Why Julian Assange Lived in An Embassy for 7 Years | Part 2

[@johnnyharris]

Watch the full Julian Assange story here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmfFh59qbNCXhM0

[@HumbleHuman-k7g]

That’s happening when you expose actual crimes! Now asks yourself what’s the actual difference between dictatorship and officials who has ordering his arrest?

[@WilliamLeoKlein]

Thank you, the video was great! Quite a revealing case... Gained a new follower :D

[@EMMYK1916]

Recent news, unless you were in a coma as an adult!

[@chrisparcley4501]

I would encourage any and all to watch the full video. Solid reporting and presentation. The implications and ramifications of the Julian Assange situation affects us all.

[@BayIees.Pupsss]

@johnnyharris you reinforce the appeal I have to become a journalists, how does one become a journalists worth a shit and not some.. y'know.. the other kind of 'journalists' you see all over legacy media and the web, and everywhere. Does one go to a school, or ... like.. get really good at googling and finding decent sources? Edit: can I be your apprentice?

[@bidoofftw]

Exposing corruption should never be a crime

[@areverseunocard]

Yes but unfortunately a corrupt government isn't going to pass or enforce legal protections for the people who expose them.

[@xperiagalvez2398]

So true

[@plinyelder8156]

@@xperiagalvez2398they way you expose it matters.

[@winter_silhouette]

​@@plinyelder8156of course, but the method of exposing doesn't negate the fact that corruption took place.

[@TheRTrizzy]

​@@winter_silhouettejulian assange is not a hero

[@Robster1505]

“When exposing a crime, is treated as a crime, you know you are ruled by criminals.” - Edward Snowden

[@assasinsjeff]

@@haz157you can stand on our high horse and say anything to justify it all you want. What’s happening to Assange is a travesty against humanity plain and simple.

[@connorhart7597]

Dictionary version of kleptocracy

[@connorhart7597]

​@@haz157thats part of why i respect snowden. As a veteran myself, he couldve easily gotten people killed, but his point wasnt to hurt america(ns), like the government wants you to believe. He was simply doing his job as a servant of the people.

[@connorhart7597]

​@@haz157to your last half of the comment, i believe Texeiras superiors are getting fucked too, as its not the first time hes breached his security clearance.

[@apove1814]

@@haz157it exposed that we killed kids and reporters for NOOO REASONNN and they were laughing from the helicopter! We should be embarrassed, but we jailed him instead. Was none of our business ti be in fallihah anyway - that was disgusting of us too.

[@Aq5CiQRkiq]

Coincidently, Ecuador received massive infrastructure grants shortly after Assange was arrested 🤔

[@Rob_F8F]

Those grants were from China. 🤣🤣🤣

[@bisso5467]

​@@Rob_F8F threatened with sanctions by the US

[@matthewfalter6366]

What Nuh uh that's hilarious 😊

[@mariano7699]

Miracles happens...😅✌️

[@jenspetervejmand5864]

@@Rob_F8F Have you even been on the wikileaks in the ol’ days? You don’t Think Assange have uncovered some sketch shit from china, aswell as the US. No terrorist likes to be caught, and shared on the internet.

[@Strangetamer69]

Exposing corruption and war crimes committed by multiple governments should never be a crime.

[@UKsystems]

he leaked more

[@npip99]

Bro there are a million whistleblowers who aren't in prison. He's leaking direct military secrets he's literally leaking everything he can with absolutely no restraint. Idk if you know how whistleblowing works but you take the nugget of information, redact anything not necessary to prove yourself, go into a room with a large news agency, and then the news agency reports it by ONLY mentioning what's being whistleblown and NOT the things necessary to prove it NOR things unrelated to what's being whistleblown. He's not doing that at all he's directly publishing military documents unedited and uncensored.

[@rucp14]

He's only been charged for the first leak he did, the corruption and warcrime one ​@@UKsystems

[@ludwigwittgenstein1280]

But then the WHOLE Middle East would get killed. Politicians, police, religious people, civilians, women AND children. Probably the entire Central America too. (Not to mention russia…) If you think the current and past us governments are the bad guys you need to read history more. Because they aren’t

[@tadeaspekar9043]

so do it legally then🤣. state could not use evidences obtained illegaly, the same goes to individuals

[@AnnaK-qw2qf]

RIP western democracy. This is such a shameful case

[@nikolaievans2432]

You call western democracy by hacking files and posting them on wikileaks. If he did that to a business that would have been bad. He literally posted files without permission and stuff that was classified. He broke the law period he gained unauthorized access. Julian Assange hacked the us government thats a threat to national security. Plus he tried to escape to russia and had ties with the kremlin

[@LashanR]

Ashamed of our government (Australia) for doing absolutely nothing to protect him as well

[@krystilla]

it was never a democracy to begin with

[@PS-ug7nm]

Western democracies lecture other countries making them the biggest Hypocrites...

