According to neils melzer the un special rapporteur on torture who visited julian a songe in prison is being held in londons atory s high security belmarsh prison for publishing classified documents which exposed u. S. War crimes in iraq and afghanistan is being indicted on 17 counts under the 1917 espionage act a low he is not a u. S. Citizen and wiki leaks is not a u. S. Based publication charged would be unauthorized possession and dissemination of classified material something that has been performed by countless journalists including myself when i worked for the New York Times and publishers over the decades. The such case is a frontal assault on the 1st amendment it will be used should a songe be extradited tried and sentenced in the United States where he faces the possibility of 175 years in prison to shut down any press investigations into the centers of power joining me to discuss the importance and ramifications of the a songe case is Marjorie Cohen professor america at Thom
Not the only publication to receive and publish the d. N. C. Documents intercepts politico and others wish them as well so this this whole issue of the d. N. C. Hurting Hillary Clintons campaign i think is really a red herring and depp people need to understand the facts. In early may the British Court decided that the extradition hearing for wiki leaks publisher julian a songe originally scheduled for may 18th would be moved to september. This 4 month delay was made after a songes defense lawyers argued the difficulty of his receiving a fair hearing due to the restrictions imposed by the coville 19 lockdown asuncion declining health and showing clear signs of psychological torture according to neils melzer the un special rapporteur on torture who visited julian asuncion prison is being held in londons atory a high security belmarsh prison for publishing classified documents which exposed u. S. War crimes in iraq and afghanistan hes been indicted on 17 counts under the 117. 00 espionag
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