Hi All,
We are now over 160,000 signatories. we are a very large petition with a very solid database that represents the grass roots of this critically important petitioned action.
We are a peaceful campaign, but extremely determined and focused on what we need to do to right this wrong and free Julian Assange. By all statistical measures this petition is rock solid and is positioned exactly where we need it to be. We are in parliament, we are in the Department of Foreign Affairs discussions and now it is time to place on notice the key decision makes that have to date failed to deliver their duty of care to the Australian Citizen and journalist Mr Julian Assange.
I can confirm that we delivered petition Notice 37 to the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and all other parliamentarians. High Resolution image files of the document are available via my Twitter account @PhillipAdams64
Also for our convenience I have pasted the script from the Notice 37 below and have uploaded as much as I am permitted via this Update portal, so you get an idea of what the document looks like. This portal does not all for upload of full image files or documents.
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Thankyou to all of us and Love and Good health to all of you and those dear to you.
Phil
==============Script from Notice 37 pasted below========
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Free Julian Assange Petition: Notice 37
Over 160,001 signatories as at July 14, 2019
Petition To: The Hon. Marise Payne, Senator
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Petition To: The Hon. Scott Morrison, MP
Prime Minister of Australia
Petition To: All Hon. Senators and MP’s
Dear Parliamentarian,
I hope you are all well. This citizen’s and parliamentary conforming petition has secured 160,001 signatories that stand together.
We agree that nobody is above the law and this includes individual politicians.
All parliamentarians that make up the Australian Parliament should rest assured that if any one of you were to be found in a position like Julian Assange we would spring to your defence in much the same way as we have for Julian Assange. Conversely if Julian Assange is not permitted to walk free after the breach of bail matter has been served and or if he is extradited to the USA the now over 160,000 signatories to this petition will be the impetus to initiate a test case to be brought against individual Australian politicians who have clearly failed in the performance of their obligated duty of care towards Julian Assange who is an Australian Citizen and journalist.
Nobody is above the law and Signatories will not relent in this lawful struggle to free Julian Assange. We are conducting this lawful and peaceful action in this manner because we respect peace, harmony and democratic principles. We also understand that our democratic rights will be destroyed if our journalists are executed, assassinated, imprisoned or perpetually intimidated when and after they publish factual evidence delivered to them that is in the public interest. To assist all parliamentarians to better understand what are the risks to themselves if they continue to be complicit in this travesty of justice, we will examine what the legal experts in international law have said on the public record.
On May 31, 2019 United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture or other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment Mr Nils Melzer said after his visit to Belmarsh Prison in London to visit Julian Assange and in the company of two medical experts.
“ I am appalled at the sustained and concerted abuse that this man has been exposed to at the hands of several democratic states over a period of almost a decade and I am gravely concerned of the prospect of a possible extradition to the USA. I am worried he would be exposed to a politicised show trial in violation of his human rights”……
“I went to the prison with two very experienced specialised experts in examining, identifying and documenting symptoms of both physical and psychological torture. We ran medical protocols called the Istanbul Protocol, which are recognised protocols to examine torture victims to have an objective medical assessment. Mr Assange showed all the symptoms that are typical for those exposed to prolonged psychological torture.”
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“My assessment is that Mr Assange has been exposed to various forms of cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment that cumulatively have the same effect as psychological torture. Now because Mr Assange’s has been confined to a very controlled environment for about seven year with very little outside influence it is possible to identify the causal relationship between the medical symptoms and the actual causes of those symptoms with a high degree of certainty.”
“Our conclusions are that; first of all it is the concerted efforts of various states to hand him over to the United States, which is the elephant in the room. That is the one fear he has had since 2010 when he first published large amounts of compromising information about the United States and soon after he was then exposed to a relentless campaign of judicial persecution, I’d say because it is an abuse of the judicial system in order to try to extradite him to the US and get him to be prosecuted for a row of offenses as we have now seen under the Espionage Act.”
I believe Mr Assange has a credible case and a credible fear that he would not get a fair trial in the USA and he would not be safe and protected from the types of detention and treatment that would violate the convention against torture.”
