| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
David 
Speak about destruction
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: in a time zone
|
| Post subject: |  |
|
Judge rules no extradition – not for any of the actual relevant reasons, but due to Assange’s poor health and perceived suicide risk. Consider me to have fallen off my chair! Unclear whether he’ll be released immediately or whether the US will appeal and drag this on, but this is already a huge relief.
_________________
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
|
|
|
 |
think positive
Side By Side
Joined: 30 Jun 2005
Location: somewhere
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Can’t wait for the new avatar!
_________________
You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
|
|
|
|
David
Speak about destruction
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: in a time zone
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Me too! He’s not out of the woods yet, though...
_________________
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
|
|
|
|
stui magpie 
Oh, the Premiership's a cakewalk
Joined: 03 May 2005
Location: Escaping Danistan
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Interesting decision, my reading is that basically he should face trial on the charges but can't go because he's a suicide risk.
_________________
In my defence, I was left unsupervised |
|
|
|
|
David
Speak about destruction
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: in a time zone
|
| Post subject: | |
|
^ Yep, that's it. Pretty cold comfort for anyone worried about the (substantial) implications of this case on journalism. Caitlin Johnstone put it pretty succinctly:
https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/the-assange-extradition-ruling-is
| Quote: | | The message of the empire here was essentially "We totally coulda extradited you if we wanted, but you're too crazy," which sounds a lot like the international diplomacy equivalent of "I could kick your ass but you're not worth it." |
_________________
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
|
|
|
|
Sicks Bux 
Hal 2003-2019
Joined: 30 Jun 2020
Location: Me Island Ome
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Looking forward to seeing what he gets up to if/when they release him.
_________________
The beatings will continue until moral improves. |
|
|
|
|
David
Speak about destruction
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: in a time zone
|
| Post subject: | |
|
One could forgive him for wanting to take a long break from Wikileaks and everything else, but I suspect that's the last thing he'd want to do.
Looking ahead, President López Obrador has tentatively offered Assange political asylum in Mexico, so at least it looks like he'll have some safe harbours once he gets the #@$% out of the UK (as he should at first opportunity, hopefully with family in tow).
_________________
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
|
|
|
|
think positive
Side By Side
Joined: 30 Jun 2005
Location: somewhere
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Mexico a safe haven??
Even drug lords with their fortresses and die for them bodyguards are not safe , I’d suggest Mexico would be the last place he’d be safe. Black ops, CIA, yeah nah
_________________
You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
|
|
|
|
David
Speak about destruction
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: in a time zone
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Yeah, a little too close for comfort on the latter front, that's for sure. The place isn't all the wild west (I'm guessing Mexico City is a lot safer than the provinces, for instance), but I can imagine Mexico wouldn't exactly be his first choice.
_________________
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
|
|
|
|
CarringbushCigar 
Joined: 15 Nov 2007
Location: wherever I lay my beanie
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Happy 2 Year Thread Anniversary -- NOT !!
Still in maximum security prison rots our Melbourne Walkely-winning journalist.
As Aussie as Eureka is Julian with 1000x the punch.
Shame establishment Shame. |
|
|
|
|
David
Speak about destruction
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: in a time zone
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Thanks for the thread bump, CC. A great interview with his partner, Stella Moris, was just published here, incidentally:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/apr/11/britain-risks-damaging-reputation-by-keeping-julian-assange-in-jail-says-partner-stella-moris
| Stella Moris wrote: | | Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, said the difference between China and the US is that China puts its critics in prison. I am not sure the British government is aware of how much international criticisms it is facing over this issue, or the damage it is doing to its soft power reputation. It’s a tool to whack the UK again and again. It is the perfect response for authoritarian leaders when they are criticised by the UK, or pressed to release political prisoners, ‘what about Julian Assange?’ |
_________________
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
|
|
|
|
ronrat
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: Thailand
|
| Post subject: | |
|
The Australian Government have been equally as weak as piss on this and condemned.
Close the $£$%^%%$ embassies and sack the foreign ministers if they want to do SFA
_________________
Annoying opposition supporters since 1967. |
|
|
|
|
5 from the wing on debut
Joined: 27 May 2016
|
| Post subject: | |
|
| What happened to his cat? |
|
|
|
|
stui magpie
Oh, the Premiership's a cakewalk
Joined: 03 May 2005
Location: Escaping Danistan
|
|
|
|
|
David
Speak about destruction
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: in a time zone
|
| Post subject: | |
|
| 5 from the wing on debut wrote: | | What happened to his cat? |
To quote from the article I posted on page 1:
| Guy Rundle wrote: | | Outside the court, journos joked about the usual Assange scuttlebutt — his cat, his socks, etc — and essentially validated every critique of mainstream media that WikiLeaks has ever made: that the profession is full of natural sycophants, who spruik cynicism and call it even-handedness, who speak power to truth, who wilfully mistake the adrenaline rush of the micro-scoop and the petty scandal for genuine contestation. |
What Rundle failed to mention is that journalists are far from the only natural sycophants out there...
_________________
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
|
|
|
|
|
The Rules
FAQ
Usergroups
Calendar
Search
Log in
Register
