The Case Of Julian Assange How The Legal System Was Used As A Vehicle Of Vengeance To Punish An Innocent Australian Man
The Case Of Julian Assange
How The Legal System Was Used As A Vehicle Of
Vengeance
To Punish An Innocent Australian Man
A Collection Of Essays By
Emma Lina Meconi
Written from 2020 to 2024
A Telling Test For
Western Democracy
By a strange and fascinating coincidence, two of the greatest tests of
our humanity and democracy in the west world are currently taking place. The
first is Julian Assange and the second is Palestine, the former being the topic
of this essay. The outcome in both matters will determine once and for all if
those bastions of freedom and Democracy, the United Kingdom, United States of America
and Australia, are in fact committed to the cause and to the humanitarian
values they preach. Or if the leaders of those countries are mere puppets
serving an extremist right-wing agenda far-removed from their responsibilities
as elected representatives of the citizenry. Or are they mere hypocrites who
preach about human rights and offer sanctimonious lectures to other countries,
but do not abide by such sermons when their own decisions and actions are
scrutinised and decisive action is required. It seems like the only tyranny the
West will tolerate is its own brand as applied to its citizens and innocent
civilians in the Middle East. It leaves one wondering who do the rules apply to
and what are the rules anymore anyway? Rather than leading by example, Western
countries seem to merely distract attention away from their own inhumane and
barbaric actions. “Look over there at China, Russia and Iran, while we blow up
these unarmed civilians in Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine”. We
shall soon find out who the rules truly apply to and indeed, if there are any
universal rules, laws and standards anymore. Ample evidence already exists exposing
the hypocrisy of Western nations. They preach freedom incessantly, but act in a
repressive, oppressive way towards its own citizens and foreigners alike. The
aforementioned examples are further testament of this treacherous, debauched and
inhumane behaviour. An innocent Australian journalist jailed without charge in
a British Prison for over four years. The Gaza Strip experiencing a relentless
rain of missiles for over five months, now starving to death, while
Palestinians in the West Bank face forced displacement, executions and
imprisonment without charge.
As mentioned, Julian Assange’s final court appearance in the UK to
ascertain whether or not he will be extradited to America for revealing
uncomfortable truths about America and their illegal actions in conflicts in
the Middle East occurred in February. The British Judges apparently need a
month to work out that the United Kingdom is not allowed to extradite people
for political offences or to a country that will execute the individual, which
is precisely what will happen if Assange ends up in America, the country that
plotted his assassination. The way America and Britain are behaving is like something
straight from a fascist regime, not transparent, open and accountable Western
democracies. This is not “freedom”. This is Fascism. Therefore the British
Judges seem to need time to figure out how to manipulate their own Extradition
Treaty with the United States to fulfill America’s agenda to punish, torture
and execute the Australian citizen and Journalist Julian Assange because he
dared to tell the world the truth about America’s barbarity and depravity in
war zones. Julian Assange has been persecuted, tortured, violated, denied due
process and medical attention, and isolated for almost a decade and treated in
the most inhumane and undignified way, merely for telling the truth. The West
is doing this without a shred of self-awareness that this is the very thing
they criticise other countries for doing to people. It would be laughable if it
was not so serious. He has been jailed without charge despite posing no threat
to the community whatsoever or endangering public safety. He should be praised
as a hero and thanked by the Australian, American and British people. Instead
he has been locked up and is the victim of American belligerence and bullying,
aided by the malicious and monstrous Cameron/May/Johnson/Sunak regimes in the
UK and heartless, monstrous Rudd/Gillard/Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison/Albanese
regimes in Australia, all determined at one point or another to pave the path
for his trial and possible execution in America. Not one of those leaders have
intervened to plead for mercy and request his freedom, declare his innocence or
plead a pardon. It is shameful that this has happened to an innocent man in
this day and age. This is the kind of treatment formerly found in the history
books alone or countries that still adopt authoritarian values to control their
citizenry. One small consolation is the Australian Parliament finally voted recently
for his matter to be concluded in his favour, as soon as possible.
Without a doubt, Assange is an innocent man who must be immediately
freed. But America does not care about that and it seems the world is running
out of options to secure Assange’s freedom. This is despite the United Nations
Special Rapporteur on Torture pointing out the horrific nature of his prolonged
incarceration and the damage it is causing to his health and wellbeing,
likening the way the British are treating him to torture. What this process
reveals is the truth about the medieval and barbaric regimes that have been
elected by a seemingly ignorant, naïve and comatosed citizenry. Sadly, most of
the people and most of the politicians in charge seem to care little for human
rights and democratic values and more about the supremacy of Big Brother in
controlling their lives and shielding them from the truth, while torturing an
innocent man. The infantilising of the citizenry and trivialising of the
serious criminal offences allegedly committed by the regimes in power in the
UK, USA and Australia brought to light by multiple whistleblowers, whilst
simultaneously making up the most tremendous lies about Assange for the sole
purpose of defaming him and turning the public against him, is deeply
troubling.
Soon, the world will find out where the United Kingdom’s allegiances
lie. Do they lie with Democracy and the rule of law and values of decency,
accountability, open and honest processes, and freedom. Or do they lie with
corrupting Democracy, side-swiping justice, and facilitating a process
concocted to imprison a man on false charges and possibly execute him in
America for telling the truth about matters the public had a right to know. This
is a process designed to instill fear in the public and deter anyone else from
ever exposing government wrongdoing ever again. In the 21st Century,
no individual should die or be permanently imprisoned for the act of Whistleblowing,
Journalism or revealing illegal and unacceptable behaviour carried out by
Western governments and their authorities. The people must speak up and stand
up for the rights of the public to know what governments are doing in their
name and to demand better behaviour, legal and moral behaviour. Indeed, demand
that even governments and authorities are obliged to follow laws, rules, ethics
and standards of behaviour and be held responsible for their actions and
accountable when they do not do this. It is vital that Whistleblowers and Journalists
are protected from deliberate targeting, persecution, and prosecution. More
importantly, that their legal pursuit is fair and just. The Americans have
breached the legal privilege Assange is entitled to and plotted his
assassination and still the British humour and indulge this farce and do not
let Assange attend court hearings or access information required to enable a
fair trial to occur. He is not even allowed to access medical care for his
ailing health as he withers away in the stone cold den that is the British
Prison he is being held captive in without charge. All this should be enough to
automatically grant Julian Assange his freedom and safe passage back home to
Australia. But we are living in dark times in the West and the freedoms, rights
and justice we once enjoyed, and laws we were once guided and governed by, are
being swept away by an avalanche of fascism and depravity to accommodate
America’s witch-hunt. The British Legal System is being used by the Americans
as a vehicle of vengeance. The public’s right to know is key to freedom in a
democracy and if governments are shrouded in darkness, there is no democracy,
freedom, transparency or scrutiny. If the Legal System is used as a form of
punishment, then the people can no longer trust the Legal System to uphold
their rights and freedoms and defend justice. The fact that accessing the legal
system in the first place is prohibitively expensive and another form of
torture and punishment for victims of the process should give the public an insight
into how unfair the legal system actually is and how dangerous Western
authorities and governments have become. They are using their power to cause
great harm to innocent civilians who dared to expose them. This cannot go
unnoticed by the citizenry. At the moment, there is only totalitarianism,
oppression and surrender to Big Brother, whose ego may not be wounded or whose
authority and activities may not be challenged by those who seek the truth and
seek to reveal the truth. Julian Assange must be freed and allowed to resume
his life with his family and children as far away from this nightmare as he can
get. Tyranny cannot be victorious in this matter or Western civilisation is
forever condemned and Western values and democracy will be nothing but an act
of deception and trickery.
The world owes Assange gratitude for revealing the truth and admiration
and respect for his courage, strength and determination. Above all, the UK owes
him his liberty, though he will never get the time lost back. One only hopes he
can achieve full restoration of his health and wellbeing when this horror show
is put to an end. At the very least, he deserves mercy from the British or a
Presidential pardon from the Americans. This would be a desperately needed sign
that our humanity and morality is greater than the bloodthirsty lust to destroy
and kill an innocent Australian man that successive American Presidents have
shown, from Obama to Trump to the unstable, forgetful geriatric, Biden. If
Democracy is to prevail in this case, Assange must be freed, otherwise the UK
and USA are no better than tyrannical regimes of eras past, manipulating and
distorting a situation to suit their own disturbed agenda. This is the core of
the issue here, the agenda is to hide the truth, keep the people in the dark,
and that is not acceptable in the modern era. One thing is certain, the
spotlight is firmly fixed on what happens next to Assange and it will reveal
the true characters of our leaders and what sort of government is leading and
controlling us. It is time to shine a light on this matter to see if the rule
of law is greater than vengeance and petty vindictive behaviour.
Julian
Assange Deserves Freedom Now
The relentless pursuit of Julian Assange has gone
on for too long. Justice is not what is being fought for by America here. They
merely seek to destroy Mr Assange and hide their own illegal behaviour, while
denying the public their right to know the truth about their Government. In the
process, they are undermining Democracy and its underlying values. Assange is
not a criminal. He does not deserve to be punished and he does not belong in
jail. He belongs at home with his family and friends. After a decade of
enduring the wrath of the USA for publishing information revealing US war
crimes and atrocities, America continues to use twisted and tortured logic to
manipulate the public and the British justice system. While he remains the
victim of a toxic authoritarian regime’s vendetta, the fight for his human
rights and freedom still continues. The greater, twin struggle for our
Democracy and its very essence is also occurring. If Assange loses his freedom,
the Western world loses their Democracy and any pretence of democratic values
they claim to subscribe to. The lie will finally be revealed, once and for all,
and the authoritarianism that has slowly been creeping into Western societies
will rear its ugly head for all to see.
But will the public pay attention or notice while
a disinterested media either ignore his plight, downplay the importance of his
achievements or opt to drag his name through the mud and demean his character
and discredit his work as a Publisher and Journalist. The silence from
Australian media outlets in this matter is shameful, insulting and
embarrassing. It is also quite perplexing and astonishing that they refuse to
defend and advocate for a man who had the courage to share this information
with the public. Julian Assange dared to expose war crimes carried out in our
name. Instead of being outraged by the inhumane actions of their government,
the majority of media and politicians insist on persecuting the messenger or
dismissing his story. This apparent vendetta by the media and governments is
something so barbaric and medieval that it is like living in another time. The
persecution of Assange has all the markings of a fascist regime, a tyrannical
and frightening beast when exposed for the monster it is. Why are the people
not disgusted by the war crimes and America’s tyrannical, irrational and
disproportionate behaviour since being exposed?
Changing hearts and minds is not easy. The case
of Julian Assange seems to be particularly challenging, draining and
exhausting. Attempts to persuade the public of his right to justice and freedom
have been undermined by efforts to malign him and his character and dispute his
good intentions. Trying to persuade the public that he did the right thing to
expose the criminality of the American Government has become a battle marred by
allegations and falsehoods that seek to distract from the real issue. To make
matters worse, where media has gotten involved, Assange has been subjected to
trial by media, judged guilty by an all-knowing sanctimonious propaganda class
who regard themselves as the self-appointed high priests and priestesses
overseeing the government of the day, preferring to defend their actions, even
in the most atrocious circumstances, such as the ones Assange exposed.
Mainstream media in Australia have largely abandoned any notions of
understanding and practice of Journalistic principles, values and morality.
They have neglected Assange and the merits of what he did and have on occasion
instead promoted the prosecution case. While there are very good journalists
who have written about Assange and outlined the full facts of the matter, they
are few and far between, and scarce in Australia. Thus reaching the public to
plead his case and gain support has gotten harder and harder as the years have
gone by. Sadly, Assange’s mental health deteriorates further by the day while
all this drags on and on.
Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on
Torture, not always an Assange supporter until he was presented with clear
evidence of the horrific conditions Assange was enduring, has outlined his case
and it is obvious from his findings that Assange is being tortured. While it is
easy to side with America and take the low road, especially after ten years of
fighting for Mr Assange’s human rights and entitlement to due process and
justice, there are some of us remaining who prefer to do what it is right. I saw
it yesterday when a small but passionate and committed crowd held a rally for
Mr Assange on the day he found out if he would be extradited to America. It was
heartening to be part of that small group again. Years ago I sent a letter to
the Labor government and the reply left me feeling disenchanted and lost and
unable to imagine a course of action to help Mr Assange secure his liberty. I
am the first to admit I did not follow his case too closely in the intervening
years. In fact, when the Clinton situation emerged, I became confused and
disillusioned yet refused to buy into it. But I did steer clear of the cause
for awhile. But after so many years, and with the case of David Hicks at the
back of my mind and Assange being forcibly removed from asylum in the
Ecuadorian embassy in London, around 12 months ago I realised people-power was
the only thing that would secure his release. It was vital to get up and get
out there again and to make sure my children knew about it and understand the
gravity and urgency of Assange’s situation and that things change so
whistleblowers and journalists are protected from Government overreach. It was
essential to make more of an effort to fight for his liberty. One letter to the
Labor Government seemed a bit ineffective and inadequate. The heartless,
stock-standard response also dissuaded me from contacting the Australian
Government ever again. It just seemed futile and agonising to engage is a
process that is doomed to failure when both major political parties lack a
moral compass, decency and humanity. People power is the only thing that will
enforce change for Assange if the legal system fails. For awhile there I
thought he was safe in the embassy but what I did not realise was that he was
not safe in the embassy.