“Since 2010 he has increasingly been exposed to a public campaign or of public mobbing, vilification and intimidation ranging from deliberate ridicule to insults and upto actually open calls for his assassination and murder. This without the concerned governments ever interfering and trying to protect him for this type of unacceptable threats. All of these elements have contributed to a level of stress and anxiety that would be unbearable for anyone….resulting in what amounts to psychological torture. “ …..
“Mr Assange was as free to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy as someone sitting in a rubber boat in a shark pool.”
“It is important to see that the Swedish prosecution, the Ecuadorian authorities and also UK Judicial authorities so far have not shown judicial impartiality and objectivity that is required under the rule of law. He has been expelled from the Ecuadorian Embassy without any due process of law and we are talking about the formal lifting of an asylum status and the suspension of his nationality/citizenship which normally would not be done obviously by a president under a unilateral decision. But this should be a court proceeding where the concerned person would have the right to defend themselves.”
“The way the Swedish prosecution has been conducted also shows that Mr Assange was not given the opportunity to defend himself properly against charges of sexual misconduct without at the same time having to expose himself to a possible extradition to the USA, which obviously was not related to the sexual offenses. …So for 10 years his reputation and credibility and his human dignity have been gravely affected by these allegations and the Swedish Prosecution deliberately prevented him from actually taking an official position against that.”
“Now in the UK courts we have seen a similar type of bias. It was the same day that he was dragged out of the Embassy after more than 6 years and the same day he was pulled into the UK court. He was reportedly given less than 15 minutes with his defence lawyer to prepare a defence. Then in a very short hearing he was convicted of bail violation and the judge even insulted him by calling him a ‘narcissist who can not get beyond himself’. Now as a lawyer, having worked at court myself, I can not imagine how a judge could come to such a conclusion when the defendant didn’t say anything else in that hearing other than saying ‘I plead not guilty’.”
“I believe we have to take a step back and look at all these proceedings, how they have been conducted, and come to our own conclusions whether these are fair. We also have to take a step back and look at this whole narrative of suspected rapist; narcissist; selfish, ungrateful person, hacker, and scratch the surface a little bit and see what’s below there.”
“When I was first approached by his defence team seeking protection from my mandate in December last year, I was reluctant to do so, because, me, too, I had been affected by this prejudice that I had absorbed through all these public narratives spread in the media over the years. And only when I scratched the surface a little bit, I saw how little foundation there was to back this up and how much fabrication and manipulation there is in this case. So I encourage everybody to really look below the surface in this case. ” Source Democracy Now https://youtu.be/ErW1taJEPrs
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President Trump’s Lawyer, Rudy Giuliani Dec. 31, 2018 reference to Julian Assange said and I quote:
“It’s a First Amendment issue…it has a different nature when it’s information... Once it gets to the media publication they can publish it, they can publish it for the basis of informing people. You can’t put Assange in a different position, now he was a guy that communicated. We may not like what he communicates but he was a media facility, he was putting that information out, every news station grabbed it and published it .No press person or person disseminating for the purposes of informing did anything wrong.” Source;( https://www.facebook.com/foxandfriends/videos/806787466324593/ start viewing from the 8 min..
On July 11, 2019 human rights lawyer Ms Amal Clooney spoke at the Global Conference for Media Freedom in London and said “What happens in a country like Australia or the UK or the US will be looked at by every other leader in the world and potentially be used as an excuse to clamp down even further on journalists,' 'Journalists all around the world are less safe if the rhetoric, or even policies or laws, of states that are supposed to be free are actually a threat to journalists in those countries.' ….she also urged the Australian government not to become 'North Korea'. “All governments say they believe in a free press – the right is even enshrined in North Korea’s constitution… what matters is enforcement of this right,' she said.” Source https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7237579/Amal-Clooney-slams-Australia-press-freedom-police-raids.html
Jeremy Hunt’s (British Foreign Minister) announced on April 6, 2019. “Democratic countries need to stand together to make it an international taboo, of the highest order to murder, arrest or detain journalists just for doing their job.”. Source: https://twitter.com/i/status/1114199640625295361
Mr Bob Carr Former Australian foreign Minister said as quoted in the Guardian on 24-5-2019.that Australia’s foreign minister, Marise Payne, “needs to protect herself from the charge that she’s failed in her duty to protect the life of an Australian citizen.
