Today we delivered Petition Notice 21 to the Foreign Minister, Prime Minister and all 226 elected Senators and Members that make up the Australian Government. The Petition is over 21,000 signatures.
We appear to have resolved the Petition cyber attack and instability issue, however the growth in signature rate is near dead stopped, so I am asking you all to reshare and retweet the petition link again. http://chng.it/HhbvWYQxms
As I can only upload a portion of an image file herein, see the header of he Notice 21 document that was delivered today and see the script copied and pasted below so you can all see the detail contained in the 1 page document.
Free Julian Assange Petition: Notice 21 Over 21,000 signatures on 13th Dec. 2018
Petition To: The Hon. Marise Payne, Senator
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Petition To: The Hon. Scott Morrison, MP
Prime Minister of Australia
cc All Hon. Senators and MP’s
Dear Ms Marise Payne,
Over 21,000 people stand together within this petition to demand the Australian Government exercise its duty of care towards one of its Citizen’s and Journalist. To clarify, the signatories to this petition demand the Australian Government guarantee a “No USA Extradition Agreement” from our two closest allies, Britain and the USA, to allow Julian Assange to address the Breach of Bail matter.
The USA Government has turned a blind eye to the seemingly premeditated and psychopathic murder of Jamal Khashoggi in exchange for military sales to Saudi Arabia. Australia is honouring $multibillion USA Military contracts which Canada cancelled. The Australian Government should now leverage a demand of a guarantee of no extradition to the USA for Julian Assange. With Trump money talks and we recognise the clear motivators of corporate government and now the Australian Government must recognise the people’s motivators: To Free Julian Assange, before it’s too late.
It is now on the public record that the government of the USA had secretly conspired to extradite Julian Assange for simply performing the diligent duties of a fact publishing Journalist. Further to that, reports indicate that the Australian Government may have been aware of this in as far back as 2010.
We notify the Australian Government that we, (The Signatories), hold the Australian Government fully responsible for the safety of Julian Assange and the lawful return of his freedom. The Australian Government has had over 6.5 years to act on behalf of this Australian Citizen and the Australian Government has done nothing that the people can identify in the way of meaningful assistance.
Julian Assange is an Australian Citizen who has not been charged with any crime and yet has been "arbitrarily” detained for over 6 years and in addition is currently enduring over 257 days of torture in the form of continuous solitary confinement. He has been deprived of sunlight, contact with family, contact with the outside world and proper healthcare. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on Feb. 5, 2016 determined that Julian Assange's “Arbitrary Detention should be brought to an end and that Mr. Assange should be afforded the right to compensation”.
In a Democracy it is the legal and overwhelming demands of the people that the government is guided by. Recent polling indicates between 80% - 91% of Australians want the Australian Government to secure Julian Assange’s freedom by guaranteeing no USA Extradition on charges that would contradict the USA’s own Constitution’s 1st Amendment if exercised against a USA Citizen.
We the people demand the Australian Government end this public torture of an Australian Journalist & Free Julian Assange. We will not permit this Journalist and Free Press to be silenced or assassinated.
Yours Faithfully,
Julian Assange’s family and over 21,000 Petition Signatories