He was being tormented, isolated and denied basic
freedoms like blue sky, fresh air, being able to walk outside with his friends
and family, and access to information. We have since found out he was being
spied on so he was even denied the right to privacy. Such measures were
extreme, to say the least. I am sorry for not doing more and for being turned
off in 2016 by all the negative publicity surrounding him. I wish I had
listened to trustworthy people and sources, instead of the media, who are
basically biased propaganda machines these days. So much time has been wasted
when he really needed all the support he could get. This is the time that must
change and we must all finally stand together and fight for his right to
freedom. He has been punished and suffered for long enough. The witch-hunt,
isolation and violation of his rights, especially in Belmarsh Prison in London
for the past 12 months, has prolonged the injustice of his situation. It has
been tantamount to psychological torture, It has severely damaged his mental
health and risked his wellbeing. It has also been designed to break his spirit
and destroy his will to go on. It is disappointing, but not surprising, that
the British Prison System would be akin to living in a torture chamber, driving
a person to such despair and anguish. It is incumbent on all of us to make sure
he can draw strength from everyone all over the world who see the injustice he
is facing and want it to end now. He must not give up. He deserves to be free.
But that will only happen with a public who demand his freedom.
It is clear a fair hearing, a fair trial, due
process and the presumption of innocence will never be accorded to him. Plus,
the media cannot be relied on to do their job and fight for this cause, their
cause, the right to truth, government accountability and transparency, and
honesty. On the subject of due process, this is another crucial, yet troubling,
aspect of his case. He is being denied due process and access to his legal
team. No matter what your predisposition on his guilt or innocence, access to a
legal team and due process, and humane conditions in prison, are the least
rights he should be afforded. This grotesque brutality is happening in a first
world prison in a country which preaches such basic human rights. What is
occurring to Assange is a travesty of justice and a gross violation of his
human rights.
Naturally Assange had a small victory yesterday
when the extradition request was rejected on medical grounds. Unfortunately,
and most disturbingly, the US prosecution were able to persuade the judge to
accept their legal arguments against him, even though Assange’s legal teams did
have a far stronger legal case. This is shocking and startling as many have
stated this will mean the freedom of journalists to carry out their craft
without fear of prosecution and punishment will be seriously thwarted. It will
have a chilling effect on journalism globally and any journalist who dares to
challenge US supremacy and criminality will be deterred from doing their job.
Whistleblowers will be too scared to contact journalists about
maladministration, corruption and other illicit activities. What is worse is
the charges against Assange seem to be loosely concocted and contrived
fabrications generated to guarantee a conviction under the US Espionage Act,
which seems to be designed not to promote justice, but instead seeks to silence
people and cast a dark shadow over the public interest under the guise of
protecting “national security”.
It is not in the public interest to silence
journalists and to threaten, intimidate and frighten them and prevent them from
holding governments to account. We must shine a light on governments and their
bureaucracies and never waver in our resolve to expose their illegal
activities. Open and transparent government is key to freedom and Democracy,
but right now we are being denied this basic founding principle. The matter of
Assange is a crucial one and symbolises what kind of society we are, at the
core. Ultimately, it is not only the life of an innocent man that is at stake.
Also, we are at risk of losing our right to a free press and open, accountable,
honest and transparent government. Julian Assange is not the only one under
attack here, Democracy and its founding values and principles are also being
assaulted, threatened and undermined. If Assange loses, we all lose and the
injustice befalls us all. In 24 hours we will know the results of his bail
hearing. One can only hope it brings a bit more good news to Assange. I hope
this is the start of his path to freedom and justice, as he has been punished
for far too long for simply having the courage to act in the public interest
and reveal the truth.
The
Pursuit of Assange
Julian Assange might have been celebrated as a
hero in another time and place. In a time where freedom, truth, justice and
democratic principles are practiced in nations around the world, Assange would
be regarded as a hero. But we live in precarious times where the foundation of
our democracy is being destabilised and fractured. This is a time where
governments that were democratically elected practice fascist methods and
processes and refuse to be held accountable for their actions. So Assange
endures a very different fate for taking a risk and doing the right thing.
Right now he is once again in a British Prison
Cell, alone with his thoughts and his torment. Does he regret what he did for
the world? Does he regret showing Western citizens what horrors and atrocities
their governments’ militaries are guilty of committing? Probably not, and that
is good because he acted with immense bravery and determination to do what he
did. He should be praised and recognised for his courage. So one wonders why
the Western world reacted with such hostility, ferocity and fury to a man who
simply did what was right, fair and moral. Did he expect a different response
from the citizens of the West who supposedly believe in free speech, freedom of
the press, the right to know, transparent and accountable government and human
rights.
It seems he mis-judged the character and moral
fibre of the people and under-estimated the wrath and extent of the
bloodthirsty quest for vengeance by Western Governments that would ensue,
specifically from America, with Australia and the UK only too willing to
facilitate and support the witchhunt. The weakness of those Governments is
embarrassing. They have worked together to relentlessly pursue Assange and
punish him for the act of Journalism, exposing the truth and acting in the
public interest. Assange’s good deed did not work in his favour, even though
many are steadfast in supporting him, and rightly so. The slow burn on Assange
is plain for the world to see, yet no leader of courage and fortitude will
stand up for Assange. He is reliant on sympathetic media outlets and
celebrities to champion his cause, the media’s cause and our cause. But we must
do more to help him and secure his freedom. His punishment has endured for long
enough, the damage too great to bear.
His cause is our cause and his fight is our
fight. He exposed war atrocities, war crimes, committed in our name in the
Middle East. This should horrify, repulse and stun citizens of Australia,
America and the United Kingdom. Some citizens are disgusted and want the
governments to be held to account and demand Assange’s immediate release from
prison. Yet the majority of the public are turning a blind eye to the alleged
war crimes, and shamefully, they are also turning a blind eye to the
psychological torture and inhumane treatment Assange is enduring. This is not
the right course of action when war crimes are exposed. The criminals should be
the ones locked up, not the one who exposed the horrors committed.
How did Western nations get to this point where
democratically elected governments are now behaving like the Fascist regimes
they fought wars against in the 20th Century. Why do the people
condone these horrific and awful actions. There has been no accountability, no
responsibility, no transparency, no justice, no morality, no remorse or regret,
no due process for Assange, no apology to those countries whose innocent
civilians were murdered, no trials. Every legal process and right we take for
granted in the Western world is currently being denied to Assange. He is even
being denied the most fundamental right of being innocent until proven guilty.
The disproportionate and inhumane treatment he is enduring is unacceptable and
is taking a terrible toll on his psychological health and wellbeing. He is
being slowly tortured to death in the most barbaric and medieval of ways.
If the Americans succeed in prosecuting Assange
in America, then there is no way the Western world can ever claim to be a
modern, progressive, free and advanced civilisation founded on democratic
principles and humanitarian values ever again. If Western Governments ever have
the nerve to grandstand and march into battles on the premise of saving
citizens from inhumane regimes, it will be based on hypocrisy and shame. Who
would trust the West to help them ever again with this barbaric record,
tarnished by the deaths of innocent civilians, and without justice sought or
achieved. The Governments of the United States, United Kingdom and Australia
can never again claim to take the moral high ground on human rights issues nor
can they reserve the right to criticise other nations whose human rights
records are questionable. The American Government is relentless in pursuing
this barbaric path, disregarding and dismissing its own Constitution to make an
example of Assange and deter future Journalists and Whistleblowers from holding
governments to account and doing what is right and fair.
So all we have is wailing and defiance from
Western Governments claiming national security had been jeopardised and
security personnel lives had been endangered. They claim that is the real crime
to be punished. The irony is clearly lost on the American government
prosecuting this case and standing in the way of real justice for Assange and
the victims. Preaching “national security” is merely a propaganda line to
ensure Western Governments and their actions and dealings remain shrouded in a
cloak of secrecy, the public remain in a fog of ignorance and apathy, and
justice is denied. The American Government demands permission to do what they
like on this Planet no matter the human cost involved. They expect the rest of
the world to adhere to rules of war and abide by democratic principles and
respect American lives. But they reserve the right to break all the rules and
commit war crimes and not face repercussions, consequences or justice. So the
real alleged crime is the atrocities committed against innocent civilians and
the ones who should be locked up, prosecuted and face trial are those who
authorised, carried out and covered up what happened. Whistleblowers should not
be punished, they should be protected by law. Journalism is not a crime and
journalists should not feel pressured or compelled to release the names of
their sources to protect themselves. More importantly, Journalists should never
feel intimidated into silence. They are obligated to carry out the craft of
Journalism without fear and favour and with a fierce determination to expose
the truth. Human rights take precedence over national security and when war
crimes are committed, the matter must be dealt with in the justice system, not
swept under the rug with the Journalist locked up and tortured instead.
Right now the International Criminal Court (ICC)
are attempting to investigate allegations of war crimes committed by Americans.
But Donald Trump issued an executive order effectively criminalising the ICC’s
actions under the dubious cloak of “national security”. The Trump
Administration is trying to intimidate, bully and prevent the International
Court from carrying out their duties. When will America be held accountable for
the atrocities alleged? America is doing everything in their power to stop the
world bringing this matter to justice. The American Government’s behaviour is
utterly depraved, reprehensible and immoral. One way or another, justice must
be served, for Assange and for the innocent victims of America’s alleged
crimes. The International Criminal Court must pursue the cases put forward
against the American Government. This is a matter of vital importance and it
must be allowed to proceed. America is behaving disgracefully in pursuing
Julian Assange and trying to terrorise and silence the ICC. They are behaving
like some underworld gang leader. It is essential citizens of the world who
stand for human rights, journalism, justice, truth, peace and freedom, shine a
light on Julian Assange and keep the pressure on Western Governments until the
charges against him are dropped and justice is served.
Time
To Release Julian Assange
For over a decade Julian Assange has lived in fear of American revenge
for exposing their alleged war crimes. War Crimes that even some members of the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) have been intimidated into backing away
from. One can only hope the ICJ has not given in to American bullying, threats,
intimidation, tyranny and terror and the spectre of torture and are continuing
to pursue justice for the innocent victims of America’s barbaric actions in
Afghanistan. America must be held accountable for wrongdoing, one way or
another.
Julian Assange did the right thing. America did the wrong thing. As
always in modern times, America does the wrong thing and innocent people get
tortured and die. But Assange has truth, justice and integrity on his side. He
let the world know about the war crimes because the Western world claims to be
a “democracy”. Free countries founded on values of accountable, transparent and
open government with peaceful, stable and secure societies. So when the gross
human rights violations and atrocities were revealed to Assange, he did the
decent and noble thing and let the people know. Funnily enough, one imagines a
reasonable person would expect the citizenry to hold their governments and
armed services to higher standards than to accept the execution of innocent
citizens in cold blood in war zones. Was this what Assange was thinking when he
released the information to the world for them to judge for themselves the
murderous actions of Western leaders. Regardless of what he expected, nothing
justifies the last 10 years of relentless pursuit by the American Government.
The silence of the Australian Government is shameful at best, negligent at
worst.
The fact that America has been obsessed with this witchhunt for over ten
years speaks to their ruthless and bloodthirsty desire to get revenge on
Assange. The US methods of torture are well-known and Assange is in their
sights. Recently, the CIA plot to assassinate Assange was made public and its
gruesome nature is utterly horrific and startling. The Americans are no Angels
of Freedom or Lighthouses of Human Rights or Beacons for Safe Harbour. The
Americans never eradicated fascism or tyranny during the major world wars, they
simply imported Fascism into America and improved on it.
America is fixated with being the most powerful nation on Earth. Power
is never granted via peaceful, friendly means. The most powerful empires since
the dawn of time only got there through extreme violence and cold-blooded
murder. America will eliminate and destroy anyone who gets in its way of being
the most powerful nation on Earth. America is not an example to look up to for
guidance on world affairs, freedom or Democracy. The country does not even pay
its citizens fair wages or provide universal health care for all and it still
executes prisoners, even those who are clearly incapacitated and disqualified
from being excuted. The American Government is obsessed with death and murder.
In fact, the world would be better off ignoring America and the tyranny and
torture that defines American governance and supremacy and finding its own way
to a peaceful, fair and just future.
For now Assange must spend years in fear of revenge and what that will
entail. For after a decade of ruthless intimidation and chasing down, this is
not a quest for justice. This is merely a deranged, bloodthirsty attempt to get
back at the man who dared to expose the American Government for what they
really are. Murderers. The British, fascists in a crown, are no help at all on
upholding civil liberties and standards in line with Democracy, Justice and
Human Rights. Right now their courts are deciding whether or not to extradite
Assange to America to be tortured by the American Government, who are drooling
at the prospect of inflicting many more years of pain, suffering and this time,
torture, on the man.