[@TheeRomantic]

In China or Russia they would've just killed him. So chill

[@pdp2160]

His crime was exposing the military and its shocking things it did in the iraqi and Afghanistan war

[@trailfork7815]

Funny that everyone is losing their minds right now that Russia is doing pretty much the same things

[@sautari7474]

please do tell more

[@johnbenoy7532]

And now they walk out of the UN when Russia is about to talk. Not saying Russia is right, just saying the USA is tge epitome of hypocrisy

[@thehawk69]

​@@sautari7474as far as I can remember, the case which brought Julian into limelight was when Julian posted a video of US helicopter shooting down an syrian/iraqi (i dont remember which one) journalist alongside few other innocent people and when military was questioned about it, they called the innocent people terrorist, and reassured everyone they killed was a terrorist. Many other videos of similar incident came up but nothing happened

[@sautari7474]

@@thehawk69 you just gotta love the Murica.

[@anaverageyoutubeuser]

Doesn’t Assange know that exposing the illegal things that the US government does is illegal?

[@saajiddaya2152]

Yes

[@graphosxp]

FINALLY, someone who supports Assange but still admits that Assange actually broke the law! If a thief steals from a another thief or a murderer kills another murderer, neither should escape the consequences

[@jamaly77]

​@@graphosxpWhat do we care about american laws!? And just to let you know, that was most likely a joke. It's only simple-minded militaristic americans who believe the absolute nonsense you wrote.

[@kitno6415]

He didnt expose illegal secret things. Others do. He just publishes them. Like newspapers

[@blankyfang2348]

@@graphosxp so if I kill a murderer to stop him from murdering innocent people, then I'm also a murderer and should be charged as one? Exposing crime should never be a crime.

[@ua2894]

Assange is a political prisoner of the entire western world. He is the bravest and greatest hero of our times.

[@BubberTubber]

He is wanted in Sweden for sexual assault and rape. That's why he hid in the embassy. He is not a hero.

[@evaluna8100]

Agree… my deepest respect to him and Edward Snowden 🙏🙏🙏

[@sumpferkraut]

@@evaluna8100 And we should disrespect everyone involved in his arrest. Every officer and every desk clerk involved in this should be identified and charged with being an asset to war crime and torture.

[@dizzleslaunsen2372]

He broke the law by hacking, he committed espionage against multiple countries including the United States, and he really didn’t expose anything special at the end of the day. He broke the law and is now dealing with that. How can you not understand this?

[@RovingTroll]

He hates and betrayed America

[@HunterFunk]

The crime was telling the public that their governments aren't as angelic as their facade

[@jedahn]

Ho Ho Ho... Green giant!

[@sp-tw8ij]

Much like China and Russia then.

[@jedahn]

@@sp-tw8ij Nah, we have corporations, which are our friends. Us government is a business that serves corporate interests. We voted for this. The money that should've trickled down is gonna be released as a giant flood. Any day now....

[@DmMoiMienNamke.mandimoiroNgu]

@@sp-tw8ijwhataboutIsm 😂😂😂

[@ihatemotionblur_3255]

​@@sp-tw8ijthe propaganda has worked on you

[@friendlyatheist9589]

So basically all morality humanity goes into drain when USA don't like someone and goes against their interest

[@sketchflix6425]

Hehehe

[@justinweaver7553]

Welcome to Republicanism

[@kosmas173]

If Russia was after him he would be on a million dollar mansion right now

[@fsdds1488]

Most power welding people pay lip service to morality, a few outliers are self-contradictory due to the nature of power they held, you can't do whatever you want if your power comes from someone else, the more institutionalised the power are the more constraint it has and the results look more like from an entity independent of the people within that institution, a politician can be nice in private but also do horrible things behind the desk, same goes for civil servants or any of the power welding person, and in the end they know its wrong but have no choice but to do it, or someone else would take their position and proceed.

[@anthonymanning4077]

Basically

[@christopherjaya342]

"Snitches get stitches" - All government on this world

[@binder946]

😂

[@TheTrainstation]

​@Nelson Templar then it might be more appropriate to just say "many different people, (some of whom are innocent), end up in ditches😅

[@cinnamon5124]

Until they start a new country… ahem- America

[@MrHorserider15]

The government leak things all the time

[@ThatGuy-mp9og]

​@nelsontemplarI feel it is more of a "snitches get.... where the snitch go" as a suited man walks away with a duffel bag never to be seen again

[@Thetruthprevails1]

Julian should be FREE . TONY BLAIR AND GEORGE BUSH should be facing life in prison for war crimes.

[@FreebirthBoccara]

all three of em should be in jail..

[@ejiroabraham]

Honestly

[@Pctmidlife]

His crime is being an actual real journalist.

[@Star_moses]

He raped a woman... That's why they were gonna arrest him.

[@chrismckell5353]

Those are few and far between.

[@Markmedina75]

You misspelled Hacker who stole secret data and published it for his intereats.

