As Covid & isolation add to dire health concerns, we 300+ doctors implore the US & UK to release #JulianAssange now.
We stand with the groundswell for his freedom!
Our letter to UK Home Secretary Braverman & US Attorney General Garland:
https://t.co/COv08HUzr8
1 year ago, it could finally be said:
โJulian Assange is free!โ
He suffered 5 years, 2 months and 13 days of political imprisonment in HMP Belmarsh, following 6 years, 9 months and 23 days of arbitrary detention in the Ecuadorian embassy (see @UN WGAD Opinion No. 54/2015).
Now long overdue and much needed recovery for Julian Assange, family and friends after over a decadeโs political persecution and human suffering. ๐๏ธ
https://t.co/daI9SlCkDZ
The torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange has finally ended.
We called upon governments to end the torture of Assange before it was too late, but make no mistake, it was the people who freed Assange.
https://t.co/IqLdCGgyGH
Thanks to those who inspired us, the doctors who joined us and those who supported us as we added our voices to the calls to free Assange.
The medical profession could not stand by, on the wrong side of torture and the wrong side of history, as this travesty unfolded.
A big moment, and a testament to the grit and tenacity of #JulianAssange, his family, legal team, and advocates around the world. Thanks to @Doctors4Assange for leading medical advocacy for Julian, who has suffered years of psychological torture and medical neglect.
The torture and medical neglect of #JulianAssange is over. I am humbled to have been a member of @Doctors4Assange, a diverse group of doctors from around the globe who have fought for #FreeJulianAssange, a fellow human being who did nothing wrong...except for reporting the truth. Now, for me, it's a day of celebration and wishing Julian, @Stella_Assange and their sons Max and Gabriel private moments of shared joy. I am so happy for them, so, so happy. @wikileaks@DrJillStein@GabrielShipton@SarcasmStardust@khrafnsson
"Throughout the years of Julian's imprisonment and persecution, an incredible movement has been formed. People from all walks of life from around the world who support not just Julian... but what Julian stands for: truth and justice." - @Stella_Assange https://t.co/o6rEz3urdP
Julian Assange boards flight at London Stansted Airport at 5PM (BST) Monday June 24th. This is for everyone who worked for his freedom: thank you.
#FreedJulianAssange
Julian is free!!!!
Words cannot express our immense gratitude to YOU- yes YOU, who have all mobilised for years and years to make this come true. THANK YOU. tHANK YOU. THANK YOU.
Follow @WikiLeaks for more info soonโฆ
As Julian's Australian lawyer Stephen Kenny says, Julian's health is our immediate concern. We've got to get him out of prison now. His condition is physical and psychological.
#FreeAssangeNOW
Julian Assange is still not free after 3 years, 10 months and 17 days of political imprisonment in HMP Belmarsh, following 6 years, 9 months and 23 days of arbitrary detention in the Ecuadorian embassy (see @UN WGAD Opinion No. 54/2015).
'As healthcare professionals, we have an ethical obligation to denounce torture where we see it & to seek to end it. That is why we have called for an end to the persecution of #JulianAssange since our founding 3 years ago, & why we again call for an end to his extradition..' ๐
Assange & I were charged under a law designed to prevent fair trialsโa law originally aimed at suppressing an old anti-war movement. Defendants are forbidden from mounting a public interest defense, juries prohibited from hearingโ it.
Whatever your politics, that's an injustice
The New York Times and four European news outlets called on the U.S. government to drop its charges against Julian Assange for obtaining and publishing classified diplomatic and military secrets. They warned that his indictment "sets a dangerous precedent."https://t.co/HAAZ8wz1SZ