This is not fantasy, or paranoia, this is what the American
establishment does. They’re unhinged, mentally unstable, maniacs at best, and
narcissistic psychopaths at worst. Worryingly, they will always get away with
it. Time after time the USA has gotten away with torture, and murder, while the
international community turns a blind eye. Their allies are not prepared to end
the barbaric unjust practices prevalent within the country’s administration and
poisonous bureaucracy. The only thing standing in the way of Assange and
torture is the British Legal System. That it even has come this far and neither
the British or Australian Governments have granted Assange his rightful freedom
speaks volumes about the type of people in charge in Britain, Australia, and America.
It also reveals the nature of this pursuit, devoid of any legal basis or any
evidence of criminal behaviour. It is fast-becoming apparent it is simply a
trick, a charade to get him to America where they will “deliver justice,
American-style”.
The charges against Assange do not contain a shred of truth. They are
just a charade to get Assange to America so the torture can begin. It could be
years more before Assange ever sees the light of day again. Another torture
tactic that guarantees continued stress and suffering for Assange and his
family and supporters. The extradition attempt has already been proven to
contravene British law on humanitarian grounds. That the extradition attempt
does not contravene British law on matters relating to freedom of the press,
freedom of speech and exposing activities conducted in war that do not meet
with standards expected of the armed services and democracy is deeply
troubling, disturbing and chilling.
Not only is the health, wellbeing and life of Julian Assange at stake
here but so too is the very underlying fabric of our society: Democracy and
those cherished principles that make it a bastion of justice, freedom and
safety: Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Speech, open, transparent and
accountable government, truth and the public’s right to know, and a justice
system that can be relied on to protect whistleblowers and journalists and
prosecute criminals and murderers, no matter who they are. Justice is long-gone
now in the case of Julian Assange. This was never about Justice. Justice
delayed is justice denied. Assange deserves to walk free and be praised and
thanked for demonstrating an incredible amount of courage and dedication to
Democracy, peace, truth, freedom, justice and human rights. Many of us would
not be as brave he was or as brave as those who stood with him to expose
America and their allies.
This reckless indifference to human life by the Americans and their
ongoing punishment for doing the right thing and exposing war crimes and the
loss of innocent life leaves a lot to reflect on and think about. As more and
more whistleblowers get attacked, hunted down, silenced and persecuted and
prosecuted by Western Governments, it is time for the nation to do some serious
soul-searching about what our values, morals, ethics, standards, expectations
and beliefs are. Who are we becoming as a society and civilisation that we so
readily and willingly accept the ongoing imprisonment and intimidation of
innocent civilians who are being prosecuted on the basis of a lie? What
happened to Western societies that Fascism and tyranny have crept in so easily
and is staring us in the face and we do not respond or protest against the
injustice of this clear demonstration of totalitarianism. Western societies
pretend to be free and the blueprint for modern Democracy that the rest of the
world is expected to replicate. Nothing could be further from the truth. Caught
in a trap, it seems Western societies can no longer see the light to what
actual freedom, truth, justice and accountability are and what they represent
and what the role of Western Governments actually is.
Governments are becoming increasingly shrouded in secrecy and
increasingly violent and barbaric in their measures to silence people who shine
a light on their underhand, corrupt, criminal, illegal, immoral, unethical, and
mischievous ways. The threat of torture facing Julian Assange is very real.
While America is a signatory to the United Nations Convention Against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, it
is with qualifications that seem to pretty much enable it to continue torturing
people and disregard its international obligations. Australia and the United
Kingdom are signatories too but this does not seem to mean anything to them
judging by their behaviour. Thus Assange is at the mercy of the British Legal
System.
In fact, what seems to be appearing more and more apparent by the day is
that when Western Government sign these treaties, conventions, declarations and
covenants, it seems to be with the intent of preaching to other countries how
they should behave and slapping sanctions on them and delivering self-righteous
sermons to those countries, while excluding themselves from that same standard.
The West seems to think war crimes, the death penalty, torture, any kind of
state-sanctioned violence is acceptable behaviour for Western Governments to
inflict on people it decides to mercilessly, ruthlessly and indiscriminately
target, yet does not consider itself to be worthy of being held to that same
standard of moral and legal behaviour. It seems to place a lesser value on the
lives of anyone not American or not part of the establishment. The hypocrisy
and double-standards are a travesty and utterly appalling. That the United
States is getting away with it is making a mockery of 21st Century
Civilisation. That the Australian Government is just as secretive and barbaric
towards whistleblowers is very troubling and disturbing.
Thus for Assange, the prospects are bleak and nothing good will come out
of him being extradited to America. The British will not only be signing his
extradition request, they will potentially be signing his death sentence. Shame
on those political leaders, especially those here in Australia, who let it get
this far and let this happen. Shame on them for not doing their job and helping
him and demanding his freedom. He does not belong in an American prison to face
a fake court fronted by a US Military Tribunal. He belongs back home here in
Australia or elsewhere with his family, fiancé, children and parents. He
deserves freedom and a peace after years of hell at the hands of the British,
American and Australian Governments. He did not commit a crime. Journalism is
not a crime. Scrutinising Western Governments is not a crime. Whistleblowers
are not criminals. Revealing criminal behaviour is not a criminal act. Shining
a light on the ghastly truth of what our Western Governments have become is not
a crime. The only criminals here are the Western Governments complicit in
Assange’s continued torture and imprisonment. The British, American and
Australian Governments are too cowardly and weak to confront and accept that
brutal truth and face the appropriate penalty.
Thus the day of reckoning will no doubt come in the future, generations
from now, when braver, more noble citizens do more to face up to America and
demand justice for Assange. The only quest for justice in this situation is the
one that sees Julian Assange freed and the British Legal System performing its
rightful role in guaranteeing that occurs. Anything less is nothing more than a
vain attempt by the American, British and Australian Governments to commit
state-sanctioned violence, torture and murder against an innocent man who will
be remembered for being valiant enough to tell the truth. Shame on the Western
world that more citizens are not standing by his side and demanding justice,
freedom and punishment against those who committed the real crimes here, war
crimes. The ones who deserve their judgement are the Western Governments, not
Julian Assange.
The real question that remains is what has happened to the citizens of
the Western world that they hold such low standards of their leaders. The
citizenry seem to have such low expectations of their Democracy and regard
whistleblowers with such disdain and apathy that they seem to think torture is
an acceptable form of vengeance for egotistical governments caught breaking the
rules and laws of war and killing innocent people. Is it that these citizens do
not place the same value on the lives of those people as they do on our own so
simply do not care when citizens are murdered in cold blood in war and tortured
in American concentration camps. When Hitler was defeated, he must not have
realised the Americans were actually taking notes. Julian Assange will be
remembered for all time and no matter what the outcome is, America will one day
pay the price for their criminal behaviour and this bloodthirsty, barbaric
pursuit based on nothing but lies, deception and an insatiable thirst for
revenge. No country on Earth is above the rules of war and no government is
above being held accountable for committing cold-blooded murder. It is time to
release Julian Assange. This has gone on for too long and this tyranny must
end. Free Assange. Bring him back to safety.
Extradition
Of Assange Is Not Valid
The extradition of Assange is not valid. In fact,
it is an abuse of authority, power and process. The hunt for Assange by the
Americans has required the British to subvert their own laws and processes to
accommodate this unjust, merciless and illegal pursuit.
If the extradition of Assange to America from the
United Kingdom proceeds, it will be one of the gravest injustices committed
against an innocent man in modern times. Furthermore, it will be a
demonstration of the greatest acts of hypocrisy from the West that we have seen
in our lifetimes.
In addition to this, the case against extradition
far outweighs the case for extradition. On simple merits of law, this
extradition should never have been approved. The case against extradition is
based in law and human rights, the case for extradition is based on an
ideological witchhunt against an innocent man who told the truth about
America’s war crimes, a truth the public had a right to know and that was in
the public interest. But the Americans do not hold themselves to the same
standards in war as they hold the rest of the world. They preach, but they do
not practice what they preach. The hypocrisy is astounding.
They pontificate about the dangers Assange posed
to the Americans. Yet no basis for this claim has ever been provided. There is
no evidence that Assange endangered anyone or that anyone suffered harm because
of his work. There is no basis for the fictitious charges he is facing. He did
not commit these offences. The whole game the Americans are playing with his
life is designed to torture him and eventually kill him. It is a tragedy, a
farce and quite barbaric. Julian Assange is an innocent man.
His Journalism merely exposed American
wrongdoing. America’s dirty little secret, the most murderous nation on Earth
waging illegal wars at every available opportunity, committing war crimes in
these theatres of war, laid bare for the world to see. The Americans act like
this behaviour does not have consequences. After all, never has it been
revealed how the actions of the western forces imperiled the lives of
westerners and their military.
Instead, lies and deception cloud the reality of
this situation. Not only did they plot to assassinate Julian Assange, but they
embarked on a mission to assassinate his character. This was the only way they
could get away with what they are doing, which is illegal and ruthless at best,
vindictive, murderous and inhumane at worst. By making false claims against
Julian Assange and his character, the level of public support fell and they
took that as the perfect opportunity to swoop in and illegally remove him from
an embassy and put him in a maximum security prison. An innocent man
languishing in a British hellhole for telling the truth to the people about the
Americans.
What is very interesting to note is that should
extradition finally be granted by the British Legal System, it will be proven
once and for all that the British judiciary are subservient to America and obey
their commands, rather than upholding the rule of law. That the legal system
and the politicians in the United Kingdom are not independent from America’s
clutches and what America wants, America gets. This case has shown how justice
can be denied and circumvented every step of the way and legal systems in other
countries can be manipulated and hijacked by America when America unleashes its
bloodthirsty hounds to embark on a quest for vengeance.
It has also shown how America’s very own laws are
dismissed and disregarded when the hounds in the American Regime get exposed
for the bloodthirsty war criminals that they are. America claims to have a free
press but right now this case has shown that in the end, they will be no free
press in America, in the United Kingdom or anywhere on Earth, as far as America
is concerned. This extradition will cast a dark shadow over Journalism and
freedom of the press globally and no journalist will ever be able to expose
America ever again if this extradition goes ahead. Freedom of the Press is a
sacred value in a Democracy and it is about to be burned to ashes by the
Americans because they want revenge and do not care about the fallout.
This is all this hunt for Assange is. Ruthless,
cold-blooded, relentless vengeance from the hounds in the American Regime.
Assange did the right thing. He told the truth. He is now paying the ultimate
price for his courage and commitment to the public interest, human rights,
Journalism, freedom and truth. Citizens in Democracies have a right to know
what their Governments and military are doing in their name. The citizenry have
a right to expect honest, transparent and accountable government and for the
actions of their government and military to be legal and within the bounds of
human rights and rules of law and rules of war. The Citizenry have a right to
know that Governments are behaving legally and in accordance with set standards
and values, and doing the right thing. The Citizenry have a right to expect
better behaviour and for their governments and military to face the
consequences of their illegal and harmful behaviour. This is the basis of
Democracy and without this open and transparent government, we have tyranny.
America is the most tyrannical regime on Planet Earth. Where there is secrecy,
there is danger, there is corruption, there is murder and torture, there is
wrongdoing. Julian Assange has exposed all of this and he is the only one
paying the price for our freedom and our right to know. Knowing what America
did was in the public interest and Julian Assange is a hero. He is not a
criminal. History will remember him for his bravery and his innocence.
Should the extradition proceed, it will also show
how impotent and subservient the Australian Government is to its American
masters and that any sovereignty we claim to have is pure mythical fantasy. The
Australian Government could have ended this ten years ago. Instead, they
allowed it to drag on despite knowing all the injustices Julian Assange was
facing. It is pretty clear that the Australian Government places America’s
desire for revenge above Australia’s public interest and an Australia’s
citizen’s right to due process and fair and humane treatment. That is a
disgrace. Assange has been tortured and mistreated in a British Prison for
three years and the Australian Government has done nothing. It is shameful and
embarrassing that Australia is such a weak nation that would rather be
complicit in the torture and murder of an innocent man and accommodate revenge
than stand up for his life, his freedom and democratic values of freedom of the
press. If Australia had requested Assange’s freedom years ago, this would all
be over.
The most important point to clearly remember when
this is all over is that there was never a case against Julian Assange. Assange
is not a criminal. His basic human rights have been trodden all over. They have
even gone so far as to deny a gentle, courageous, harmless man bail. That they
would refuse bail for an individual who has not even been accused of a violent
crime demonstrates the level of depravity inherent in this hunt for Assange.
Denied access to his wife and children in the community reflects the gross
miscarriage of justice at play here. Justice for Assange and upholding his
human rights were abandoned long ago. Meanwhile, the world is watching while
the real criminals are walking free right now. The real criminals are in fact
the ones persecuting him. Julian Assange is a political prisoner, a prisoner of
conscience, a dissident who deserves protection and sanctuary from this craven,
vengeful hunt.