[@4y5vethgergtfdhb]

He helped Chelsea Manning get the information off the server. Sent her a program and instructions. That is not journalism, that makes him an accessory.

[@ObamaoZedong]

Leaking intel that gets people killed is not journalism.

[@mason96575]

It's so sad the majority of Americans don't know who he is or what he did... Same with Snowden or Manning. Really goes to show how complacent everyone is 😢

[@Nocomment1]

I think Majority of American know about Assange and Snowden, they just don't care much about them. Trump talked about WikiLeaks a lot. Far right, Q, MAGA etc love to talk about leaked info from Assange and others about deep state corruption, stolen elections etc🥱🥱🥱

[@pbluma]

@@Nocomment1 And apparently lefties love staying ignorant

[@MatBad96]

They just weren't exposed to this information

[@CoderShare]

Reality Winner too I suppose.

[@_cloudface_]

Back in 2016 Trump used to occasionally mentioned "wickeeeelinks"

[@TheBajamin]

Imagine risking your life and at the end of the day literally nothing happened to anyone in those leaks.

[@bosstradamus7896]

It is just up to the people. The truth is out, if they don’t share it and stop voting the same idiots as before, the people don’t deserve better.

[@TheBajamin]

@@bosstradamus7896 the people running at that level are all selected and approved by the system. No one outside of independently wealthy people (trump, Perot etc) can afford politics. Even AOC was chosen in a “casting call” and was given millions to run.

[@Curiosity_R]

​@@TheBajaminThe ones you call "Independently healthy" are also chosen by a select group of people, not all politicians are from the same group but they're all the same

[@da4127]

@@bosstradamus7896I mean, the “democracy” of the US is flawed, you can’t vote for anyone outside of the corrupt system because you only get two choices, democrat or republican, they are both the same in the end, they are both involved in the leaks, people would need to start voting for other parties, but that’s very difficult, look at relatively “independent” politicians like Trump, look at what he talked about and proposed he would do before his campaign took off, then suddenly he stopped talking about corruption and such when he became president, cause then the system outs pressure so nobody can do anything against it

[@az0ul]

The guy is a hero. Respect

[@cannaroe1213]

"What's the actual crime here?" An Apache gunship that blewup some children in an unmarked ambulance while the pilot/gunman laughed. Which Bradly Manning e-mailed to Julian. And Julian published.

[@jonnypena7651]

A few of many.

[@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124]

Don't forget about the reporters that were killed and the DNC emails which showed podesta telling an underling to remind bernie sanders of the dirt they have on him.

[@benjamintherogue2421]

To be fair to the pilots, they stopped laughing when the infantry on the ground told them that it was a van full of kids. It's not like they were celebrating killing kids, they were talking smack to what they thought were the enemy. It was still pretty shit that they shot up what was clearly a van trying to evacuate wounded people. But still, that's not why the government went after him. It was for several other things wikileaks released. The powerful care about themselves, they don't care about some attack helicopter peasants getting in trouble.

[@bear76009]

it wasnt kids , nice try though

[@RippersGlory]

@@bear76009 Yeah, i guess gunning down innocent civies as long as it's not kids is okay i guess. Get a reality check buddy.

[@Evilzionistbabykillers]

Free Julian Assange,its not a crime to speak the truth 🤔😩

[@aycc-nbh7289]

But it is a crime to leak confidential information, no?

[@Evilzionistbabykillers]

@@aycc-nbh7289 He did the morally right thing and exposed the atrocities committed by the USA military in Iraq and Afghanistan amongst other things ,if they had clean hands they wouldn't have needed to do anything for there would have been nothing to expose ,so now he is persecuted for being an honest caring individual 😏

[@Sb_747]

Nah but the rape was. And the bail jumping

[@scoutered9698]

​@@Sb_747If that really happened. Really came at a nice timing that a thing buried for like 5-10 years came up just as he was getting into legal trouble because of wikileaks. Strangely even tho the rapes allegedely happened in north europe, the U.S wants his custody and give him life sentence.

[@Royallz15]

​@@Sb_747the rape thing is fake, thats how they create a reason to arrest him.

[@MaSa-bp5qe]

Exposing criminals is the biggest crime one can commit. Politicians apply the same rules as mafiosos.

[@cartimandua_]

Britain should give this man asylum - or - deport him back to Australia and let them decide. He should not be in prison 😡

[@shakeelali20]

The problem is the Australian government is essentially 100% in lock step with the US (as with most things). We're allowing a citizen of ours to essentially die a slow torturous death because he did the thing all Aussies would do. He told us the truth! He's probably never going to set foot in Australia again. The US, UK and Australian governments would all rather save face than stand by their supposed humanitarian ideals.

[@YomamaAhippo]

The crime is telling the truth in a world full of lies

[@Fortuna272]

He was seeking asylum because of a rape accusation that happened in Sweden.

