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Save Assange, save democracy

Stephanie Maurizi: The Secret power: Why they want to destroy Julian Assange and WikiLeaks

FAIRNESS: While the US extradition request for Assange will be processed in another court round, Assange is still fighting a battle for democracy and journalistic integrity.
Melita Zajc -

Julian Assange – a goldmine and a nightmare

Texts commented on and collected by Karen Sharpe: Julian Assange in His Own Words

BEFORE THE TRIAL 27 OCTOBER: The characteristics Karen Sharpe draws from Assange's work are that everything he brought forward should be open and verifiable, scientifically correct and reliable. But for power, Assange is dangerous – because he makes the whistleblowers dangerous.
John Y. Jones -

"Stink journalism" against whistleblowers

JOURNALISM: Professor Gisle Selnes writes that Harald Stanghelle's column in Aftenposten on 23 February 2020 «looks like a statement of support, [but] lies as a framework around the aggravated attack on Assange». He is right. But has Aftenposten always had this relationship with whistleblowers, as in the case of Edward Snowden?
John Y. Jones -

With spine and ethical compass intact

: NOTICE We need a media culture and a society built on accountability and truth. We do not have that today.
Arne Ruth -

Sweden and England were democracies

Whistleblowing: The treatment of Julian Assange is a legal disaster that began in Sweden and continued in the United Kingdom. If the United States manages to get Assange extradited, it could prevent the publication of information about the great power in the future.
Eva Joly -

Wallraff: "Assange has become a scapegoat"

Assange"It is incomprehensible that an undermining of the rule of law to such an extent can take place in a democracy like Sweden," says Günter Wallraff in a conversation with MODERN TIMES about the Julian Assange case. And adds: "The death sentence is as good as handed down."
Arne Ruth -

"A murderous system is being created"

ASSANGE: "If Julian Assange is convicted, a murderous system is about to arise right before our eyes. It will be the death knell for freedom of the press and the rule of law, "said Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
John Y. Jones -

"When we act, we create reality."

CHRONICLE: Is there any reason to rejoice over the arrest of Julian Assange?
antikrigsinitiativet@gmail.com -

Chaos always triumphs over order

ASSANGE: WikiLeaks is a puritanical illusion.
franco@nytid.no -

I'm Julian

ASSANGE: Ultimately, it is about the right and moral duty to expose war crimes.
John Y. Jones -

Assange and the free word

: The arrest of Assange is about an "arrest of democracy".
Ola Tunander -

Today it is Assange. Who's next?

THE ABUSE OF POWER:: What will the arrest of Assange mean for freedom of the press and respect for the law?
John Y. Jones -

Illiberal trends in Norwegian media

: Harsh attacks on skeptical dissent and lack of criticism of those in power: Is the mass media helping to restrict freedom of expression? Ny Tid has spoken with media researcher Rune Ottosen and Fritt Ord's director Knut Olav Åmås. 
Eirik Vold -

The factual basis for the slaughter of the Holberg debate

ASSANGE: While Dagbladet's Inger Merete Hobbelstad claimed that Julian Assange was allowed to speak "unchallenged", Bergens Tidende's Eirin Eikefjord gave him the psychiatric diagnosis paranoid. Did they have a basis for that?
Eirik Vold -

Secret meeting: The United States pushed Norway into war participation

: The USA ran a secret influence campaign to draw Norway deeper into the Afghanistan war, according to hitherto unknown WikiLeaks documents.
Eirik Vold -

Clinton's stupid revenge

: On October 16, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation sent an interview with Hillary Clinton: one of many to promote her vengeful book on why she was not elected President of the United States.
pilger@nytid.no -
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