He deserves immediate protection from the United
States and the United Kingdom who illegally dragged him out of an embassy. It
is illegal because America bribed the Ecuadorians so they could spy on Assange,
torture him and slowly kill him. He has not even been accorded due process
throughout the legal proceedings. That in itself is enough to refuse
extradition. Publishing, journalism and whistleblowing is not a crime. War
crimes are illegal, not publishing allegations of war crimes. The charges
against Assange are a hysterical over-reaction by the American regime who have
been embarrassed and humiliated by these truthful revelations. The charges are
made-up and false as he was not actually able to commit the crime he is being
accused of. Journalism is not a crime. The extradition is not valid at all and
has no basis in law whatsover. It is purely a political witchhunt that savages
in leadership in America, Britain and Australia are playing in their quest to
destroy an innocent man and try to bury the truth about alleged war crimes
their armed forces committed.
There are a number of reasons why the case
against extradition should be immediately heard, complied with, charges dropped
and Assange and his family immediately brought back home to Australia or a safe
third country away from the poisonous clutches of the American Regime and their
British accomplices.
The British are compelled and obligated to refuse
extradition on humanitarian, legal and ethical grounds. But instead of
following the law and their own human rights obligations, they are
circumventing the law. Extradition cases are clear in law. Political offences
are non-extraditable and espionage is a political offence. This game, this
hunt, must end now and Julian Assange must be freed. He did nothing wrong. The
American Government and their armed forces are the criminals here. That is the
truth. So why is the man who exposed the truth being punished for letting us
know what we all had a right to know and deserved to know?
The UK’s own standards show why extradition must
be denied. For a start, it is not proportionate nor is it compatible with
maintaining Julian Assange’s human rights. Furthermore, the bar that is set for
extradition has not been met. The case for extradition falls short on the
following measures. First, the passage of time. Over a decade has passed since
this hunt for Assange began. Justice delayed is justice denied. There is no
case to continue to indulge the American’s lust for revenge a day longer. The
charges must be dropped and extradition refused.
The length of time that has passed has been
oppressive, unfair and counter to any measure of justice. This is enough of a
reason to end this madness. Furthermore, extraneous considerations must be
considered here. The case is not sufficiently advanced and the charges are not
genuine. We already know the motives of the Americans will result
in a trial that is unfair and prejudiced against Assange, with the guilty
verdict a foregone conclusion. After all, he has been denied the presumption of
innocence since the start and the denial of bail, treatment in jail and
relentless character assassinations in the press and this ruthless hunt, proves
this. If he stands any chance of a fair trial on these matters, the trial would
have to be held in the United Kingdom or elsewhere in Europe where Assange
would not face the death penalty and would receive a better chance at a fair
trial with an unbiased judge and jury.
But
the unacceptable ulterior motives of the Americans and the fact that once
Assange is in America, they could bring more charges against him and reinstate
the death penalty against an innocent man while torturing him, poses too grave
a risk to Assange’s wellbeing and human rights. The motivations of the Americans are malicious and
based on revenge, not law or criminality. Therefore, this strengthens the case against
extradition and demonstrates why he must not be extradited to America. This is
the evidence. This is what the British Legal System to now has failed to
acknowledge as they bow down to another country’s demands. In law, extradition
is not valid and must be refused. There is no legal basis for extradition that
justified dismissing all these factors.
In
fact, every legal measure indicates that this extradition will be an illegal
act that was not decided on the basis of law, but rather a desire to torture
and kill an innocent man for telling the truth. Also, political offences, as mentioned, are
non-extraditable and the charge of espionage is a political offence. Therefore
the United Kingdom is well within its rights to refuse extradition on this
basis alone. In addition to this, human rights considerations must be
prioritised in this matter. To date, he has been subjected to unfair, inhumane
and degrading treatment and his physical and mental health has suffered
tremendously and immeasurably. He should be in a hospital, not a maximum
security prison cell. At the very least, he should be at home in the community
with his wife and children. He has been denied the medical treatment he needs
in a “First World” prison system. This is unacceptable and does not bode well
for the case against him. In fact, it strengthens the case against extradition
and the Americans. Other human rights matters are that the ramifications for
Journalism is another side-effect that will have devastating implications for
Freedom of the Press, Journalists, open and transparent governments, and
Democracy in the United States and the United Kingdom if this hunt continues.
The United Kingdom must comply with and honour its own standards, laws, values
and benchmarks and refuse extradition to the United States.
There is nothing humane, just or good waiting for
Julian Assange in America. There is only a rigged show trial founded in fake
charges with the outcome a foregone conclusion followed by prolonged torture
and certain death. This cannot be allowed to proceed. The UK must stop this
now.
One must wonder how Julian Assange is feeling
right now. The sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach, the torment, the
distress, agony and anguish, feeling troubled, anxious, frightened, and above
all, feeling alone and wondering why and how it came to this. How did it come
to this? Spending 23 hours a day in a concrete box. No sunlight, no breeze, no
trees, no seas and mountains to bring solace and sanctuary. No time with his
wife and children, no tenderness, no comfort, no joy. Feeling hopeless and frightened
because his own country let him down and the British legal system and
politicians have proven to be lackeys for the corrupt, malicious, dangerous
forces in America.
One can only hope his wife and family are telling
him about the global fight for his freedom. That his strongest advocates fight
daily for his freedom and that they will never give up. Julian Assange must
hold onto hope during this greatest battle of our time. The fight between his
human rights and freedom of the press globally and American tyranny, supremacy
and bloodthirsty revenge. All because a guy from Australia decided to the right
thing and let the world know about the violent and vicious monsters that are
ruling over us and controlling us from America. Those same violent and vicious
monsters who are getting away with alleged war crimes committed in the Middle
East during their illegal invasions of those countries and subverting justice
there and here while denying basic human rights to an innocent man. This fight
is not over until Julian Assange is home in Australia or has sought and secured
safety, sanctuary and protection from a third country who cherishes human
rights, press freedom, justice, and the rules of war, above all else.
This is not about some noble pursuit the
Americans are embarking upon in the name of justice for their armed services.
This is not about allowing the legal process to play out and trust in the legal
process. There is no “legal process” to trust in anymore. Assange has been
denied justice, due process, procedural fairness, proportionate treatment, and
continued asylum for many years. This is nothing more than revenge against an
innocent man who dared to tell the world the truth about America and the alleged
atrocities it committed in its illegal wars waged in the Middle East. That is
what endangers American lives. Julian Assange had nothing to do with it. It is
America’s own fault that American armed forces are a target and American
supremacy, control, relevance, power, and influence is declining globally.
It is now time to shine a light on the grave
injustices, atrocities and human rights abuses Julian Assange is facing and has
endured for 12 years in the hope that he will be granted freedom, sanctuary and
safety in another country who understands the value of human life, the rules of
law and what real justice looks like. A country courageous enough to speak up
for Julian Assange and the principles and values of a flourishing, authentic
democracy. All the Americans will ever understand is tyranny, murder and
torture in the theatre of war and beyond because that is the only way they can
maintain their supremacy in this civilisation.
Meanwhile, Julian Assange languishes in a British
hellhole. He is being denied justice. He is not being accorded even the most
basic of human rights. He has been denied due process and fairness. He has been
spied on, the Americans have plotted to assassinate him, he is being denied the
medical attention he needs, he is being tortured in the British prison. He does
not even belong in jail, he is innocent. He should have been granted bail three
years ago. The charges are fictitious and malicious. He is in grave danger if
he is ever handed over to the Americans. The extradition must be refused, once
and for all. On every measure of law, there is no case for extradition. The
Americans are using and manipulating the British Justice System to get to
Assange. Moreover, they are prolonging the process and keeping him subjected to
inhumane conditions as a means of torturing and killing him. He will never have
a fair trial in America, the country that conspired to end his life. It is not
even about that as it should not get to that point. The charges must be dropped
or extradition refused on the basis of law and he must be brought home now. If
only the Australian Government could be trusted to do the right thing and stand
up for human rights and Julian Assange. The extradition of Assange is not
valid. The world is watching the Australian Government. It is time to stand up
and speak up for his human rights and end this torture, end this madness, end
this grave injustice against a man who told the truth.
Journalism is not a crime. This persecution must
end. He is a political prisoner, a prisoner of conscience, a man who must be
granted immediate protection before the Americans get their hands on him. He
must not die this way. He does not deserve to die in an age where he was merely
doing what the West apparently believe in, upholding Western Governments to
their own standards. It seems to me that the United States, United Kingdom, and
Australia do not adhere to these values of democracy, justice and freedom, and
are more interested in tyranny, supremacy, and torture and execution for anyone
who gets in their way. This is a dark time for the West. This is not meant to
be happening in modern Democracies. The hunt for Assange is criminal, illegal,
barbaric and medieval. The extradition of Assange is not valid and violates
basic laws, British laws, and human rights principles. Furthermore, the domino
effect for citizens and journalists around the world will be felt for years to
come if this tyranny and barbaric behaviour is not stopped now.
The case against extradition far outweighs the
case for extradition as the case against extradition is based on law. There is
nothing legal about America’s hunt for Assange and Britain’s complicity in
allowing it to happen. There is nothing legal about holing Assange up in a
British prison, denying him bail and medical treatment, and torturing him.
There is nothing legal about denying Julian Assange his basic human rights and
due process. This whole process is a travesty. There is nothing legal about allowing
an extradition of a man who has been denied access to justice for 12 years. In
fact, this denial of justice and human rights is adequate grounds for refusing
extradition. The law is not on America’s side on this. It never has been, it
never will be. There is no legal basis for extradition, let alone moral or
ethical. The law is clearly in favour of refusing extradition. Britain must
make one decision in this whole 12-year process that is actually based on law
and procedural fairness: refuse the extradition and send Assange home a free
man. Julian Assange is innocent and deserves his freedom and life back.
Given extradition has been approved and Assange
has to appeal yet again, interested parties might like to ask themselves, on
what basis was the decision to extradite made? The decision to extradite is not
supported by the law, the evidence, or the facts of the case. The case against
extradition is far stronger than the case for it. Thus should extradition be
allowed to occur, one might like to ask themselves what this callous disregard
for the law and human rights means for Western civilisation, our human rights,
our freedom and our democracy. Have we passed the point of no return and is
democracy finally dead in the west? Are elected politicians and their appointed
judges in the United Kingdom and politicians in Australia who have the power to
stop this now merely servants of the American Regime? We are being played for
fools by his persecutors and torturers and Assange is paying the price for his
honesty. Julian Assange will be remembered as a brave man, a journalist,
truth-teller, political prisoner, and dissident who refused to keep their
secrets or conceal their crimes. He placed the public interest above his own
safety. He is a hero of our time and will be remembered for his courage,
strength and dedication to the fundamental principles of freedom of the press
and democracy.
Sources:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/extradition-processes-and-review
Julian
Assange Extradition Signals Loss of
Australian
Sovereignty and Independence
As Julian Assange continues to languish and
wither away in a high security British prison for revealing the truth about
American war crimes, a greater deterioration is unfolding before our eyes. The
cost of public complacency, ignorance and apathy, and the Australian media’s
shameful blackout on this matter, is the crumbling of the founding pillars of
our Democracy and the depletion of Australia’s sovereignty and independence. No
longer can Australia be considered a sovereign nation while it continues to ignore
Julian Assange, facilitate the ongoing torture and slow murder of Assange, and
allow the extradition to America to occur. It is well-known that he will take
his own life in such a scenario and what then of the Australian Government? To
make matters worse, his health is failing and he is dying in British captivity.
It is not just a matter where we must “Free Assange”. Now the critical
requirement is to “Save Assange” from British and American torture and murder.
That he is dying and still the Albanese Government refuses to stand up for him
and at the very least show some mercy and compassion, is depressing and
disappointing. The Albanese Government knows about his failing health and his
innocence and yet they do nothing.
For twelve years, the world has known about all
the various fabricated charges and smears against him as the United States
conspired ways to get back at Assange. Their sole intent is to make sure they
are given the opportunity for revenge in an American torture chamber and the
chance to torture and slowly kill Assange for revealing their crimes. They are
also determined to make sure no journalist or lawyer ever dares to reveal the
truth about America’s illegal behaviour or seek justice in the international courts
by threatening and intimidating anyone who dares to challenge them and by
continuing this barbaric hunt of Assange to the bitter end. The Americans have
shown they will do anything to get Assange, from character assassinations,
manufacturing and publicising false allegations against him, plotting to murder
him, illegally seizing him from another country’s embassy, and finally
concocting charges against him that he in no way could ever have committed. All
while hijacking another country’s legal system to make sure they get him and
can kill him. This hunt by the Americans is an arrogant and brazen act of
revenge because he exposed their war crimes. America’s sole intent is to
torture and kill Julian Assange and anyone who thinks otherwise is foolish and
ignorant. Meanwhile, the world shamefully turns a blind eye to war crimes
committed by Americans. Instead, it ties itself up in knots over falsehoods and
lies perpetuated by Americans and their tyrannical sympathisers who seem to
think Americans are above international law and can commit murder without
recourse and justice for the victims of such atrocities. Claims that our
Australian citizen Julian Assange is a traitor would be laughable if his
situation was not so dire. Every citizen in the world is entitled to expose war
crimes America commits and every victim of America’s war crimes is entitled to
expect those war criminals to be prosecuted and jailed. Despite knowing all
this, the Australian Government refuses to take a principled, honourable, merciful,
compassionate and decent stand, prevent the extradition and spare this
Australian citizen’s life.