[@dingdongdickweed6288]

Also, he's a rapist...

[@cristianocarrilloso3343]

Free Julian Assange!

[@sejozwak]

World built on lies*

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Are you sure it isn’t aiding and abetting the leaks of confidential information?

[@Dark_Detective]

He committed the crime of journalism

[@Alain.Robert]

Being a Russian agent is journalism now ?

[@MrE073]

​@@Alain.Robert publishing US crimes makes him a russian agent?

[@fakhrussalhin3149]

​@@Alain.Robert exposing US crimes against humanity is being Russian now?

[@akk9196]

​​@@Alain.Robert see what you did? Somebody in your government told the stenographers at your vetted media to tell you that he's a * checks notes * Russian agent, and you come and parrot the propaganda here like a good boi. Good doggy, bark!

[@hoover1150]

@@Alain.Robert it’s sad to witness an individual being so caught up on propaganda and believing everything bad in their lives comes from Russia

[@geogoku8444]

The USA most likely threatened Ecuador to kick Assange out

[@mason96575]

That's for sure

[@denisdiderot6779]

They've been doing that for a while, I reckon it's the leaks concerning Ecuador that wikileaks published that had Assange evicted. Man refused to make an exception for anyone 😭😭

[@bachvandals3259]

Dont need to ... He exposed the whole Ecuador government's corruption.... They just really really want to kill him and the American offer to do it for free.

[@MsMRkv]

Lenin Moreno sold him for a loan and to hide the corruption cases that only in 2023 where revealed to the public.

[@drewchainz4577]

Or just give them favor with the IMF

[@beyondthesea9648]

A real objective journalist. FREE JULIAN!

[@margaretkeenan8121]

Respect to this man and his bravery exposing the criminality and abuse of power

[@De-us]

US: we love freedom of speech. Julian: does freedom of speech. US: I'm going to imprisoned you now.

[@ViktorScberg]

you got it wrong pals

[@ViktorScberg]

citizen love first amendment government hate it first amendment was created to criticize them get it right buddy

[@atmoz214]

​​@@ViktorScbergyou sound too far gone to trust anything you say. Edit: the first amendment was not created so you could share classify documents and videos online

[@gmlviper]

@@atmoz214 Are they paying you by the post or just by the "about" visit hits?

[@mafiawaffle]

@@atmoz214 actually it was. it was designed so that the government couldn't stop people from discussing politics. you just gave a prime example fo what the first amendment was for.

[@sebastians.7054]

Julian Assange is a real HERO!!!

[@BubberTubber]

The dude is wanted in Sweden for sexual assault and rape. He is definitely not a hero.

[@dongshengdi773]

Nah . He exposed state secrets

[@robg8203]

Free Assange!!! 💯💯💯

[@MrVein1983]

Assange and Snowden should both be fully pardoned immediately if the United States government ever wants to gain credibility with the citizens.

[@navinsingh1730]

Yes

[@Panjab_47_84]

They should be honored as model citizens. They gave up their whole lives, risked life in prison for what was right and what people deserved to know in the first place.

[@sommartliangsiri7851]

Please vote for RFK jr so he can pardon our heroes.

[@MachoMandem]

Majority of the US population couldn't care less as long as they have the latest iPhone, fast internet, Starbucks and McDonald's

[@giochi4]

I thought they were traitors. Why do you want traitors to be pardoned?

[@Salaryman_]

More people need to know that Assange is a hero who needs protecting

[@josephined8576]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Trump did not think so. He let Assange rot in jail like a common criminal. What a freak freak!!!!!!!!!

[@josephined8576]

@@SSFSSSFSspace.... THAT IS WHAT TRUMP SAID. !

[@Steve-nd2wj]

Yeah, because he helped Trump win lol. Guy had dirt on everyone and chose not to leak dirt on Trump. Sorry, but don't put Assange next to Snowden. Snowden is a true hero.

[@apove1814]

YESS ❤

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Absolutely right

[@chidanandachitta2009]

He had the balls and ethics to make leaks on everyone to the point that he even made leaks the country that was providing him asylum, this is a true journalist.

[@guillaumedep1]

Journalism requires a bit more than that. He didn't write a story or filter the info, he simply posted it. He also allegedly coached the person providing the information in how to bypass the controls protecting it. That's not reporting, regardless of what your opinion is of the outcome or justification. He's accused of espionage. It's going to be difficult for his defense team, for sure, unless he decides he has no chance of success and does something like refusing to participate in the trial. Reporting on subjects any government considers sensitive is a fraught endeavor. Breaking the 11th Commandment doesn't help. Things are looking bleak for Mr Assange.

[@laksi1970]

That is comendable but still absolutly idiotic to post leaks against the president of ecuador, not only because he risked his well being but he also sabotaged his misson.

[@bobkoroua]

He didn't do that though. Not a single leak of the stuff pootin was up to. He clearly was a puppet of the Russians.

