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Press
Conference/Speak Out at SF Chronicle on September 22, 2022 12:00 Noon.
The continued incarceration and possible extradition of Australian journalist and publisher Julian
Assange is
a threat not only to all journalists in the world but publishers such as the SF Chronicle.
Using the Espionage Act, even though he is not a US citizen, the US government is prosecuting the
supposed
crime of releasing documents that expose war crimes and atrocities committed by the US war machine
in Iraq.
Of course, the perpetrators of the US crimes in Iraq have never been prosecuted but the
whistleblower Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, is being prosecuted.
We must raise our voices to defend whistleblowers and independent
journalists being censored and persecuted for revealing the truth and reporting on issues that
people need to know.
Assange is a member of the Australian journalists union MEAA member since 2007. The Pacific Media
Workers
Guild, which represents journalists at the San Francisco Chronicle, and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) have also
called for his freedom. Nearly all journalist unions throughout the world are
demanding his freedom.
We urge the San Francisco Chronicle and all news publishers both print and online to join the call
for
his freedom.
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