America, Australia and Britain expect mercy and
compassion from other totalitarian regimes towards political prisoners, but
refuse to show mercy or adherence to democratic principles in their own
backyard. America in fact makes a mockery of justice, truth, transparency,
human rights and civil liberties while this Australian citizen continues to be
the subject of this bloodthirsty insatiable lust for revenge. While Julian
Assange continues to be held as a political prisoner of the West, the rest of
the world need not take the West’s moralising and pontificating about freedom,
justice, a free press and releasing journalists and whistleblowers from other
country’s prisons seriously ever again. America claims to be an Australian ally
and yet they are hunting down an Australian citizen like they would an enemy’s
citizen. The Australian Government’s allegiance to the American Regime instead
of its own citizen does not bode well for the future of Australia’s Democracy
and our independence.
The American Government committed the crimes, but
they are the ones persecuting the publisher and journalist. Journalism is not a
crime and no journalist or publisher should be persecuted and held hostage to
the tyrannical whims and tendencies that the British, American and Australian
Governments seemingly possess and cling to. The slide towards authoritarianism
in these Western countries has been remarkably swift, easy and care-free. The
price Julian Assange is paying for thinking citizens of the West adhered to
democratic principles and values and expected the same of their Governments is
his freedom, safety, health and wellbeing. The Australian Government stands by
and witnesses this crime against humanity and remains silent and complicit in
this further atrocity. This pursuit of Assange is an exploitation of power, a
violation of his human rights, an abuse of the legal system, and a troubling
trend and descent into tyranny. The Australian Government is effectively saying
to the Australian people that permitting, facilitating and enabling American
vendettas, protecting their war crimes and participating in this protection
racket is more important than Australian sovereignty, freedom of the press, and
an innocent Australian citizen’s life, health and freedom. The Australian
Government is demonstrating that their first priority in Government is to the
American Regime, not the Australian people and what is in our public interest.
This should deeply trouble and disturb every Australian citizen who values our
independence, peace and safety.
Governments should always do everything in their
power to protect their citizens, no matter what the cost is. It is extremely
alarming that the Australian Government is more interested in protecting war
criminals and the American regime, fast becoming a totalitarian regime. The
charges of espionage carry no weight. As Edward Snowden, another victim of
American tyranny and vengeance, stated so eloquently, articulately, honestly
and concisely, “The charges against Julian Assange are an absolute unadorned legal
fiction”. They are the delusions of madmen in America determined to carry out
their bloodthirsty quest for revenge, no matter the cost. What is that cost?
The values and principles of Democracy that the West preaches to the rest of
the world, but doesn’t seem to think applies to its own rule of government and
notions of law, justice, freedom and democracy.
It seems if you embark on a crusade of lies and
character assassinations, then you can get away with murder, torture and
various other atrocities, monstrosities, human rights violations, war crimes
and crimes against humanity and undermining of justice and international law.
Access to democracy and the upholding of human rights is not a personality
contest. Just because people do not like you and have based their opinions of
you on fabrications, smears, lies and mistruths, does not indemnify the government
of the day from providing you with the rights and freedoms available to all
other citizens in Western democracies. Nor does it indemnify the government
from being held accountable for illegal acts they commit in our name. Nor does
it disqualify citizens from the expectation that their Government will defend,
uphold and fight for their rights and freedoms. Democracy is not a game of
wheel of fortune, where luck determines your rights and freedoms. Everyone has
access to democratic rights and freedoms, whether you like the person or not,
or approve of their behaviour or not. We do not get to pick and choose who
accesses justice and who does not in a democracy. Human rights and civil
liberties belong to everybody. The right to the benefits of citizenship also
belong to everyone in that nation. This should be the case in Australia, too.
Yet here in Australia, the citizenry are being
held hostage to the demands and whims of the totalitarian American regime who
seem to think they have a divinely-appointed right to not just rule themselves,
but also rule the planet. They also seem to reserve the right to play global
cop and punish and persecute anyone who challenges their self-appointed
authority and dominance and their strategies and tactics involves in
maintaining supremacy and controlling other nations and their citizens. This
return to medieval barbarity where the Americans operate violently and
intrusively in secret and preach hypocritically in the light of the day is
startling and a clear wake-up call for the citizenry.
Thus instead of the Australian Government
intervening to save the life of our Australian citizen, Julian Assange, we see
them cower and play along with the murderous intents of the Americans and
torturous actions of the British who have unlawfully imprisoned Assange for
several years. A litany of unlawful actions by the British and American
governments towards an innocent Australian citizen who dared to shine a light
in the dark recesses of the bloated and unhinged American bureaucracy. Is any
Australian citizen safe from American revenge, torture and lust to kill, as far
as the Australian Government is concerned? One wonders if the Australian
Government is capable of accepting and understanding its duty and
responsibility to the safety of the Australian people, here and around the
world. Or if the Australian Constitution is over-ridden by American demands
thus rendering Australian sovereignty a mere illusion. We seem to have reached
the point in Australian modern history where the Australian people can no longer
trust their government to have their back and prioritise their lives over
misguided loyalty to foreign interests and displaced sympathy for shallow
grievances.
Worse still, any such scenario that validates
America’s fictitious charges against Assange is simply unacceptable, immoral,
offensive and an insult to the intelligence of the Australian people. It is
well-known that Assange did not commit “espionage” and this is all a fantasy in
the minds of deluded henchmen in the Biden Administration. The Australian
Government must not indulge such delusional whims and be complicit in the
relentless and illegal hunt. However, history will record that if there is one
thing the Americans are known for, its illegally hunting, torturing and
murdering innocent civilians all over the world and illegally invading nations
to feed their insatiable lust for the kill. The devastating side-effect of all
this tyranny is that journalism is now merely an artefact, a relic of a bygone
era. This is the more pitiful aspect of this pursuit of Assange and the smears
and character assassinations against him. Now real journalism is just a
monument in a museum of the way journalism and Democracy were before tyranny
crept in and the lunatics took over and the rest of the so-called journalists
were too cowardly to do their jobs. Once upon a time, principles and morals
were more important than the lure of prosperity and the shackles of mortgages.
In times gone by, good, talented, brave journalists died for their craft so the
people would know what was happening and justice could be afforded to victims
of tyranny, government over-reach and authoritarian regimes. No longer do we
see such courageous investigative journalism in the West, criticising and
scrutinising governments, holding them accountable and ensuring they operate
with transparency, truth and integrity. Today’s news organisations are mere
cogs in the machine of what the American government wants them to release to
the public, especially here in Australia. The media in Australia are mere
servants and puppets of the American Regime, no longer committed to truth,
justice, open and transparent democracy, the public interest or the public’s
right to know. Instead of encouraging people to think about what is happening,
journalism has become mere pap designed to distract from the threat of having a
population capable of really thinking, understanding and truly knowing what is
going on. This situation with Assange would not have gotten this far if the
people were really thinking and delving deeper into the truth about what is
going on here and what it means in the long run.
Thus, the Australian and British governments are
complicit in this tyranny and descent into a dystopian hellscape, where rights
are traded away and dignity sacrificed for the sake of not ending up in a jail
cell languishing for an eternity for exposing American criminals. More to the
point, while our democracy crumbled and our rights and freedoms were eroded,
where were you and what were you doing? A few hundred people have been marching
for Assange, marching for truth, marching for justice and democracy. Where is
everyone else? Why did you let them destroy our most sacred treasure in
Australia, the underlying fabric of our society that was designed to make
Australia the most peaceful and free country on Earth? Instead, we are now
hated and a target due to misplaced allegiances to a country with nothing but
ill-intent towards Australia. A country using our strategic position for
regional advantage. The cost of the Australian Labor Party’s apparent
abandonment and betrayal of Assange is our sovereignty, safety, rights,
freedoms, and independence. The cost of a two-party system whose allegiance to
America is prioritised over the public interest and its responsibilities to
Australian citizens is our identity, justice, right to truth, and democracy.
Has
Australia passed the point of no return or will we regain our independence and
sovereignty? Will the Australian people have the courage to walk away from this
betrayal and choose a better path for our nation? A path where Australians are
truly free, peaceful, safe, independent and neutral. A path where journalists
are encouraged and commended for doing their jobs and for being brave enough to
shine a light in the dark recesses of our society and our global community. A
path where being an Australian citizen actually means something to the
government of the day. In the meantime, what are you prepared to sacrifice next
for the sake of America’s quest for world domination? What will it take to keep
feeding and satisfying the bloodthirsty beast that is the United States of
America? Your life? Julian Assange’s life? Truth and justice? Decency, morality
and respect for the lives of others? What are you going to get out of it when
all of that is traded away? Will it be worth it? What price will Australians pay
for giving up its democracy so easily and freely?
Journey
Into The Cold Dead Heart of Australia’s Democracy
Canberra is the capital of Australia and the home
of Australia’s Democracy and Parliament House. However, recent actions by the authorities
and successive Australian Governments have shown what many already know. That
Washington in the United States of America is in fact the real capital of
Australia. Canberra is merely a ruse for who is really in control and who
really holds power in Australia and rules over us and influences our
decision-making and policies. I recently had what I regarded as the good
fortune of being able to participate in the democratic process in Canberra.
Little did I know that such a move would be an act of sheer bravery and
audaciousness and that my Son and I would henceforth be branded dissidents and
banned from entering Australia’s Parliament House, the so-called home of
Australia’s “Democracy”.
When arriving in Canberra for the second time I
was struck by its dreariness and absence of life. As a city, Canberra is dull,
cold and lifeless. There is no atmosphere, soul, heartbeat or warmth, the
cityscape is dull, dark and bleak, and the people, boring and retiring in
nature, with the complete absence of a visible or noticeable sense of society
or community. If service is to the soul what freedom is to democracy, then
Canberra is the cold, dead heart of Australia’s Democracy.
In recent times people paying attention to the
world around us would have noticed the rising tide of tyranny and
authoritarianism engulfing and consuming Australia’s Democracy. This has been
helped along by politicians and mainstream media outlets only too willing to
play their part in undermining Democracy and eroding the human rights that make
up our cherished “democracy”.
When I think of Democracy I think of
civilisation. Civilisation conjures up imagery of a place founded on the human
rights, civil liberties and peace and harmony of its citizenry. A society where
oppression, suppression, torture, cruelty and the deliberate deprivation of
one’s rights are ominous reminders of a dark time in ages gone by. A dark time
wars were fought over and intellectual revolutions undertaken to advance and
progress humankind to a better place.
Democracy is the destination, that place where
peaceful values are harnessed that elevate people and illuminate our collective
goodwill, goodness and consciousness to be the better angels of our characters.
Characters built on compassion, mercy, benevolence, generosity, love, hope and
dreams. It is abundantly clear that we are still on that journey towards that
elusive ideal where the oppression, suppression and tyranny of the past is
utterly condemned and relegated to the dustbin of history. Instead, the West
freely embraces the tyranny of the past and democracy slips further and further
from our grasp, and ends up beyond our reach. For this civilisation, anyway.
Funnily enough, the only Prime Minister who continually spoke of the “better
angels of our character” was one of the most brutal and ruthless in his
treatment of other politicians and did not do much for the marginalised and
oppressed in our society. The ideals and values that make up the essence of
Democracy are slowly being chipped away under successive Australian Governments
and it is all happening in plain sight. In fact, elections are won on how
oppressive and cruel the next Australian Government will be towards its own
citizens and the human beings who reside on Planet Earth and mistakenly believed
Australia would embrace them. To what end is this game played? Well, I am no
profiler from the FBI, but it is pretty clear there are incisive common traits
and psycho-pathology between Australian Labor and Liberal and National
Politicians and serial killers. In fact, American and British politicians offer
the same interesting mindset for those brave enough to delve into the mind of
the cruel, cunning, calculated and homicidal in our midst. State-sanctioned
murder is nothing new and we are seeing it in all its brutal form in these
governments’ treatment of Julian Assange and the illegal wars that these
nations have waged in the Middle East for decades. These ruthless politicians
are cut from the same cloth in the depraved way they deliver cruelty and death
and disregard quaint ideals of democracy to inflict torture on the innocent
with such ease and without a shred of remorse or need for atonement. They
create laws to legitimise their lust for human suffering and death.
I was not that aware of how bad it actually was,
or rather, I never thought I would fall victim to this attack on our Democracy
and Sovereignty until the end of July. At this time I attempted to participate
in the democratic process and show my dissatisfaction with the current
Australian regime’s continued hostility and cruelty towards Australian
Journalist and Citizen Julian Assange. Their continued determination to protect
war criminals in America, criminalise Journalism instead, attack an innocent individual’s
character because they have nothing else to use against him, and trade away
Australia’s sovereignty in the process are key issues of concern that should
greatly trouble every Australian. It is a mystery to me why successive
Australian Governments, and this latest one in particular, frantically ran
around like excited little puppies to go to America’s defence in this matter
and others that compromise Australia’s public interest and national security
and in doing so are determined to sacrifice Australia’s sovereignty and
independence to the Americans. The result of all this chaos is we are thrown
further off course from that path towards democracy and are crashing towards a
tyrannical, dystopian hell, with Julian Assange being the sacrificial object for
their devil. What are the Australian people getting out of this loss of
national identity and independence? What are the Australian people getting out
of being subservient to the American regime? The key detail to identify and
really think deeply about is what is actually happening to Australia right now
and why are these politicians working for American interests instead of
Australia’s interests.