[@Farage528]

The only real journalist!!!

[@rickstevens1479]

Assange and Wikkileak have never had to retract a story , he isn't in prison for lying he is locked up for telling the truth... something we need more of...

[@anna-flora999]

Honestly that makes me trust Wikileaks less. No human is infallible. If they never issued a retraction at all ever, that just gives me the impression they are unwilling to admit to completely human mistakes

[@sooyul6835]

He acts in bad faith all the time for personal gain, I wouldn't blindly assume that he's acting from altruism. For an example , look at how they handled the email leaks and their implications regarding Seth Rich

[@lolasonne1772]

​@@anna-flora999 Wikileaks published the original documents. It's quite easy to avoid mistakes if you "only" put original documents on a website. I am not generally disagreeing with you, just stating why it's actually believable that they didn't make mistakes.

[@YorkPlays_]

Don't hide the truth from us if you're embarrassed by it. "The truth is like a lion. You don't have to defend it, let it loose and it will defend itself." - Augustine of Hippo

[@chickenlemon3122]

The Australian government has also been disgraceful in their treatment of him! They have provided no support to him.

[@SweejitOfficial]

Just look at the shit they pulled during the pandemic there, absolutely wicked forces of evil in that filthy government.

[@Al-Gorithm]

Good

[@jhonviel7381]

australian government should be treated like Alabama as a state is treated.

[@chrismckell5353]

Our governments sadly have been lapdogs for US & UK interest for a while now.

[@ladylightvybe4138]

As an Australian, I am utterly disgusted that they have abandoned this brave man. He's a bloody legend & has more balls than the entire government.

[@Rexhunterj]

Give Australia back our honest journalist!

[@little-rascal]

So that some corrupt politician can get his mafia friends to burn his house down?

[@elcadaver]

Embarrassing the powerful. The worst crime there is.

[@fantasticfour9778]

We live in the age when telling the truth is a crime !!!

[@hackbrettschorsch6855]

No, but instigating people to disclose classified information is and that what he is charged with. Because at the time you instigate a crime, you are a party to it. That is the difference between a journalist, who gets the information without demanding another person to commit a crime in the process, and Julian Assange.

[@fantasticfour9778]

@@hackbrettschorsch6855 yes ! revealing the truth is now considered a crime !🙄

[@4nlimited3dition_4n3d]

Ever heard of military intelligence? Some information can get people killed.

[@B20C0]

@@hackbrettschorsch6855 Yes, because journalists without sources are the best journalists. /s

[@AvatarPrimus]

Saldly, always has been that way, even the Bible prophets and Jesus were murdered for telling the truth, every Christian marthyr faced the same, the kings and rulers of this world has being doing the same since the begining of civilization to the ones that who dare to challenge their power or / and expose their secrets no matter the race, religion or political backgrounds.

[@barnabuskorrum4004]

He showed US forces nurdering civilians.. THATS IT

[@choughed3072]

Who doesn't murder civilians during a war?

[@trailfork7815]

@@choughed3072 so should we just turn a blind eye?

[@trailfork7815]

@@choughed3072 might as well turn a blind eye on Russia too

[@danielch6662]

​​@@choughed3072 then why does the US want him so bad? To teach everybody not to mess with America? Come on. This is evil shit we expect China to do. All this is doing is proving that the US is no better than China.

[@nicono123]

​@@trailfork7815as a supporter of Ukraine I definitely agree with this. And we shouldn't judge ourselves any less than we do Russia.

[@nipzie]

He's a hero, and braver than most people can even think of being.

[@BubberTubber]

He is wanted in Sweden for sexual assault and rape. That's the real reason he fled to the embassy. He is no hero.

[@kankit230]

And then the west will lecture the world on human rights😂😂

[@janegardener1662]

Criminals have rights but Assange doesn't want to stand trial.

[@krazat]

@@janegardener1662 how is he a criminal?

[@janegardener1662]

@@krazat Helping Chelsea Manning hack US files? She served her time; he needs to serve his. He's a coward though. He'd much rather stay nice and cozy in the Ecuadorian Embassy, until they kicked him out...for hacking.

[@xdmobb17x17]

​@@janegardener1662 he didn't help tho fool . He just published it ,,he wasn't involved n the hacking act stupid

[@ericlee5515]

@@janegardener1662 He should not face trial. He is a villian in America but a hero for humanity. It is like the Jewish resistance in Nazi Germany. What they did was illegal in their country but legality is not an issue when talking about a despotic government like America.

[@margyeoman3564]

Think about it. No country or government backed this man up.

[@Bobby-wn5yr]

At least in London this is not surprising, they cow toe to US demands for extradition in spite of our own laws all the time, meanwhile when a US dilplomat’s wife kills a kid and runs away were apparently powerless to do the same. It’s a fucking joke.

