Assange Key FACTS

(Summery by Dr. Deepa Driver)

1) - #Assange’s legally privileged conversations have been extensively spied upon by the US.

2) The key witness in the US case against Assange is a convicted paedophile & fraudster who admits to fabricating the evidence in exchange for FBI deal.

3) #Assange faces 175 years in a US supermax for revealing 100% true information. He will be tried under the Espionage Act which has no public interest defense & won’t be allowed First Amendment protections. This criminalises journalism

4) The US is playing bully boy by seeking to extradite #Assange who is not a US citizen and didn’t undertake journalistic activity in the US.

They want to hide #torture & #WarCrimes. Other repressive states will follow

5) The judges cannot & should not not rely on the US diplomatic assurances provided at the 11th hour . Such assurances have been proven to be unreliable.

6) The US-UK extradition arrangements make an exception for political prisoners. Yet this is not being honoured

7) In the US and even pre-trial #Assange will be placed in conditions of extreme isolation.

Read the testimony of experts including former warden Maureen Baird here about such conditions including “SAMs”

8) Former UN Special Rapporteur Prof Nils Melzer who found #Assange has been tortured, explains the significance of his case here

9) #RuleOfLaw

Don’t forget that 30 intelligence insiders have confirmed that there were plans to assassinate Julian & engage in a shootout on Knightsbridge’s streets

10) FREE ASSANGE !