One Man Fights for who 7 Billion People, One Mother Battles to Wake Them Up
The Truth About Julian Assange And Wikileaks
(source of this article is THN )
Christine Assange, the mother of Julian Assange who
has been a reluctant hostage of a global political war among the United
States, the UK, and Sweden and of all places Ecuador.
Christine was very informative
and thorough in explaining the history and current events regarding the
heinous manner in which her son has been treated for supporting one of
the most sacred rights of man this being right to have and freely
provide access to truthful information. Still, facts and information do
not cover the love and concern a mother feels for her child. As a
mother myself, I felt Christine's immense and intense worry for her
son's safety and his life. As a citizen of the world who carries many
of the same concerns we all do of political strife, injustice, world
war, poverty, and economic failure, she is above all a mother.
I respect Christine Assange for
her courage and her unfailing efforts to get the truth out regarding her
son and I admire her for reaching out to every single means of possible
help. Mostly, I empathize with her as a mother and understand how as a
parent we share on a very deep level our children's joys, their
successes, the disappointment of their failures and the hurt of their
pain.
I want to share and summarize
what I learned from Christine. So, today I am speaking to you, the
great warriors of internet justice, princes and princess for global
peace, fighters of the environmental strife afflicting the world, and
spiritual leaders praying for a more just world. The one million plus
subscribers of The Hacker News and anyone else lucky enough to
know that it is an inherent right of every human being to know the facts
and the truth of their world.
I am asking you to take a few
moments and read this article, not only to understand and then
communicate the truth around the issue of Wikileaks and Julian Assange,
but to share in the experience I had with Christine Assange when she
brought me to understanding that the issue of her son is not about
politics or process but of the one thing that binds all of us together
and without it, all of our causes fail this being the right of the
people to know the truth.
As she spoke of Wikileaks and
information being available to the public, it became clear to me that
everything we do in life, everything that we aspire towards and
everything that we fight for, be it the environment, the issue of war,
corruption in government, world hunger, spiritual awakening, economic
balance, all tie to one word. Truth. Without the truth about the
misuse of our environment, without the truth about corruption and greed,
without the truth about why people suffer from hunger, without the
truth about what to pray for, we are doomed.
This made me think about how
truth drives us. The knowledge of the real facts around our causes is
what motivates us to take action and not be complicit with wrongdoers in
our everyday living. Truth forms the web of living and without it we
will continue to spiral towards global destruction and oppression.
Christine talked about how very
important it is to fully understand what this is all about. She is very
clear that people must first educate themselves on what the facts are
surrounding the persecution of Julian Assange, why this has happened,
and who is behind it.
To best convey the facts
surrounding the sexual allegations from Sweden and our discussion I am
providing here the content of Christine’s open letter to the Australian
people on this issue.
“After the Afghan War Diary
release 25/7/10 Julian visited Sweden to obtain residency and base
WikiLeaks there because of the good whistle-blowing laws. The US was
aware of more WikiLeaks releases to come and wrote threatening letters.
Julian was warned of entrapment plans.
Woman
A.A. invited Julian to speak in Sweden at a seminar about Afghanistan
in mid-August 2010. Woman S.W. stated she went to the seminar to meet
Julian. Both women have stated to the police and media that sex was
consensual and non-violent. Exculpatory evidence (texts to friends) show
women had no complaints regarding sex until finding out about each
other and 100+ texts between A.A. and S.W. speak of revenge, making
money and ruining Julian's reputation by going to the press.
Woman S.W. was so upset
police were going to allege rape she does not finish her interview or
sign her witness statement, which was then altered again without her
consent. She stated she felt railroaded into making a complaint.
In Sweden, consensual non-violent sex can be legally defined as rape.
Contrary
to Swedish police procedure the women's interviews were not video or
audio taped and the first prosecutor, Maria Häljebo-Kjellstrand,
unlawfully told the press Julian was wanted for rape. Julian was not
interviewed or informed - he found out in the tabloid newspaper
Expressen that he was "being hunted down for double rape". Within hours, there were millions of website hits for Assange plus rape, causing irreparable harm to Julian's reputation.
The next day after reviewing the file, Stockholm's chief prosecutor Eva Finné threw out the rape allegation. "I consider there are no grounds for suspecting he has committed rape," she said.
For the last three years, the
political advisor to the Swedish Prime Minister has been Karl Rove, a
notorious, disgraced former Bush administration advisor who orchestrated
vicious smear campaigns against political opponents. Karl Rove is a
personal friend of the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrick Reinfeldt and of
the Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt.
Sweden has close ties to the US and was the major arms supplier to the US-Iraq War.
Around
a week after the dropping of the rape allegation by the chief
prosecutor, a politician/lawyer named Claes Borgström appealed the
decision. Claes Borgström and his business partner Thomas Bodström run a
thriving legal practice based on representing claimants in sex cases.
Woman A.A., Irmeli Krans
(interrogating police officer of woman SW) and both Borgström and
Bodström are members of the Swedish Social Democrat Party. They all
stood together for elections at the same time, one month after the sex
allegations were made against Julian, with one of the platforms being
widening the definition of rape within consensual sex.