[@dust_gale3108]

Could've escaped to Russia . Easily

[@B20C0]

@@dust_gale3108 Yes, because Russia would have helped him out of the goodness of their heart because Russia is known to treat journalists with respect. /s They might have helped him but only to piss off the US.

[@vickysongjnvickysongjn8881]

Because all governments are equally corrupt and don’t want the public knowing about their crimes.

[@porostsleepy]

​@@dust_gale3108dont think russia would like him

[@martynichol2600]

He fathered two more children than I did while he was locked up. Dude's got more game than me.

[@sigmasquadleader]

What a stupidly-low standard to even mention. Next you'll mention you had 10 toes and fingers and are therefore a superior being.

[@oxlip]

@@sigmasquadleader you missed the point entirely

[@AnonYmous-yu6hv]

Wait what? How?

[@seasong7655]

Because he's Assange and you're not

[@koolaidblack7697]

@@sigmasquadleader The original poster was talking about getting laid and having kids, that's sort of a big deal in biology buddy.

[@Revelian1982]

He was arrested for reporting the truth.

[@AWLor0]

When Assange first went into the Ecuador embassy, the UK authorities treated the siege like he was a dangerous terrorist. They had armed police all over the place. And he was merely a journalist.

[@dagoth3663]

What happened to Julian Assange is an example of how government treat you if you try to keep them accountable.

[@justme8274]

Reminds me of Snowden. That whole thing always blew my mind! Imagine risking your life, putting your family and loved ones in danger because you knew there were groups of people that did whatever they wanted and were powerful enough to just about make anything happen, working outside of normal government and laws. The scary part for me isn’t the information he released about our phones and different ways we’re being violated but instead it’s what hasn’t he told us? I’m sure he kept some leverage. And who know maybe it’s even bigger then the US and he could only tell some info to reassure his safety in other places. Or all the things he himself hadn’t been privy too. Organization like that are famous for compartmentalization so what don’t he know? Ok now I’m going off into conspiracy’s and board lining paranoia lol.. but it really is crazy to think about

[@fsdds1488]

The sad thing is, the country that offers him asylum is just another power abusing shit hole, wherever you go its just the same things over and over again.

[@o0TaxMan0o]

Conspiracy theories have been redefined as spoiler alerts as a result of these guys hard work for humanity

[@SRDuly2010]

Nope

[@yeahfelix]

@@SRDuly2010 cool

[@BeavisBomer-vo9yx]

Honestly Snowden actually could have endangered the U.S and he most definitely cost U.S intelligence a lot of money in coming up with new ways to hack devices after their old ways were published. Assange exposed war crimes, which is one of the most honorable and brave thing a journalist can do. I’m grateful for both of them.

[@gregmiller9466]

His life has been ruined. Pardon him. Enough.

[@ejiroabraham]

Pardon him. He should have his right to do whatever he wants. Unfortunately seems like the world is run by criminals

[@TheOriginalJadolph]

People should open their eyes to the lengths he went to conceal his identity over a decade ago. He was worried about not just security cameras, but facial recognition, retina scanning, and even gate scanning. Knowing what he does, it’s safe to say that today they have even more advanced sensors to gather data and identify individuals.

[@sfdntk]

He was not worried about retina scanning, lol. There are no technologies that can scan your retina at a distance, that's physically impossible, light doesn't work that way, but even if it were possible there's no way to change your retinal pattern aside from literally taking your eyes out and replacing them with new ones from a donor. No, he used contact lenses to change the colour of his eyes, that's all. Gait recognition is the big one most people don't know about, that's definitely real and in use across the UK.

[@joemapula1]

Free Julian Assange !!!!!!!

[@ticki413]

Free Julian Assange!

[@michaelbacks376]

He is a hero not a criminal! The americans should be ashamed of themselves.

[@ellingeidbo8469]

He will be prosecuted in a court where they will assert that he is guilty and then classify all of the evidence.

[@MrCaneZach]

We encourage all whistle blowers to come forward and shine a light on corruption! No, not you

[@AcidiFy574]

Who are you even referring to ?

[@MrCaneZach]

@FineWine 3.0 considering the subject of the video was Julian Assange, I thought it was pretty obvious

[@yusufraage8554]

Fuck that, humanity doesnt deserve saving.

[@midshitfuta]

​@@MrCaneZach Also Chelsea Manning, who is only free thanks to a commuted sentece from Obama.

[@davidothecheetoh6832]

Expertly done part 2, mind blowing

[@ChamomileFeuille]

Being targeted by the government is one of the greatest honors any journalist can have

[@DelBoy__]

He’s in Belmarsh Prison. It’s right next to where I live. There’s often an advertising van parked up outside there with the words ‘FREE Julian Assange’ I mean no harm by this comment Julian please don’t leak my internet history

[@weege5.45]

Should have mentioned that they kept him locked inside towards the end of his stay and they it was only because of political utility that they housed him. When it was more advantages to them they handed him off to other authorities.

[@Brando23Commando]

Exposing corruption is not a crime. Not to anyone except people who actually commit said crimes.

