The argument that Assange operated as a journalist and exercis | Strategic Culture Foundation

The argument that Assange operated as a journalist and exercised his right to freedom of speech, has very little gravitas with the western mindset.

Whether you love or loathe Julian Assange, the decision by a British court to allow a U.S. extradition process is morally repugnant and wrong on so many levels. Assange will now have approximately four weeks to wait and see whether the British government itself signs off on his extradition or not – at which point he can decide to appeal.

But the treatment of the Australian publisher and his fate drives home a fundamental point about how democracy and freedom of speech barely make it to the list of priorities in western countries when governments hijack a political cause for their own tawdry agendas.

Read more by Martin Jay: https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/04/30/assange-now-hostage-triumph-of-evil-decision-send-him-to-us-jail-but-politics-can-still-save-him/

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