So maybe it is time to discuss what Democracy is
not given we seem to be under the illusion that we are living in a fully
functioning, safe, peaceful, liberated democracy founded on all these wonderful
ideals that make us better people and make Australia a better country.
Democracy is not this. Democracy is not oppression or abuse of human rights.
Democracy is not media censorship and propaganda. Democracy is not what
Australia is showing off to the world, as if it is something to be proud of and
that other nations should emulate and reciprocate. In fact, this is tyranny,
pure and simple. Just because we voted for it, does not make it any less
tyrannical, authoritarian, and obscene.
So let’s go back to the beginning of the story
when this blistering insight was delivered to me and my Son in such an
intrusive, inappropriate, startling, demeaning, degrading, humiliating and
shocking way.
On 27th July, 2022 my 15-year-old Son
and I headed down to Canberra. It was my first flight in over seven years and
it seems I have a newfound unexplained fear of flying after my brain
inexplicably no longer comprehends how a plane can stay in the air. In another
time, this would be humourous, if nothing else it is a strange development
considering I have flown overseas twice and to Sydney and Melbourne numerous
times since the early 2000s. The flights there and back were perfectly fine and
the service exceptional. So it is disappointing after the degree of effort,
energy and expense that was invested in the trip, that it was tarnished by
fascist authorities and a tyrannical Australian Government determined to
maintain and build on its long legacy of human rights abuses and violations and
establish itself as an example of Fascism for other western nations to fashion
themselves on, if they are so inclined to want to oppress other human beings
and get away with it.
The purpose of our trip was to attend a protest
organised by Canberrans called “Converge on Canberra”. This was an opportunity
for all Australians to travel to Canberra and show the new Australian
Parliament that we expected this parliament to honour its word and do
everything in its power to Free Julian Assange and bring him home to safety and
a peaceful life. After 12 years, in the Prime Minister’s own words when he was
in Opposition, “Enough is enough”. Since assuming the office of Prime Minister
it seems Anthony Albanese is more interested in serving the interests of the
American Government instead of upholding the human rights and dignity of an
innocent Australian man and journalist.
We went to Parliament House on Thursday, 28th
July and, given we were early and I had a hungry teenage son in toe, we
proceeded to go up to Parliament House. What else is there to do in Canberra
apart from visit that place? But as we were embarking on the long walk towards
the building we were stopped by uniformed officers and prevented from
proceeding any further because I was holding posters relating to Julian Assange
and his freedom. Apparently, protest material is not allowed in Parliament
House. We live in a so-called Democracy but the people cannot take paper into
Parliament House if the pictures and words do not conform to the current agenda
of the Government of the Day. I asked if my Son could go up given he had
travelled with me for the express purpose of seeing Parliament House. They
reluctantly agreed so I called them fascists and went back to the protest and
my Son headed up to Parliament House. As I waited around furious at the
degrading and barbaric treatment we had just been subjected to, my Son
re-appeared. It seems he had been forced out of the security queue at
Parliament House, questioned by unnamed, unidentified staff and sent away
without my input or presence. He is only 15 years old and they took it upon
themselves to completely violate his rights and intrude upon his wish to see
Parliament House. They humiliated him and forced him to leave.
Needless to say, this experience has been yet
another wake-up call of the fascist turn Australia has taken. Human rights and
civil liberties are no longer a given in Australian Society. At any moment, the
authorities can take it upon themselves to strip you of your rights and
autonomy and humiliate and demean you, without repercussions. That it has come
this far without any consequences is shocking and disheartening. The choice
facing Australians now is how far are we willing to let it go. This steady descent
into tyranny has been happening over decades and there are no signs that anyone
is stopping it, least of all, politicians, our elected representatives. We vote
for these politicians and instead of strengthening democracy and crystallising
democratic values, they are slowly weakening our democracy and our sovereignty.
The protest itself was insightful, informative
and reassuring. The speakers were inspiring and spoke with admirable passion
and commitment to securing freedom for Julian Assange. But all that is cold
comfort given the Australian Government insists on playing the role of the
unhinged maniac in this case and remain complicit in the illegal incarceration,
ongoing torture, deprivation of liberty and rights, and slow murder of Julian
Assange. It takes quite a depraved and disturbed mind to continue to play this game
after twelve years. It would be interesting to see how long even the most
depraved serial killers kept up their game before they finally got bored with
the torture and simply pulled the trigger. The fact that the Australian
Government has let the case of Julian Assange drag on for this long with no
intention of calling an end to this cruelty proves that psychopaths are
actually governing Australia. Only a psychopath could continue to play a part
in this game. Australia deserves better than this brand of bloodthirsty and
ruthless power, authority and control. That we are all hostage to this kind of
sick mentality is frightening, to say the least.
The case of Julian Assange is symbolic in that it
marks the end of press freedom in the West, the end of Australian sovereignty
and independence from America, and the end of human rights and justice for
everyone else. It marks a new era where Australian citizenship means nothing
and at any moment the Australian Government and authorities will throw you
under the bus or to the wolves without a backward glance of regret or remorse.
Forget atonement, this new brand of politician is devoid of any kind of conscience,
soul, moral compass or ethical foundation to work from. They operate for
another force more damaging and harmful to Australia’s public interest than
anything we are yet to encounter in our country.
Sadly for Julian Assange, he has not been able to
command the attention and support he deserves. Why is this? At a time when the
Australian media should shine a light on this awful situation, they have
instead chosen to back in the American regime and encourage the torture and
slow murder of Julian Assange. This is interesting as the case of Julian
Assange symbolises the end of their freedom to practice Journalism,
investigative journalism, public interest journalism, their ability to
scrutinise and criticise and expose the wrongdoing of the government of the
day. America is criminalising Journalism and the Australian media is rolling
out the red carpet. We are entering a dark era where no Journalist will ever be
able to expose the American regime’s crimes and corruption without ending up
tortured and jailed for life. This is the grave threat facing press freedom,
human rights, civil liberties, justice and democracy in the West.
Somehow, America is winning the battle to erode
our right to know what happens in our name. How is this happening? There is
nothing more powerful in this world than the force of public opinion. The
authoritarians of eras past learnt that from the great minds of long ago. The
current ragtag of political elite now use, exploit and abuse this power to get
what they want, when they want, how they want and from whoever they want. They
will leave no stone unturned to win over public opinion, even if it means what
they uncover is a complete lie.
Tragically for Julian Assange, the manipulability
of the general public is too great a temptation for bad people to take
advantage of. Thus, while Julian Assange thought he was intelligent enough to
evade their evil ways and that the general public were smart enough to
recognise the bad things that were happening in their name and demand better,
this did not come to pass. Julian Assange is instead withering away because the
people choose fear over truth and justice. The people are only too ready to
jump at shadows and believe there are monsters under their bed instead of
accepting the truth. Julian Assange is an innocent man and Australia is no
longer a sovereign nation. The Australian Government serves the American regime
and Australians are witnessing it silently and letting it happen. Canberra is
nothing more than a token landmark of what was meant to be the home of
Australia’s Democracy but instead represents the cold, dead heart of
Australia’s Democracy. Be careful who you vote for, Australia. You may have
just brought the monsters out from the dark and onto your journey into a dark,
dank, lifeless and dangerous place that once upon a time was illuminated by the
promise of democracy. Next stop: dystopia.
Was This Meeting The Last Chance For Freedom For Julian
Assange
Another
day, another opportunity to save Julian Assange’s life for the Prime Minister
of Australia has passed by. Here we are at nightfall, the weight of expectation
on our shoulders, and no news has emerged from the Australian Government
regarding Mr Assange’s fate. Instead, an embarrassing announcement from
America’s lapdog, Anthony Albanese about war and death machines being purchased
at such an extreme and extravagant expense that the Opposition has suggested
Australians with a disability should foot the bill and forego vital programmes
and services utilised to manage their disability and maintain their quality of
life. It is yet another shameful day in Australia’s history. One wonders if any
Journalist present in America at the moment even bothered to ask the Prime
Minister if he discussed Julian Assange with Joe Biden. Did Anthony Albanese
seize this chance to ask America to free this innocent Australian citizen, once
and for all? Or was warmongering and playing with machines of death and
bankrupting the Australian economy more important than saving an innocent
Australian man’s life?
As
it stands, the Australian Government has been complicit in the illegal pursuit,
torture and slow murder of Julian Assange for over a decade. It is astonishing
that the Australian Government has steadfastly refused to help an innocent
Australian Citizen. It is perverse that the Australian Government contravenes
the Australian Constitution and Laws and acts in allegiance with the Americans,
a foreign nation, instead of defending our citizen. The cosy relationship
between the Australian Labor Party and the American regime is troubling,
disturbing and disgusting, to say the least. This is not what Democracy is
about and this is not what citizens in free countries and sovereign nations
expect from their politicians and representatives.
Governments,
first and foremost, are elected to do no harm and to act in the best interests
of the people, represent the people, and implement policies that advance
society’s interests and take the nation forward to a better place for everyone,
no matter your background, circumstances, socio-economic status or political
beliefs. This is especially the case when Australians get in trouble abroad.
They expect their Australian passport and Australian citizenship to mean
something. Abandoning an Australian citizen, throwing Australian citizens to
the wolves, is not in the Australian Constitution and is not the role of our
elected representatives. Politicians work for us, not other nations’
governments. Politicians serve us and our interests, not the interests of
foreign nations. We ultimately call the shots and in a few short years, their
flirtation with power can end abruptly. It is illegal, immoral, unethical,
irresponsible and unacceptable for the Australian Government to abandon an
innocent Australian Citizen the way the Australian Government, first Labor,
then the Liberal National Party, now Labor again, has neglected and ignored
Julian Assange. These days, the first priority of the Australian Government has
been to undermine, threaten and attack anyone that questions and exposes their
illegal behaviour and another country’s illegal behaviour. Who does the
Australian Government truly serve? It certainly does not look like the
Australian people are being represented or served here. The only winners here
are the Americans. When did Australia become subservient to the Americans? But
it is not just Julian Assange suffering under the weight of this barbaric,
illegal, relentless and unjustified witch-hunt.
Even
now, the Australian Government is pursuing whistleblowers who exposed
wrongdoing that the public had a right to know. Those individuals are left with
the hideous prospect of facing the Government and its institutions in Court and
are faced with the daunting feat of trying to find the money and resources to
fight their case. The process is used by the Government as a weapon to wear
down the individuals who dared to speak truth to power and expose them. Of
course, there is also the mental fortitude and emotional strength and support
required to fight a legal case that the Australian Government intentionally
drags out for years to prolong the struggle and torture for their victims.
Whistle-blowers and Journalists are entitled to protection in a Democracy. But
apparently, not this so-called “Democracy” that is more interested in doing
more harm than good to innocent Australian citizens, journalists and
whistle-blowers alike.
The
worst thing about this situation is the Australian Government is doing this,
not for the Australian people, the majority of whom want Julian Assange free.
Rather, the Australian Government is acting on the instructions of the American
Regime and to date have refused to stand up for our citizen and demand his
immediate release. Megaphone diplomacy is acceptable for Anthony Albanese, Mark
Dreyfus and Penny Wong when China is holding an Australian Citizen, but when it
is America harming and torturing an Australian Citizen, the Australian
Government is a silent hypocrite and servant, complicit in the torture being
carried out by the British to please America. It is something future
generations will look back on with disgust and bemusement. “They called themselves
free? Don’t make me laugh”. You can see future comedians and historians making
a justifiable mockery of today’s politicians and governments in the West,
especially America, Australia and the United Kingdom. Anthony Albanese could
potentially be the last Australian Prime Minister who could save Julian Assange
and spare his life.
The
American hunt for Assange has been illegal all along. But as America regards
itself above laws and jurisdictions, it is getting away with it. For a start,
Julian Assange committed no crime. Just like any journalist would, he published
information that was clearly in the public interest and that all Australians,
Americans, British, and indeed, the global population had a right to know. But
the American Government has decided that prolonged confinement and imprisonment
and the slow torture and death of Assange is the only acceptable outcome here
for exposing their crimes. The ones who should be locked up are the American,
Australian and British politicians and authorities who are complicit in this
hunt and who actually carried out or over-saw and covered up the crimes Assange
exposed. It is so barbaric it is like reading a tale from the Dark Ages.
Governments in the modern era are expected to behave in a civil, legal, moral,
dignified and respectful way towards citizens and to be held accountable for their
actions when they break the law. In Western Democracies governments are not
granted free rein to break the law when it suits them. Instead, citizens are
allowed and encouraged to expose their wrongdoing as this behaviour is not
acceptable and should not be carried out in our name. Where Governments and
their institutions break the law, it is up to the public to decide what happens
next and hopefully vote them out and see to it that they are brought before a
court to answer for their crimes. It is imperative in a Democracy that
politicians are held accountable for their actions when they betray their oath
of office and undermine the legal system of the country.
