Rescuing the sheep from the lion’s mouth: Solidarity with Assange, By Owei Lakemfa

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Assange has been prised out of the hands of the powerful. But the hounds are still out there waiting to snap other journalists.

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The West used to claim it stood by the truth; and didn’t the Holy Scriptures state that “Thou shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free?” But we now know that as far as the powerful are concerned, “Thou shall know the truth, and the truth shall send you to prison.” …the US violated the First Amendment of its constitution, which states that: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

He had visited Sweden in 2010, during which two Swedish women – Ms Annan Ardin, 31, in whose home he lived and, Miss W, a staff of Wikileaks – discovered he was sleeping with them simultaneously. The latter complained that on an occasion, he had unprotected sex with her, and Miss Ardin recalled that the condom broke while they were also having sex. The ladies demanded that Assange took a test for sexually transmitted infections. But he allegedly declined on the basis that he hadn’t the time.

While Britain held Assange, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reported that Britain and Sweden were holding Assange in arbitrary detention. In 2019, Sweden dropped the charges against him, but Britain continued holding him until 24 June when, under arrangement with the US, he was granted bail, taken before an American judge and sentenced to time already served in British prison.

 

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