US Sec of State Blinken calling for Hong Kong to free

[cbabe]

jailed seven Stand News editors.

Blinken said, ‘journalism is not sedition…A confident government that is unafraid of truth embraces a free press.’

From theguardian.com

Next Blinken needs to call for the release of Julian Assange who has been essentially tortured for years for practicing journalism to the embarrassment of the US.

Per Noam Chomsky, today’s Democracy Now

[Beakybird]

1. I agree with Blinker.

Otoh, Assange isn't a journalist. He was an operative working on behalf of Russia and the Republican party.

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2. Proof?

[Beakybird]

3. When Sean Hannity temporarily lost his Twitter account...

Here's a story about how Assange was very buddy buddy with Sean Hannity: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/julian-assange-twitter-sean-hannity-fake-account-democrat-trump-russia-links-mark-warner-senate-intelligence-committee-a8185496.html

Also, there are many articles about Assange's mission aligning with Vladimir Putin. Here's an article about how his extradition might hurt Trump:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate-idUSKCN25E1US

Tell me of anything incriminating WikiLeaks ever revealed about Russia or Trump?

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4. So Noam Chomsky and others have it all wrong?

[Beakybird]

5. Yes, like everyone else, he's not right about everything.

[cbabe]

6. One last thought to clarify:

If Assange is a political prisoner, he should be released just like HK prisoners.

If Assange is imprisoned as a journalist, he should be freed.

See Maria Ressa/rapper.com and Nobel laureate for example of a journalist with a viewpoint under continual legal threat.