The
public have a right to know and the media have a right to tell the citizenry
what is going on. Transparency and accountability are at the heart of Democracy
and the media and public are duty-bound to shine a very bright light on those
politicians and authorities in charge of making decisions that are in the
public interest. There is so much darkness, calculated actions and
underhandedness, and shadiness in Australian society that suggesting we have a
strong Democracy because we vote is a cop-out and a weak counter-argument to
the dangerous reality facing Australia and the horrifying ordeal Assange and
his fellow whistleblowers are copping. That is why the role of the media is
vital in righting these wrongs and correcting the course of history and returning
our Democracy to what it is meant to be. Peaceful, law-abiding, free,
respectful, accountable, open, transparent and willing to face scrutiny and
answer for its actions. Julian Assange exposed bad things, terrible crimes. But
he is the one who is locked up. What is going on here? This is not Democracy
and this is not the mark of a civilised society.
Sadly
for Julian Assange, he has been smeared, attacked, defamed, ridiculed and lied
about by the very institution responsible for protecting him, his integrity and
his work. The media, the 4th Estate, the hallowed storytellers we
trust to shine a light in the darkest corners of our society and hold the
powerful and privileged to account and expose abuse of authority, violations of
human rights, atrocities committed in our name and maladministration and any
other unethical and irresponsible behaviour unbecoming for a representative,
authority figure or prominent and influential figure in our society. But this
successful character assassination and smear campaign he has faced from the
media for reasons that are well and truly beyond me has been relentless. It has
been as successful as much for its severity as its silence, ironically. A
carefully calculated and constructed web of deception has been woven
specifically tailored to confuse and manipulate the public who have noticed his
case into believing Julian Assange is the bad guy and behaved recklessly. This
is just plainly wrong and false. Sadly, a fair number of Australians are
unaware of his plight and are deliberately being kept in the dark. Why? It is
pretty obvious. Once the public at large are well-aware and completely informed
of what is going on, they will be appalled and disgusted. Australians will want
their Australian man home, or at least, safe, free and back with his wife and
babies and able to return to some sort of “normal” life again. Hopefully this
time he will cherish his freedom and pass over the reins to the rest of us to
carry on the fight that is Democracy, transparency, accountability and scrutiny
of Government.
Secondly,
and most disturbingly, the Americans are so obsessed with getting revenge on
Assange that they are even prepared and willing to jeopardise the sanctity of
their founding and governing documents to go after him. They are tearing apart
the underlying fabric of American Democracy and destroying one of the
fundamental tenets of their democracy, Freedom of the Press, to go after
Assange. Utilising an archaic piece of legislation that is based on a complete
fiction and distortion of reality to go after Assange. They are simply lying
about what Assange did so they can get him. It is all illegal and inexcusable
that it has been going on for this long and the Australian Government still
does nothing.
As
many people have already pointed out, no credible Journalist on Planet Earth
will ever be able to criticise or expose Uncle Sam ever again. Sadly, the
cowards and weaklings in the mainstream media are acting in lockstep with the
aforementioned governments instead of being separate from them and holding
these Governments, here in Australia, and in the United Kingdom and America,
accountable. The mainstream media, the Fourth Estate, is but a pale imitation
of what the craft of Journalism is meant to be. Mainstream media outlets are no
longer trustworthy, nor can they be relied upon to tell the public the truth
about the government of the day. When whistle-blowers do bravely come forward,
it takes a courageous media outlet to publish the information. Interestingly,
major global news outlets did publish the information from Wikileaks which
makes one wonder why any of this is happening at all. He went from hero to
villain virtually overnight in the press. What is the real reason for this
illegal witchhunt and the mainstream media’s disdain for Assange and
abandonment of their craft? After a decade, some media outlets have finally
called for an end to this lunacy. But it really is too little too late. The
untold trauma and emotional, psychological and mental damage Assange has
endured will take a long time to recover from.
Thirdly,
nothing about the process Assange has been subjected to has followed legal
procedures. Due process has been completely disregarded. In fact, it has been
undermined every step of the way. Any other citizen would be able to have the
case thrown out based on the fact that legal processes have been bypassed. But
because it is America and Britain, with Australia’s compliance and obedience,
they are getting away with it. America has the legal system and politicians in
other countries firmly under their control. This whole situation makes a
mockery of the British Legal System and when all this is over, no-one will be
able to take the British Legal System seriously ever again. It has been
manipulated by the Americans to give the Americans their desired outcome.
Julian Assange has been unfairly treated and denied basic human rights. He is
currently languishing in a British high-security prison for the crime of
journalism. He has been denied bail even though he is not a risk to the public.
If anything, the dangerous elements here are the British, American and
Australian Governments and the prison itself. It is fast becoming plain to see
that the most dangerous individuals on planet Earth are the politicians in the
American, British and Australian governments.
Fourthly,
this ludicrous outcome was only possible because the British allowed the
Americans to contrive a scenario where Assange could be illegally captured and
taken away from the Ecuadorian Embassy. All this for the crime of Journalism.
All this because he exposed the war crimes American army personnel committed in
the Middle East. All this because politicians in the two major political
parties of the three countries involved are dangerous maniacs. Looking ahead to
the future, it is easy to see how this will look decades from now. Once again,
they will be startled at the claims of “democracy” and “due process” from three
Western nations behaving like totalitarian regimes. Basic rights like legal
representation and confidentiality and being able to meet with his legal team
in private have been abused. His consultations with his legal team were spied
on by the Americans. That right there is the only reason an objective Judge of
sound mind and mental capacity acting in accordance with his duty as an appointed
Judge of the court would need to throw out the entire case. Yet none of that
has happened. The British and Australian politicians are not impartial and
cannot be trusted to act in the best interests of the rights of Julian Assange
even though the case for his release is based on sound legal evidence while the
case for his continued imprisonment is based on subversion of the law,
undermining human rights principles and abuse of their own power and authority.
An objective, independent politician or judge would have released Assange years
ago for health reasons and for legal reasons. This is not happening because he
is not facing a legal problem here, he is facing the problem that is American
Supremacy and Control. America’s revenge. Sadly, Britain and Australia are
willing accomplices in this bloodthirsty lust to destroy Assange.
Finally,
he has been denied humane treatment and has been subjected to what can only be
described as cruel and unusual punishment in the British Prison System. He is
being denied medical care. He is being denied access to the outside world.
Fresh air. Space to breathe. Compassion. Mercy. Access to people. He is being
kept in conditions that are akin to mental institutions of times gone by. His
mental health is being eroded by the conditions he is being kept under. The
treatment he is being denied is leading to him withering away and his physical
health deteriorating. None of this is legal and acceptable for an actual
criminal, let alone an innocent man, a Journalist, an Australian Citizen. There
are so many things wrong with this situation that it is hard to know where to
being on this. The United Nations conventions on such matters bring to bear
just how wrong it is to treat a man who actually isn’t even being afforded the
most basic principle of democracy, justice and the Western legal system that
the powerful and privileged are perpetually shouting about when it is one of
their own accused of a crime. That basic principle is the presumption of
innocence. Yet in the case of Assange, he has committed no crime. Journalism is
not a crime. Yet he is locked up in a maximum security prison, denied due
process, basic human rights, medical attention, care and treatment and fresh
air. An innocent man. Innocent until proven guilty, The second thing is will be
denied is a fair trial. It is a double-edged sword for Assange. He can
acquiesce to the process and go to America. But if he does that he will be
found guilty in a biased, government court. Or he can continue to fight and the
case drags out for many more years. Either way, how much more can he take, how
much longer can he survive?
So
where and when does it all end for the innocent Australian citizen, Julian
Assange. Will the Australian Prime Minister hold true to his word in Opposition
and see to it that Julian Assange is finally set free and able to return home
to his loved ones and family who have spent years fighting for his freedom.
Julian Assange has faced a punishment that not even the worst criminals in our
society face. Many hardened criminals are enjoying their freedom and they were
guilty of a crime. Assange is “guilty” of Journalism. Extremely good
Journalism. Journalism that should have had the potential to change the world.
Journalism that should have seen America retreat into the shadows and face the
consequences of its action in the International Court of Justice. That is what
should be written about today. Not the case of an innocent Australian man who
the Australian Government threw to the American wolves with the British
Government’s co-operation because the Australian Government serves the American
regime before its own citizens. How disturbing is that? Something to ponder
next time we’re all at the ballot box while Julian Assange waits for justice to
finally be done and freedom to arrive. Ultimately, the Australian people have
the power to right this wrong and demand that the Australian Government keep
its promise to free Julian Assange. We are his only hope as after today it
seems not even the Australian Prime Minister can be relied upon to do his job
and save an innocent Australian citizen’s life. What a pity our nation is
governed by such weak and hollow individuals devoid of decency, integrity,
conscience and a moral compass.
America’s
Vendetta To Silence Whistleblowers and Intimidate Journalists
For those that are
noticing what is happening, Australia is fast developing a dark reputation for
its secrecy and intimidation inflicted on Whistleblowers and Journalists. The
first I heard about this disturbing turn of events in Australia was on social media.
There had been a radio silence from traditional media outlets. Of course, this
trend may have been happening long before social media lifted the veil and was
able to shine a light on this accelerated slide, or should that now be, a
headlong crash, into tyranny. But social media has been the main avenue to
bring this issue to the fore as the mainstream media remains cleansed of
government scrutiny and accountability. Unwilling or too cowardly to get their
hands dirty, it is up to independent and citizen journalists and whistleblowers
to alert the public to the truth. In fact, it has also been up to overseas
newspapers to point out the secretive nature of the Australian Government,
dubbing it the world’s most secretive democracy (Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/world/australia/journalist-raids.html).
As for social media,
the names Witness K and his lawyer Bernard Collaery repeatedly appeared on
feeds. I knew remarkably little about the situation but over the years I
gradually learned more and more. The secrecy and the injustice being carried
out in our name was startling and mystifying. Then other names started to come
up, similarly targeted, harassed, bullied, intimidated, and silenced by the
Australian Government. David McBride. Julian Assange. Richard Boyle. All these
brave men put it all on the line in the name of democracy and have been forced
to pay a heavy price for alerting the public to matters they had a right to
know about. Naturally, the American Regime has influenced the Australian
Government far beyond what is reasonable or acceptable.
Another casualty of
this vendetta is Dan Duggan. However, in Dan Duggan’s case it seems to be a
vicious act of malicious spite on the part of the Americans and utter spineless
acquiescence from the Australian Government and Judiciary. No crime has been committed
in Mr Duggan’s case. Yet he is currently locked up in a jail awaiting
extradition to America. This is the second Australian citizen currently being
hunted down by the Americans. No crime has been committed in any of these
instances. Had it not been for social media, all these events may have remained
hidden in the dark, never to see the light of day and receive the scrutiny and
transparency warranted or the support and gratitude deserved for these men.
These are names that will go down in history as the test of democracy’s values
that the West failed. More specifically, America, Australia and the United
Kingdom failed. Sadly, the Australian people are largely unaware of what is
happening due to the mainstream media offering little coverage of these matters.
Where coverage is given, it is in favour of the totalitarianism gripping the
governing forces controlling this nation.
Thus in most of these
cases, the Americans are pulling the strings. As Julian Assange once said, “the
capital of Australia is Washington D.C.”. He’s not wrong. The two-party empire
who alternate in forming the Australian Government after rigged elections are
held, repeatedly act in the best interests of a foreign country than in
Australia’s best interests. The elections are rigged because you get either the
ALP or the LNP and both form an allegiance to and prioritise the American
regime over Australian Sovereignty, citizenship and the public interest. They
are not serving the Australian people who elected them. They are serving the
American Regime who controls them. If you want to change this dynamic, you have
to remove the two-party empire from the political landscape entirely. If
Democracy is real, then that should be possible. Until then, we have to put up
with either party devoting their time, energy, attention and allegiance to the
American Regime at great cost to the Australian people and the foundation of our
democracy. Just this week the Americans co-opted the Kangaroo and tarnished it
with the red and blue stripes of the American Flag. Shameful act of debauchery
from the Americans and treachery from the Australians involved in that
sickening and insulting stunt.
For now, the most
pressing issue and test of democracy for Australia is its treatment of
Australian citizen and journalist, Julian Assange. After over twelve years, he
is still being persecuted by the American Regime, aided by the British and
Australian regimes. You would think as a civilisation we would have advanced
enough to recognise the importance of Julian Assange’s journalism. Furthermore,
you would think a progressive society would be more merciful and compassionate
and demonstrate more generosity of spirit and wisdom in this matter. Instead,
the British, Australian and American Governments are behaving like bloodthirsty
hounds, refusing to give up the hunt for an innocent man. Other Australians
under attack include the brave and heroic David McBride and Richard Boyle,
whose cases are still ongoing and are similarly showing little sign of a humane
or reasonable solution. All these cases reveal a troubling trajectory for
Australia’s democracy.
