Manifestationen för Julian Assange och brevet till Biden 15 januari

President Biden avgår 20 januari och  det är brukligt att avgående presidenter friger fångar och mildrar straff.. Biden har i dagarna mildrat straff för 2500 fångar som dömts för narkotikabrott.

En journalist och förläggare ska kunna avslöja krigsbrott utan att bestraffas. Detta utgör en fara för alla journalister.

Brevet skickades även via post tidigare för att nå fram ordentligt.

To

President Joe Biden, United States of America,

Stockholm, January 6th, 2025

Mr. President,

We urge you, during the remaining days of your presidency, to grant a pardon to the Australian citizen, WikiLeaks co-founder and publisher Julian Assange.

Julian Assange was freed from prison, but his plea bargain with US authorities sets a dangerous legal precedent, opening the way for other potential misuses, by allowing Federal investigators to prosecute – and courts to convict – under the US Espionage Act, any journalist or publisher who dares to divulge an “inconvenient” truth. The entire field of investigative journalism is thus affected, with serious consequences for freedom of the press and freedom of speech.

Journalism is not a crime. The judicial process against Mr Assange was a mockery of justice and of national and international jurisdiction. It was an extremely cruel treatment of an individual. It remains a serious assault on the global Freedom of the Press. From all these aspects it is a shame to the United States of America, a country regarding itself a democracy.

The world is observing you. Please do the right thing, grant him a full pardon!

Yours sincerely,

The Swedish Support Committee for Julian Assange

Sigyn Meder

Coordinator