“Therefore I would imagine that DFAT [the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade] will provide her with talking points to conversations with her British, Swedish and indeed American counterparts.”
“Not to do so would leave the minister exposed to withering criticism that they did not take all appropriate action that might have made a difference, mainly before the British court makes a decision.” Source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/may/24/assange-extradition-could-test-patience-of-australia-and-us-allies-bob-carr-warns
The referencing above help to guide and reinforce this petition’s conviction to ensure that all politicians understand full well their obligated responsibilities in relation to doing everything within their professional capacity to protect an Australian citizen and journalist that finds him or herself in this exact situation.
We recall Senate Estimates session on Feb. 21, 2019 where DFAT officials were to report back about this petition’s claims of the now public conspiracy for US extradition. This petition has not been returned any answer from the relevant Minister/s.
We very much appreciate those great and currently sitting parliamentarians from across the political spectrum that have supported this petition. To confirm we have been contacted in writing by current sitting Parliamentarians from the Liberal National Party and from the Opposition Parties all offering suggestions of how we may work together to correct this travesty of justice.
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We welcome Marise Payne’s Australian Foreign Minister’s comments at the Global Conference for Media Freedom in London on July 11, 2019 stated that the Australian Government …..uphold democratic principles”. However as Amal Clooney stated words must be accompanied with action. Words are cheap, it is actions that speak louder than words.
We highlight the independent polling by 60 Minutes Australia from a large sample group (Dec. 2018) reflecting 91% of respondents via Twitter want the Australian Government to free Julian Assange. This petition’s over 160,000 signatories, without question are determined to secure his freedom after the breach of bail matter is served.
Collectively and once again this has nothing to do with political affiliation with Right, Left or Centre, but everything to do with our children’s future and the type of society we leave for them. We demand Julian Assange walks free after the breach of bail matter which will allow all of us to go back to our normal democratic life filled with genuinely protected journalists, who are protected by government and not persecuted, imprisoned or executed after publishing evidence of systemic government sponsored criminality.
The frame up and torturous circus of arbitrary detention of Julian Assange for exposing systemic government corruption and government sponsored war crimes must end and you have always had the power to have stopped it much, much earlier. We are allies to UK and the USA and as such every political instrument and lever should have been utilised to ensure he is not extradited to the USA.
We agree nobody is above the law and systemic criminality and the subversion of democratic and legal principals will not be accepted by this petitioned action. If Julian Assange is extradited to the USA, contrary to every democratic convention and journalistic principal, then this petition will have no choice but to seek and inquire to prosecute those politicians that failed in their duty of care. Consider it a test case, because at that point we will have nothing to lose. As Jeremy Hunt wished we will “stand together to make it an international taboo, of the highest order to murder, arrest or detain journalists just for doing their job”. (Jeremy Hunt April 6 2019).
Put Australian citizens, journalists and our democracy first because they all go hand in hand.
Nobody is above the law, Your duty of care is to Free Julian Assange by ensuring No US Extradition.
Yours Faithfully,
Phillip Adams
Petitioner and on behalf of over 160,001 signatories
Free Julian Assange Petition link click to sign http://chng.it/HvMVT86W
Video by Christine Assange: https://youtu.be/5nxigIRUkcU or Transcript; https://t.co/XGA12ZvWeg
For more updates and facts visit https://iamwikileaks.org
Transcript: Australian Gov.; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee 21/02/2019 (Source:https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=COMMITTEES;id=committees%2Festimate%2Fa08a4138-185a-434a-b512-740ee20bdb87%2F0002;query=Id%3A%22committees%2Festimate%2Fa08a4138-185a-434a-b512-740ee20bdb87%2F0000%22