[@macrick]

Somehow true

[@pennyAustralia1]

Australia says and does nothing.

[@janegardener1662]

He's a liability no matter where he is, so they're letting the UK deal with him.

[@yazidyamani3205]

​@@janegardener1662 Well not really if australia defended him at least that would bring to the actual australian gouvernement some political power because they are putting their people first but the australian gouvernement is right now one of the most obviously falling democratie (major ressources controlled by china, leader that help other countries or individual before their own country and loads of corruption and money laundering) so i don't think julian assange is really on their mind

[@janegardener1662]

@@yazidyamani3205 They don't want him back because he's a criminal.

[@yazidyamani3205]

@@janegardener1662 the crime he's charged with is publishing information leaked which in "democracies shouldn't by a crime" futhermore he's charged with the crime of treason, treason can only be used on a U.S citizen working for the governement he's neither a U.S citizen and he's not a U.S governement worker. And he wasn't on U.S soil commited no murder of U.S citizen himself stole nothing he was given he maybe encouraged or assured that if the information was given to him it would be published but this is a regular journalism method. He's not a criminal for what the U.S charges.

[@janegardener1662]

@@yazidyamani3205 He was instrumental in helping Chelsea Manning break into US computers. She served her time. Julian could have served his by now but he's too much of a coward.

[@smoketinytom]

The irony being the charges prison time in the UK and Sweden would be less than what he spent in the Embassy…

[@aquelegabriel]

Hahahahhahahahahhahaha yeah, sure...

[@jibberism9910]

But it's about the US, not Sweden or UK.

[@YonalWijesuriya]

Johnny is one of the best story tellers on the platform, he could make anything interesting.

[@Ballardian]

Although not necessarily truthfull.

[@richardalder2498]

Big brother lives on.

[@kruxy404]

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.

[@darralpphillips]

Free Assange Now.

[@FlushedMoji]

this story is absolutely tragic and all but at the beginning it felt like bro was strangling us 😭

[@guyfryer815]

My old local was round the corner from there. Always a treat.

[@RobeonMew]

his crime was ratting out the government

[@aycc-nbh7289]

What makes you think confidential information played no role in this?

[@Rainy_Day12234]

We now punish the ones that expose the crimes and not the criminals

[@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124]

@person he is a reporter. He got info and he reported on it. Persecution of reporters is very bad for freedom of the press.

[@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124]

@person The reason why reporters in the usa agree to keep certain items out of the news isn't because there is a law against it, its because they want to help the agencies. If a nugget of knowledge is released by an individual, a news org or even another individual can repeat it. The reason is bc even if it was classified, it is now public knowledge. Sorry, but once those names and emails were out there, he had a right to report on them immediately.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124Are you sure? It seems as though he aided and abetted in the leaks of confidential information by running his wiki. At least a Pentagon Papers-style case would involve more or less a one-time incident.

[@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124]

@@aycc-nbh7289 yes I am sure. Washington post reported on it. Things done in darkness are done dirty. 'Secret' agencies need to be held accountable!

[@paulr6922]

Free him. Jail the criminal politicians cartel.

[@monocycle19]

The way Julian Assange is being treated is a real shame. Journalists across the world should shout his story from the roof tops and put more pressure on politicians until he is finally let free. I recommend reading Nils Melzers book "The trial of Julian Assange" who was appointed by UN - it changed the way I think about society.

[@pascalpoussin1209]

Freedom and justice for Assange!

[@ajbemrose8259]

I’ve been staying tuned for three days but the video just keeps looping someone please help

[@sejozwak]

Lmao

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's fact: In Japan, you are equally likely to die from being struck by lightning as you are from being shot by a gun.

[@maheshprabhu]

Wow lot of a lightning hits Japan.

[@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2]

​@@maheshprabhuthat's your takeaway lmao

[@mason96575]

Imagine if the same could be said about here in the US... We'd be having a ridiculous amount of lightning storms on a daily basis

[@zee9709]

​@@maheshprabhu how much?

[@orkkojit]

Shinzo Abe thought so too .......................

[@daniel7080]

I can remember years ago thinking he was a bad guy. My eyes have been opened alot since then. Telling the truth will not set you free.

[@thescotslair]

His crime? He exposed the rich and powerful. God what a terrible thing will justice ever prevail?

[@iofebquelloscarso6275]

Rape charges if i remember right

[@thescotslair]

@@iofebquelloscarso6275 oh thats just the Swedish courts, not the US. As we all know digging up dirt is far worse, its punishable by death!

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@thescotslairBut rape may be a death penalty offense in some areas as well.

[@nsekma6780]

Being an Aussie, i am so proud of him ❤️

[@theedwardian]

Telling the truth isn't a crime

[@obivankeno2068]

The bigest crime is to say Only Truth or seek for him😂

[@NickTheNewbie]

Rape sure is, though.