Unfortunately, the
majority of Australians seem content to ignore the disintegration of our
democracy while being a silent party to the destruction of innocent men’s
lives. The majority still worship at the feet of the leaders of the two-party
empire because the transfer of power in our democracy has moved from the people
to the government. The Australian Government wields so much power now that the
people are too scared or too distracted to stand up for what is right and fight
the good fight. Even the media are too scared to scrutinise the government or
reveal the crime, corruption and maladministration happening right before our
very eyes because when they dare to expose the government’s wrongdoing, the
Australian Federal Police are sent in to intimidate and silence them. This is
troubling because in a democracy the people are meant to be the powerful ones
and the media are meant hold the government accountable and ensure they are
acting transparently and with integrity. Meanwhile, the government is merely meant
to represent the public interest and serve the people who voted for them.
However, recent times
have seen media outlets offices raided, protesting outlawed and freedom of
information requests denied or information given heavily redacted,
embarrassingly so. Freedom of the press, the right to protest and freedom of
information form the basis of a strong and flourishing democracy. Yet they are
slowly disappearing from Australia, little by little. Once those building
blocks are removed, the entire structure of our democracy falls to pieces and
you are left with tyranny, barbarism and a powerless citizenry deluded into
believing they are part of the democratic process but too fearful to rise up
and question the existing state of affairs. No-one wants to criticise the
government and end up in jail. Will it be worth it? Many people have no qualms
going to jail for the cause. Some causes are worth sacrificing freedom for and
making a point about when no other avenues have worked. But such a punishment
must be proportionate, justified, fair and reasonable. Otherwise, the
injustices end up taking a toll and citizens are paying a price too grave and
heavy to bear.
Yet that is what is
happening in the West to Julian Assange, David McBride and Richard Boyle. As
for Dan Duggan, seems like he was merely in the wrong place at the wrong time
and the Americans are fabricating evidence to force Australia to extradite him to
America. It is ludicrous, appalling and should not be happening. Australia is
only too willing to play along. The Americans are similarly fabricating the
case against Julian Assange, with friendly judges only too willing to rule in
America’s favour. The whole basis of America’s case against Assange has been
proven to be a lie. The lack of due process and legal rights renders the case
against him instantly invalid. They have no case against Assange. All they have
are two foreign governments, Britain and Australia, willing to help them break
the law to torture and murder an innocent Australian citizen for telling the
truth, for Journalism. As we have seen, the Americans have no problem torturing
and murdering innocent people. Despite public support from the majority of
Australians for Assange to be released becoming louder and more passionate and
insistent, the Prime Minister of Australia arrogantly ignores their pleas. Even
politicians from different political parties have united to request the
immediate intervention of the Australian Government so that Assange can be
freed. Yet instead of representing the will of the people and doing his job by
acting in the public interest, Albanese chooses to place the interests of a
fascist regime ahead of our own. This undermining of Australian sovereignty is
a curious state of affairs for the nation of Australia and begs the question,
who is in charge of Australia?
In recent months, the
call for democratic principles to hold true and for Julian Assange to be
released reached a climax when the President of America was scheduled to visit
Australia. However, the American coward pulled out and protests fell on deaf
ears as the Prime Minister of Australia staged a bizarre diversion with the
Prime Minister of India coming to Australia instead. The ongoing spectacle was
akin to some kind of 3-ring circus with the media lapping it up and
participating in this embarrassing farce instead of reporting on the protests
taking place to free Julian Assange. Such a blatant display of hysterical and
cowardly avoidance from the Prime Minister of Australia showcased his pathetic
desperation to refuse to act in Australia’s best interests or speak up for the
Australian citizen and journalist, Julian Assange. He even refused to meet with
Julian Assange’s wife, Stella Assange, claiming he would not participate in
such grandstanding. A day or two later, he was carrying on like a drunken hyena
with the Prime Minister of India, grandstanding on a stage in front of
thousands. It seems hypocrisy is not beneath the Prime Minister of Australia.
He is happy to look like a populist fool and egomaniac than to do the right
thing, the Prime Ministerial thing, and act with decency and humanity and treat
Assange and his supporters with respect and dignity by actually acknowledging
them and their efforts to free an innocent Australian and speaking to them. The
utter disrespect for Stella Assange, Julian Assange, Julian’s family and all of
his supporters and advocates was a disgrace. One cannot help thinking that the
end game here is for Julian Assange to be extradited to America and die in an
American torture chamber so that Albanese can show how strong his allegiance is
to the barbaric, belligerent and murderous American regime. Never has a Prime
Minister been such a threat to Australia’s independence and sovereignty.
Albanese wants to please and impress the Americans so much and show what a good
servant he is to the President of America that he is willing and prepared to
let Julian Assange die. He would rather score brownie points with a tyrannical
regime by turning his back on an Australian Citizen than fight for Assange’s
life, freedom and innocence. Furthermore, he is refusing to stand up for the
foundations of our democracy, a free press and the public’s right to know. The
bigger picture, the war crimes that were committed, is another matter for
another time.
Despite all the
evidence and laws invalidating the extradition, the Judges who are appointed by
the Politicians (let us never forget that one), are studiously ignoring these
facts and treating the matter like a tick and flick exercise, approving his
extradition yet again. This is despite the fact that this witch hunt is a
malicious act of political vengeance from the Americans who reserve the right
to behave like terrorists in other countries and get away with it. The greatest
threat is not some boogey man in the Middle East, Russia or China. It is
becoming more and more apparent by the day that the greatest threat to World
Peace is the American regime. It is hard to believe that this is happening in
the 21st century in the West. After decades of preaching and
grandstanding about democracy, free speech, freedom of the press, open and
accountable government, transparency, scrutiny, peace, security and stability,
the three self-appointed arbiters of what constitutes “democracy” and
“freedom”, America, Britain and Australia, are now behaving like a mob of
drunken autocrats and killers intoxicated by the stench of their own lust for
power and the deaths of innocent civilians they slaughtered.
The Albanese-led Labor
Government has now been in power in Australia for over a year, after nearly a
decade in Opposition. They spoke a big game when it came to whistleblowers,
whistleblower protection and freedom of the press. In particular, they claimed
to care about Julian Assange and his fate and declared that a swift resolution
to the matter should be reached immediately as the case had “dragged on for
long enough”. But it seems popularity amongst autocrats is more important to
Albanese than standing up for the life of an Australian citizen. Since winning
the election on what has now become apparent was a platform of lies, fantasies
and deceit, Albanese has fallen strangely silent on this matter, too cowardly
and weak to fervently and forcefully declare his position publicly to the
Americans and British. It has reached the point now where Julian Assange is
dying in prison and the Australian Government is refusing to intervene to save
him. An innocent man’s life is on the line and the Australian Government
couldn’t care less.
In fact, the Australian
Government has further added insult to injury by recently playing host to the
Americans. At this foreign minister’s meeting the American Secretary of State
dared to declare on Australian soil that the hunt for Assange was still on. He
even had the audacity to spew the same old propaganda that has been proven to
be false and straight out lies. The lack of shame just shows how dangerous the
Americans are. The same lies have been peddled for over a decade and they
actually still think the Australian people are falling for it. That such
fascist filth, propaganda, falsehoods and lies was spat out on Australian soil
is deeply disturbing and disgusting. A lot of goodwill Australians might have
still had towards America was lost this week and it is no wonder.
What’s worse, instead
of sending the American ambassador on the first flight back to America until
Assange is free, the Australian Government betrayed the Australian people,
undermined our sovereignty, and cemented the current “alliance” by committing
to build weaponry that Americans use to commit war crimes and slaughter
innocent civilians with in their illegal invasions around the world. The
Australian Government has agreed to supply the missiles the Americans will use
to commit their crimes against humanity. It is an absolute disgrace and
shameful episode in Australia’s history. More to the point, how many
Australians truly support this transition in our economy to an Arms
manufacturer and dealer? A transition to a blood economy. Does Australia really
want its prosperity built on a foundation of blood, death and destruction?
Meanwhile, freedom for Julian Assange slips further away as the cowardice and
capitulation of the Australian government becomes more apparent by the day. It
seems the Australian Government would rather work for the American Fascist
Regime than uphold its oath of office to the Australian people and place our
best interests first and demand Assange be released while condemning America’s
actions and moderating its actions and agreements with America.
Let’s be very clear
about this. This isn’t just an attack on Julian Assange and a violation of his
human rights. It is an assault on Democracy and the crucial principles that
make up the underlying fabric of our Democracy. While Assange is locked up, Democracy
in the West is also in chains. No longer can the West claim to be champions of
democracy and human rights while America, Britain and Australia are torturing
and slowly killing Julian Assange. Americans like free press until it shines a
light back on them and reveals their crimes and airs their dirty laundry. Then
the American Regime is just as ruthless and merciless as China and Russia,
except with China, Russia and other so-called fascist regimes, Assange would
have had a chance of being granted mercy and would be free by now. That is just
a fact. America is the most merciless, hostile and dangerous regime on Earth.
Chances are in any other country not allied with the USA he would have been
free by now because the screaming, shouting and howling from the Australian
Government would have echoed around the world. But because it is the Americans,
the Australian Government is shamefully silent and complicit. Meanwhile the
Americans are proving themselves to be the most dangerous, barbaric, ruthless,
inhumane, hostile, vengeful, brutal and violent regime on Earth. This is a very
scary time for 21st Century civilisation with such an unstable and
unhinged world power on the warpath against any person or nation that gets in
its way.
This vendetta leaves
one wondering what else America is doing that it is so desperate to hide?
America is evidently so determined to silence all whistleblowers and
journalists the world over that it is deliberately embarking on this ruthless,
merciless witch hunt to punish one single individual for telling the truth.
Truth the public the world over had the right to know. It is an affront to our
civilisation that America has gotten away with it, unpunished, and continues to
stomp around and preach to the world like an over-zealous drunken global cop on
the beat, trampling all over anything in its path and refusing to take
responsibility for this bloodshed. America, that claims to be the “land of the
free” or some nonsense like that, will torture and slaughter an innocent
Australian citizen, the citizen of a country America refers to as an “ally” and
“friend” with an “Unbreakable Alliance” to silence the rest, to warn the rest.
What a travesty this situation has become that the Australian Government
continues to forge ties with a country behaving like our worst enemy towards a
man the majority of Australians want home immediately. The majority of
Australians support Julian Assange and his freedom. But the Government is not
so compassionate and fair-minded. In fact, the Australian Government is so
fiercely aligned with America that it has shattered any illusions that
Australia is a sovereign nation and that the Government truly wants Assange
home. On the contrary, the Australian Government seems so desperate to show how
subservient it is to America that it is willing to let Assange die and bankrupt
the Treasury in the process by making ridiculous military agreements with
America that endanger the whole nation and jeopardise our whole future. The
Australian Government is ruled and controlled by America and Britain and only
time, courage, strength and determination will change that and restore our
independence and sovereignty. Meanwhile, the desperate flailing by America to
hide its secrets, punish those who dare to hold them accountable for their
illegal activities, and threaten and warn others not to hold them accountable
and responsible for their carnage and trail of devastation across Planet Earth
spanning generations, is plain for all to see. What comes next for Australia
and our democracy and sovereignty is up to us to decide. An innocent man’s life
hangs in the balance until we make that decision. It is time to end the
intimidation and stand up for our rights, our democracy, our country and our
Journalists and Whistleblowers. Julian Assange must be released immediately and
journalists and whistleblowers the world over must unite behind this cause
before it is too late.
Concluding
Thoughts
Soon we’ll find out
what’s more important to Western Governments and their so-called democratic
institutions.
Protecting our freedoms
and rights or protecting themselves and their crimes.
The West is at a
crossroads.
Democracy and freedom
or Fascism and oppression. Transparency or secrecy. Fairness or punishment.
Openness or censorship. Truth or lies. Authenticity or betrayal. Upholding our
values or undermining our values. Following due process or subverting and
manipulating processes and laws in place to protect our rights, liberties and
pursuit of justice.
There seems to be one
set of rules for America and Britain, and another set of rules for everyone
else.
Two paths lay in front
of us as a collective citizenry in the West right now.
Our entire future and
freedoms rests on what happens next for Julian Assange, and also for Palestine,
as mentioned at the start.
Democracy has never
been under more brutal and savage an attack as it is right now by Western
Governments, politicians, authorities, and institutions.
If the citizenry have
not been paying attention, now would be a good time to wake up, tune in and
observe exactly what is happening and what we are in jeopardy of losing and
what we are getting in its place.
Is the sacrifice going
to be worth it.
It is time for the
citizenry to wrest back control of our lives, freedoms, rights and Democracy
and restore the power back in our hands. We are in charge of our lives and
democracy, not them.
Our vote has never been
more important as it is right now.
Are the Americans protecting freedom or promoting fascism in its hunt
for Julian Assange?
What values are they defending if Assange is extradited, tortured and
executed in America?
Are they your values? What values?
This is the time to ask ourselves if the West, in particular, America,
Britain and Australia, are really examples of democracy or petri dishes of
fascism waiting to explode in the laboratory.
What’s more important
to you? Ignoring their dirty secrets or protecting our precious Democracy.
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