Post by swamprat on Jan 14, 2019 14:01:41 GMT -6
Save Julian Assange
DiEM25
Spain has recovered 300 million euros thanks to the brave action of a single, Swiss man who put his life at risk to right an enormous injustice. His name is Hervé Falciani. Whistleblowers like him and like Julian Assange not only do the fair thing - they also give back what belongs to society. But at a big personal cost.
When Julian decided to uncover the mass secrets of global war crimes, espionage and dirty corporate deals, he had to fight his own instinct to keep these secrets unexposed so as to protect himself. He knew that he could spend his entire life in prison, victim of made-up lies about his persona, his well-being torn apart. All that has come true - and it could now be even worse...
A leak has just shown the US is gearing up to give Julian the final blow.This means nothing less that a secret plan to have Julian extradited - and his struggle terminated. His extradition is imminent, it could happen any time from now.
People’s mobilization have stopped similar demands for extradition for other hero whistleblowers like Falciani - who now lives happily in Spain after years of legal harassment. Let’s mobilise again, this time for Julian, before it’s too late! Showing citizens’ resistance could stop Julian’s extradition.
Sign to avoid Assange is extradited to the US: internal.diem25.org/petitions/1
The brave actions of whistleblowers strengthen transparency and democracy - and often they also give us some of our money back. When 600 amongst the richest people in Spain evaded more than 300 million euros, it was only thanks to Hervé Falciani -who challenged the interests of greedy corporations- that Spanish people could get the evaded money back, to invest in healthcare and education.
But instead of hailing him as a hero, Falciani was persecuted. Similarly, the governments of the UK and of Ecuador could now be accomplices of Julian Assange’s suffering if they were to hand him over to the US. Besides, “the [US] government bringing criminal charges against someone for publishing truthful information is a dangerous path for a democracy to take.” adds Barry Pollack, an American lawyer representing Assange.
Just like people speaking up for Falciani made a difference for him, mobilising now could make a difference for Assange. But we need to act fast, as the extradition could be processed any time now. Would you support the petition thousands have already signed?
Sign to avoid Assange is extradited to the US: internal.diem25.org/petitions/1
What this extradition could mean is clear: if not the death penalty then life in a supermax prison and ill treatment. The very extradition of Julian Assange to the US would at the same time mean a gigantic blow to freedom of the press in Europe and the West.
While in the past Ecuador offered Assange political asylum within its London embassy, the country is now under pressure by the US, and the new government has given in and announced they want to drive Assange out of the embassy.
They have already limited his internet access and his visitors, and turned the heating off, leaving him freezing in a desolate state for the past few months. This situation has led to the rapid decline of his health. Instead, Ecuador and the UK should be facilitating Assange’s moving to a secure country so as to ensure his human rights are upheld.
Just like people raising their voices in support of Hervé Falciani made a huge difference for this man -who put his life at risk to expose rich tax evaders-, this time we could be making a difference for another hero, Julian Assange. Sign the petition to stop his extradition before it’s too late!
Sign to avoid Assange is extradited to the US: internal.diem25.org/petitions/1
Carpe DiEM25!
>>DiEM25 Coordinating Collective
DiEM25
Spain has recovered 300 million euros thanks to the brave action of a single, Swiss man who put his life at risk to right an enormous injustice. His name is Hervé Falciani. Whistleblowers like him and like Julian Assange not only do the fair thing - they also give back what belongs to society. But at a big personal cost.
When Julian decided to uncover the mass secrets of global war crimes, espionage and dirty corporate deals, he had to fight his own instinct to keep these secrets unexposed so as to protect himself. He knew that he could spend his entire life in prison, victim of made-up lies about his persona, his well-being torn apart. All that has come true - and it could now be even worse...
A leak has just shown the US is gearing up to give Julian the final blow.This means nothing less that a secret plan to have Julian extradited - and his struggle terminated. His extradition is imminent, it could happen any time from now.
People’s mobilization have stopped similar demands for extradition for other hero whistleblowers like Falciani - who now lives happily in Spain after years of legal harassment. Let’s mobilise again, this time for Julian, before it’s too late! Showing citizens’ resistance could stop Julian’s extradition.
Sign to avoid Assange is extradited to the US: internal.diem25.org/petitions/1
The brave actions of whistleblowers strengthen transparency and democracy - and often they also give us some of our money back. When 600 amongst the richest people in Spain evaded more than 300 million euros, it was only thanks to Hervé Falciani -who challenged the interests of greedy corporations- that Spanish people could get the evaded money back, to invest in healthcare and education.
But instead of hailing him as a hero, Falciani was persecuted. Similarly, the governments of the UK and of Ecuador could now be accomplices of Julian Assange’s suffering if they were to hand him over to the US. Besides, “the [US] government bringing criminal charges against someone for publishing truthful information is a dangerous path for a democracy to take.” adds Barry Pollack, an American lawyer representing Assange.
Just like people speaking up for Falciani made a difference for him, mobilising now could make a difference for Assange. But we need to act fast, as the extradition could be processed any time now. Would you support the petition thousands have already signed?
Sign to avoid Assange is extradited to the US: internal.diem25.org/petitions/1
What this extradition could mean is clear: if not the death penalty then life in a supermax prison and ill treatment. The very extradition of Julian Assange to the US would at the same time mean a gigantic blow to freedom of the press in Europe and the West.
While in the past Ecuador offered Assange political asylum within its London embassy, the country is now under pressure by the US, and the new government has given in and announced they want to drive Assange out of the embassy.
They have already limited his internet access and his visitors, and turned the heating off, leaving him freezing in a desolate state for the past few months. This situation has led to the rapid decline of his health. Instead, Ecuador and the UK should be facilitating Assange’s moving to a secure country so as to ensure his human rights are upheld.
Just like people raising their voices in support of Hervé Falciani made a huge difference for this man -who put his life at risk to expose rich tax evaders-, this time we could be making a difference for another hero, Julian Assange. Sign the petition to stop his extradition before it’s too late!
Sign to avoid Assange is extradited to the US: internal.diem25.org/petitions/1
Carpe DiEM25!
>>DiEM25 Coordinating Collective