Editing Julian Assange

'''Julian Assange''' is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded [[WikiLeaks]] in 2006. His publishing work for WikiLeaks has helped expose the recent crimes of [[imperialism]], notably during the [[Afghanistan war|Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq war|Iraq]] wars, as well as the crimes of the [[United States of America|US]] [[Bourgeois media|corporate media]] in supporting those wars.<ref>"Every war in past 50 years a result of media lies" [https://www.rt.com/news/wikileaks-revelations-assange-interview/ WikiLeaks revelations only tip of iceberg – Assange] on [[RT (TV Network)|RT]]</ref> Latin American leaders [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|Lula]], [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador|AMLO]], [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|Kirchner]], [[Gustavo Petro|Petro]], [[Nicolás Maduro|Maduro]], [[Daniel Ortega|Ortega]], [[Evo Morales|Morales]], and [[Manuel Zelaya|Zelaya]] have all called for his freedom.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=‘Free Julian Assange!’ say Latin America’s leftist leaders: Lula, AMLO, Petro, Maduro, Ortega, Kirchner, Evo, Zelaya|date=2022-12-06|url=https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/06/free-julian-assange-latin-america-left-leaders/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208233411/https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/06/free-julian-assange-latin-america-left-leaders/|archive-date=2022-12-08|retrieved=2022-12-09}}</ref>

In 2013, Assange voiced support for Reactionary [[United States of America|Statesian]] Politicians Ron and Rand Paul, claiming that the Tea Party was the only avenue for progress in the Empire.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Tom Watson|newspaper=Forbes|title=Assange's Emerging Politics: Rand Paul And Libertarian Wing of GOP Represent 'Only Hope'|date=2013-08-17|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomwatson/2013/08/17/assanges-politics-rand-paul-and-libertarian-wing-of-gop-represent-only-hope-in-u-s/?sh=27896c261f22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414180242/https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomwatson/2013/08/17/assanges-politics-rand-paul-and-libertarian-wing-of-gop-represent-only-hope-in-u-s/?sh=27896c261f22|archive-date=2024-04-14}}</ref>   

== Targeted by Western lawfare ==

In 2012, Assange took refuge in the [[Republic of Ecuador|Ecuadorian]] embassy in the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|UK]] until being dragged out by British police in 2019.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=Caitlin A. Johnstone|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=Assange is doing his most important work yet|date=2022-06-20|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/20/assange-is-doing-his-most-important-work-yet/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620093353/https://mronline.org/2022/06/20/assange-is-doing-his-most-important-work-yet/|archive-date=2022-06-20|retrieved=2022-06-20}}</ref>

False charges have been brought against Assange, and those charges have since collapsed.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=2019-11-19|title=Julian Assange: Sweden drops rape investigation|url=|newspaper=|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> However, the imperialists have managed to get him extradited to the UK, and are currently engaged in a legal battle to extradite him to the [[United States of America|US]],<ref>{{News citation|journalist=John Rees|date=2021-07-21|title=The Assange Case Is Collapsing – But it Remains a Travesty of Justice|url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/07/the-assange-case-is-collapsing-but-it-remains-a-travesty-of-justice|newspaper=Tribune Magazine|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> where he may be imprisoned for up to 175 years.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Stansfield Smith|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=The United States has many political prisoners. Here’s a list|date=2022-08-09|url=https://multipolarista.com/2022/08/09/us-political-prisoners-list/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810130241/https://multipolarista.com/2022/08/09/us-political-prisoners-list/|archive-date=2022-08-10|retrieved=2022-08-11}}</ref>

In March 2022, Assange was denied permission to appeal his case to the US Supreme Court.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Richard Medhurst]]|date=2022-03-14|title=BREAKING: Assange Denied Permission to Appeal to Supreme Court|url=https://youtu.be/JFk7Gqfmih8}}</ref> In June 2022, the British government authorized Assange's extradition to the United States,<ref name=":0" /> where he will likely be "suicided."<ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Chris Hedges]]|date=2021-10-29|title=Why the Julian Assange case is the most important battle for press freedom of our time|url=https://www.salon.com/2021/10/29/why-the-julian-assange-case-is-the-most-important-battle-for-press-freedom-of-our-time/|newspaper=[[Salon.com]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> [[Mexican United States|Mexican]] president [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] (AMLO) offered sanctuary to Assange.<ref>{{News citation|author=Steve Sweeney|newspaper=Monthly Review|title=Mexico to offer Assange sanctuary as Amlo calls for charges to be dropped|date=2022-06-25|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/25/mexico-to-offer-assange-sanctuary-as-amlo-calls-for-charges-to-be-dropped/}}</ref> AMLO also called Assange the 'best journalist of our time.'<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=Mexico's President AMLO demands freedom for Julian Assange, ‘best journalist of our time’|date=2022-06-23|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HQWQJiFYKw}}</ref>

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