#CODEPINK Demands #Biden Pardon the #Activists and #Whistleblowers
Dec. 18, 2024
"CODEPINK calls for the pardon of several political prisoners, activists, lawyers and other individuals who faced targeted prosecution or unjust imprisonment. President Biden has just over 30 days left in the Oval Office where he can exercise his pardon power. In recent weeks, he pardoned his own son, fraudsters, and a former judge who took millions in kickbacks to send children to prison under false charges. We demand President Biden issue pardons to whistleblowers, truth tellers, activists, and land-defenders such as:
#LeonardPeltier
#StevenDonziger
#AssataShakur
#MumiaAbu-Jamal
#JulianAssange
#EdwardSnowden
#JohnKiriakou
#JamilAlAmin
#KamauSadiki
#ShukriAbuBaker
#GhassanElashi
"CODEPINK believes that to build a more just and peaceful world, we have to protect the people and our planet. The United States has a long history of repression, unjust prosecution, and wrongful imprisonment of activists who strive to make the world a better place.
"Figures like Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, John Kiriakou and other whistleblowers who faced prosecution for telling the world the truth about the US military, CIA torture, or the US surveillance apparatus have done the people of the world a great service. Their bravery and great personal sacrifice shed a light on grave injustices that were being carried out in the name of the American people without their knowledge.
"Indigenous activists like Leonard Peltier who’s case was riddled with recanted statements from key witnesses and other due process issues, is serving two consecutive life sentences at the age of 80. He’s been in prison since 1976 and maintains his innocence.
"Steven Donziger, a lawyer that fought on behalf of the indigenous people of the Ecuadorian amazon against Chevron’s harm to their land, faced prosecution as a retaliation from the Chevron company. Activists defending our earth and our rights and individuals shedding light on injustice play a vital role in our mission to educate on war and imperialism. We send them our solidarity.
"We also recognize the prison system in the United States as a tool of the war economy that disproportionately prosecutes and locks-up poor people and people of color. As an organization, we teach that the war industry, prison industry, and all oppressive systems in the U.S. are interlinked.
"Free all political prisoners, end repression of peace and justice advocates!"
The latest from #AssangeLeaks: E Will Not Help You: From #QAnon to #FreeAssange
William #Amick is a pedophile that tried to be the new Q; infiltrating and terrorizing the #WikiLeaks community and #AssangeDAO https://emma.best/2024/08/08/e-will-not-help-you-from-qanon-to-freeassange/
@NiemPseu Dank! Aangepast #FreeAssange = nu #PardonAssange
Mit dem #Machtwechsel in #Ecuador von Correa zu Lenin wurde der Druck auf den nunmehr "unerwünschten Gast" #JulianAssange erhöht. Im Zuge dessen wurde ihm auch der via Correa ausgestellte ecuadorianische Pass entzogen und organisiert, dass er aus der Botschaft rausgeworfen wurde: in die Hände des britischen Polizei, so dass er schliesslich nach #Belmarsh (besser: #Hellmarsh) kam.
#BerndFix an der #CoSin2024 mit #WikiLeaks-Vortrag - zu #FreeAssange und (jetzt) #AssangeFree.
Es wird eine Gesamtübersicht seit den ersten Kontakten mit #JulianAssange 2008 (am CCC-Kongress) angekündigt; Bernd rekapituliert die Geschichte seither.
Punkto Spendeneinnahmen ist gleich einmal interessant:
Nach der Publikation der US-Depeschen nahm das Spendenaufkommen via #PayPal massiv zu: ca. EUR 100k / d wurden eingenommen - bis zum Punkt, wo PayPal das Konto der Stiftung @wauland sperrte.
Since controversial [1] and alpha-ish Assange got finally a deal (which is structurally positive for press freedom, I think), this might be a good moment to cheer a collective that works in the same area as #wikileaks, but with much more care for people:
Support, follow, and donate to the amazing @ddosecrets !!
Was working on a Free #Assange post but it has now changed to an Assange #Free post !!!
After many years of #imprisonment he is safely back with his family in #Australia
Millions of people can finally remove the "FreeAssange" from their profiles
#FreeAssange is now > #AssangeFree
This case shows that many small people fighting back against the #government can have some impact :)
#Image: #CC0 https://madeindex.org
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tired: FREE ASSANGE!
wired: ASSANGE FREE!
Es klingt fast zu schön um wahr zu sein.
Ich drücke alle Daumen für eine sichere Rückkehr nach Australien und ein von Verfolgung unbehelligtes Leben.
#FreeAssange
Julian #Assange is finally free! Just a month ago, his wife Stella Assange spoke at #rp24 about the significance of his case for journalists and the public's right to know. You can watch the entire recording with hacktivist Andy Müller-Maguhn and moderator Michael Sontheimer here https://youtu.be/xHbXKO40B2w #FreeAssange #WhoCares #FreeAssangeNOW
Alors qu’il encourait jusqu'à 175 ans de prison, Julian #Assange, le fondateur de @wikileaks, est enfin libre ! La #LDH sera toujours mobilisée pour défendre le droit d’informer et d’être informé. #FreeAssange
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/affaire/assange/wikileaks-julian-assange-est-libre-apres-avoir-conclu-un-accord-avec-la-justice-americaine_6624699.html
I hope all #FreeAssange accounts and followers will now turn their attention towards Evan Gershkovich's detention in #russia https://www.freegershkovich.com/
Or journalists from #Ukraine kidnapped and thrown in russian prisons https://cpj.org/2024/04/ukrainian-journalists-heorhiy-levchenko-anastasiya-glukhovska-missing-since-russia-detention/
Or jailed #Belarus dissidents – whom, btw, Assange leaked to Luka's regime https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/wikitargeted
Or Afghans who worked with American troops, about whom Assange said "if they get killed, they deserve it" https://archive.is/hW4tE
(nah I doubt they will)
#FreeAssange: Ungerechtfertigte Entschuldigung als Bedingung trübt den Sieg der #Pressefreiheit bei der Freilassung von Julian #Assange https://www.labournet.de/?p=142615
Ceci étant dit, mes premières pensées sont un IMMENSE MERCI á toustes celleux qui ont participé, dans l'ombre ou dans la lumière, á rendre cela possible!
Nous avons été légion, nous exprimant, epérimentant, publiant, manifestant, hurlant, argumentant sans relâche pour que sa mémoire demeure vive, que l'Histoire soit écrite correctement.
MERCI!!!! (vous vous reconnaîtrez ;)) )
My first thought after that is a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who participated, in the light or in the shade, to make this happen!
We were legion, tirelessly pleading for his case, experimenting, publishing, protesting, shouting, arguing for his memory to remain vivid, for History to be written the right way.
THANK YOU! (you know who you are ;) )
La bonne, très bonne, excellente nouvelle de ce matin, c'est qu'on est passé de #FreeAssange à #AssangeFree !
Depuis le 19 juin 2012, il n'était plus libre de ses mouvements... réfugié à l'ambassade d'Équateur, puis en prison depuis le 11 avril 2019.
Cela fait donc plus de 12 ans !
#assange ist frei.
Er benötigt aber weiterhin Unterstützung, also wenn ihr ein bisschen Geld entbehren könnt
#FreeAssange seems to become reality. 1/3