLeaks published documents related to massive, warrantless spying on American citizens and foreign politicians' #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/wK8BAchDy3
The CIA plan to murder Julian Assange and the fight to free him | @DoubleDownNews #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/sCy9aSz7p5
"An existential threat to the First Amendment” Law professors call for end to prosecution of Julian Assange #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/Y1nY6gkki5 https://t.co/fvoYIPxzya
8 months after Julian Assange published the ‘Collateral Murder’ video detailing war crimes in Iraq he was arrested and has been in detention of one form or another ever since Next week on April 11 he will mark 5 years in the UK’s most secure prison for publishing #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/Ln60bvm0LO
🇺🇸🇦🇺 14 years ago today Julian Assange published the Collateral Murder video showing the killing over a dozen civilians in Iraq, including 2 Reuters journalists, seriously wounding 2 children. He faces a 175 year sentence if extradited to the US. https://t.co/WSamlR7FFg
‘The US Is Still Trying To Bury 'Collateral Murder' Video That WikiLeaks Released’ ‘Thanks to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks…this video will always be available to anyone who wants to know the truth about the Iraq conflict’ [March 2023] #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/g0NqxpHjIM
Why does the US government want to extradite Julian Assange? Julian Assange is a journalist and publisher of WikiLeaks - the world's foremost freedom of speech campaigner, whose extradition is sought for exposing war crimes and corruption #FreeAssangeNOW #CollateralMurder https://t.co/bWOFmtwxKg
How the US military covered up the gunning down of two Reuters journalists in Iraq (known as the 'Collateral Murder' incident), which was released 14 years ago today by Julian Assange #CollateralMurder https://t.co/GTT00ttQMp https://t.co/MhZdf3JAkP
14 years ago today, Wikileaks released a shocking video of US military gunning down civilians and journalists in Iraq. In broad daylight, from a helicopter. And war crimes dismissed as “collateral damage.” Now, Julian Assange is dying in prison, while American politicians and… https://t.co/FY7WaK7yyy
"Prime Minister, watch Collateral Murder then bring Julian Assange home. The indictment against Mr Assange is an attempt to criminalise what journalists do by getting information from sources and then publishing the material” Dean Yates #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/E0QoEwltP0
14 years ago on April 5th Julian Assange released the Collateral Murder video to the world For his journalism he faces a 175 year sentence if extradited to the US #CollateralMurder #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/XxsKwqFAFL
.@NYPost’s @StevenNelson10: “About press freedom — KJP: “Yeah?” Nelson: “— our government appears to be closer to potentially extraditing Julian Assange. Press freedom groups say this case threatens to criminalize or professional, so I'm wondering what the White House is… https://t.co/Oci03BVvqZ
CIA Director Pompeo instructed the agency to make plans to murder Julian Assange after he published documents related to the CIA's “Year Zero Program” of massive, warrantless spying on US citizens and foreign politicians | Charles Glass #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/vcGdjh03Ex
"The world should wake up as to what the nature of the threat is going to be to mainstream journalism if the extradition of Julian Assange is successful” | Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/06lK6sq2gD