Woman A.A. produced new
evidence for the appeal. She submitted a condom which she states Julian
tore deliberately. Forensic tests showed there was no DNA evidence in
the condom from either Julian or herself. Julian was not informed of the
appeal and had no chance to make a submission. The appeal was
successful.
Julian Did Not Flee Sweden
Julian Did Not Flee Sweden
He
remained in Sweden for five weeks seeking an interview with the new
prosecutor Marianne Ny. She made excuses not to interview him and gave
him permission to leave Sweden for business on September 15th (meeting
with Cablegate media partners). He offered to fly back into Sweden for
interview on October 9 or 10. Ny refused because it was a weekend. He
offered to fly back on October 11th. Ny refused because it was too far
away.
During October and
November Julian stayed at the journalist's club in the UK preparing for
the release of the US diplomatic cables (Cablegate). During this period,
he offered to be interviewed by Marianne Ny via the normal protocol for
this situation called Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) (via Skype, phone
or videolink). Marianne Ny refused all offers.
Around the time of the
release of Cablegate in late November, Marianne Ny issued a European
Arrest Warrant (EAW) for questioning, stating that Julian had fled the
country, and a public Interpol Red Notice for his arrest.
For the entire 16 months
that Julian has been under house arrest in the UK, Marianne Ny has
refused all his offers to be interviewed at the Swedish Embassy or in
Scotland Yard. Marianne Ny has misled the Swedish and UK public by
stating that she was legally not allowed to interview Julian by mutual
legal assistance or in the UK. Sweden is a signatory to MLA.
Many legal people
investigating the case are of the opinion that the Swedish extradition
case is not bona fide but merely a holding case awaiting a US
extradition.”
You may be feeling the same concern and fear I have and it is important to note what will happen if Julian goes to Sweden. As Christine states, “There is no bail in Sweden for foreigners and he will be held in indefinite detention in a Swedish remand prison incommunicado except to Swedish lawyers and in solitary confinement.
You may be feeling the same concern and fear I have and it is important to note what will happen if Julian goes to Sweden. As Christine states, “There is no bail in Sweden for foreigners and he will be held in indefinite detention in a Swedish remand prison incommunicado except to Swedish lawyers and in solitary confinement.
If and when the case
proceeds to trial he will be tried in secret (no media or observers) by
four judges. Three of the four judges will be "lay" judges, that is,
they have no legal training and are appointed by political parties.
The
other alternative is that the US will immediately unseal its Grand Jury
indictment against Julian and from any point that he arrives in Sweden
he could be extradited to the US. Many people falsely believe that the
UK would have to sign off on an onward extradition to the US. This is
true, if it is by way of a normal European extradition. However, under a
separate US/Swedish Bilateral Treaty, Julian can be legally rendered to
the US via a component of that treaty called the Temporary Surrender
Regime. This is a secret, fast-track, no-test rendition.”
After listening and
comprehending what Mrs. Assange was saying, I want you to pull your
chairs close and listen carefully to what I am about to say. Read the
attached documents of the facts on this matter but know this: you are
being duped and lied to for one reason to keep you from the truth. The
United States and other countries do not want you to know their roles in
driving issues of war, famine, economic collapse, environmental
deterioration and other facts affecting your health and your welfare.
It is as simple as that. A government wrought with corruption and no
moral compass will do anything to shoot the messenger of news that will
expose their fraud and deception.
For all of Julian Assange’s
efforts to bring truth and information to the world he now sits alone in
the Ecuadorian Embassy in the UK after requesting asylum based on the
well-founded fear of persecution, torture or death in the United States
in connection with the publication of truthful information of matters of
interest to the public.
Although I will give you a
plethora of ways you can help, I believe that the single most important
step you can take now is to submit to the President of Ecuador, Rafael
Correa, an email or letter stating that he must become the hero to all
the people of the world by showing governments and corporations that
telling the truth by releasing factual information on issues affecting
all of us is the single most important act of his career. He has an
opportunity to show the world that truth and justice can prevail in a
fragile and tempestuous world.
Julian Assange is a lone voice against ominous and uber-powerful forces speaking for YOU! He cannot do it alone.
Let's help:
- Go to www.justice4assange.com and educate yourself on the facts and the chronological history of abuse Julian Assange has suffered in the name of freedom of information. Go to www.wlcentral.org and read Christine Assange's open letter to the Australian people
- Email the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, you can contact him here.
- Message President of the Republic of Ecuador on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MashiRafael
- SPREAD THE WORD text, talk, fax, email, phone, Facebook, etc. and ask others to help.
- Join Wikileaks Forum: http://www.wikileaks-forum.com/
- Write letters/email to your government representatives asking for support of Julian Assange and the cause of freedom of information.
- Since President Correa is looking to other countries for support and advice, contact your own government and get other countries on board supporting Ecuador allowing Julian asylum.
- Inform your friends, family and neighbors by having a Freedom of Information meeting or party!
- Ask for space to speak at local schools and Universities.
- Rally at the US embassy in your area.
- Financially support Wikileaks. It will be money well spent.
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