[@Carlium]

Depends. If it's not a crime at all, and you happen to know where your county's military has bases and all information on how they are set up and what utilities and equipment they have, would you really share that with anyone else you don't know. Or if you were given classified documents because of work or something, would you go out and publish them for anyone to see?

[@theedwardian]

@Carlium He was reporting on serious crimes. He wasn't selling classified info for espionage purposes. Also, whose job is it to keep classified information classified? Clearly if a civilian has access to it - the information is already compromised. He was doing them a favor. Don't attack the guy who tells you your fly is open.

[@Carlium]

@@theedwardian "who's job is it to keep classified information classified" you ask? If you have gained legal access to it, then there's a reason for it, and it's your responsibility for it to not go anywhere else. It's not others job to monitor you to make sure you don't publish classified stuff, it's you who have been trusted to have such information, and so its your responsibility. If you can't handle such responsibilities, then you shouldn't be allowed to have access to such stuff at all.

[@krunchyapples]

He's a hero. One of the few people to actually expose state corruption and they punished him severely for it

[@10tenman10]

He should be freed immediately.

[@sisterbee]

Bloke needs to be set free brought home to Australia and protected

[@maryshannon4444]

He did nothing that govt members do before budgets etc. He told the truth. Man should be freed.

[@oiulti6900]

This man is a hero! I hope he’s healthy and safe!

[@goldyr6407]

His crime ? Telling the truth.

[@freeassange5151]

The world we live in. The United States murder innocent civilians including two Reuters photographers. The US claim to be the greatest military in the world but can’t even keep footage of mass murder of innocent people secure, Mo d you the newspapers that published this footage have never been punished when they are just the same as Julian Assange publishers. To the Australian Coward government who have had nothing to say on the fact that how the hell can an Australian be convicted of Treason charges when he’s not an American citizen is complete crap. Let’s imagine if Julian Assange had details of the attacks on the world trade centre that killed innocent people. And contacted the US government to tell them of who was behind the attacks that killed innocent American citizens ? Would that be treason ?

[@Alain.Robert]

Imagine if Wikileaks also leaked information about Russia instead of working for them.

[@MrE073]

​@@Alain.Robert doesn't justify a witch hunt genius

[@fsdds1488]

​@@Alain.Robert A quick search will tell you that they also leak Russian documents.

[@freeassange5151]

@@Alain.Robert Worked for them ? And America had nothing to do with the bombing of the pipeline even though your Dementia patient of a president said before the blowing up of the pipeline that something will happen. You better get use to currency that’s not all the same colour and instead look for the future currency 💷 of the world that will have a BRICK on it. The Greenback will be turned into recycled toilet paper as it will be worth very very little indeed.

[@terruskaa]

​@@Alain.Robert Fun Fact, a War Crime is a War Crime

[@thomas2much601]

We can see how the English and the Americans conspire together to keep this innocent man in prison. He is a news reporter and was reporting the truth. The government fear him because they’re always up to no good

[@edwardlewis1963]

"Eventually his host got kind of sick of him" ???

[@jibberism9910]

Yeah, not even mentioning that revocation of political asylum can only be done through court.

[@PhilippKlinkner]

His crime is to look 108 years old when he was not even 45.

[@KeVIn-pm7pu]

Thats what isolation and imprisoment while getting constantly surveillanced does to you

[@coneyisland4568]

It is a great source of shame here in the UK, that our government is complicit in this miscarriage of justice.

[@sunnantariq723]

Jullian Assange and Edward Snowden should be given Medals 🏅 not be tried in military court by the corruptest country in the world. Sincerely a true Patriot

[@mohammedgt8102]

His crime was exposing criminals.

[@MrE073]

Powerful criminals*

[@petermartell568]

give Assange the metal of freedom. he uncovered American war crimes

[@petermartell568]

correction - medal

[@aycc-nbh7289]

But what if one of those “war crimes” was the code to launch nuclear missiles?

[@johnrider5701]

Telling the truth has become very dangerous.

[@hitthurdeaux]

Free Assange!

[@woshua3143]

bring out the blade on those who seek him, protect this man

[@stuarthamilton5686]

It is against British law to extradite Julian to the USA.

[@georgemurdock7670]

😂 rewatch the video, they don’t care.

[@aquelegabriel]

They are doing it anyway. Legal or not

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Why?

[@davidgarsia5105]

This man has been through enough. We need to give him a golden parachute that his feet never touch the ground and leave him alone so he can expose these corrupt people, protect Julian Assange.

[@gharwapsi2667]

We have never known the truth, thanks to him, respect

[@nikolassilos_6227]

“The biggest crime, I think…. Was the beard” -Oscar Nuñez

[@freeassange5151]

You with a monobrow shouldn’t pass judgement

[@pashakdescilly7517]

For a year, Assange was deprived of the means to cut his hair or his beard. If the beard was a crime, lay that crime on those actually responsible - his persecutors.