Hi I hope you are well. The free Julian Assange campaign globally is very diverse, Everyone is doing their best in the best way they can. John Shipton will be in Brisbane this week, the details of an event have been provided by Dr John Jiggens who works tirelessly to organise free Assange events. Thankyou to John.
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"Mayday, Mayday:
Please help John Shipton’s campaign to save his son, Julian Assange
On behalf of John Shipton, the father of Julian Assange, I am asking you to lend support for John Shipton and Julian Assange over the coming Mayday long weekend in Brisbane by attending the conference about WikiLeaks, whistleblowers and the war on truth, The persecution of Truth, at the State Library of Queensland on April 30 and to march in support with John Shipton at Brisbane’s annual Mayday march the following day.
Julian’s situation is desperate. After 13 years of increasing persecution, the last four in a maximum-security prison, he is being slowly, agonizingly crucified by the governments of the US, the UK and (shamefully!) his country of birth, Australia, the three countries that illegally invaded Iraq in 2003.
Julian exposed their war crimes and helped end that war, but at extraordinary personal cost. The show trial the US is planning after his extradition from the UK will be a farce held in CIA territory in Virginia with jurors drawn from the employees of the US Deep State. It will find him guilty and sentence him to another 175 years in prison. The CIA plotted to kill Assange in 2017 and they intend to see him die in prison. This is a brutal message from these murderous psychopaths meant for the world’s journalists that you do not expose US war crimes.
The meeting, The Persecution of Truth, will be held at the State Library of Queensland Auditorium 1 on Sunday April 30th. It will give us the opportunity to examine worrying trends in politics and the media and to discuss our plans for action.
Julian’s father, John Shipton will be the keynote speaker at the conference, and will be supported by Afghan War whistleblower, David McBride, Michael West of Michael West media, Greg Barns, advisor to the Assange Campaign, and Terry O’Gorman from the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties.
The conference aims to reacquaint Queenslanders with the extraordinary achievements of Julian Assange and detail his equally extraordinary persecution. It will celebrate the achievements of Julian Assange in journalism and examine the frightening assault on whistleblowers, the growing restrictions on free speech, and the deplorable state of the Australian media.
Mayday march
In recent years, John Shipton has marched with Julian’s union, the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the MEAA, in Brisbane’s annual Mayday march, which is the yearly celebration for Queensland’s unions and the ALP, and John Shipton will march again on Monday. Bring banners, placards, t-shirts and stand up for Assange.
The Albanese government is an undeniable improvement on previous administrations, but they are still overly cowed by the warmongers of the US and the UK. We want to encourage them to be braver and a large contingent in support of Julian will remind them of the public support for Assange.
Tickets for conference:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-persecution-of-truth-tickets-597457069177
SUNDAY, APRIL 30
SLQ, Auditorium 1, Arrive 12.30pm for a 1pm start
The Persecution of Truth
Truth is a lonely warrior, 1—2.30 pm
The prosecutions of Julian Assange, David McBride, and other whistleblowers by powerful actors in politics, the police, and the security establishment represents a major threat to our democracy.
Greg Barns SC, (Advisor, Assange campaign),
Professor A J Brown, (Griffith Uni, Transparency International Australia)
Terry O'Gorman, (Queensland Council for Civil Liberties)
David McBride, (Afghan war crimes whistle-blower)
Free Speech, Free Press, Free Assange, 3—4pm
Those who expose war crimes are prosecuted while the perpetrators of war crimes go free: the story of WikiLeaks, British justice and Julian Assange.
Kellie Tranter, (human rights activist)
John Jiggens, (Independent Australia, Pearls & Irritations)
Michael West, (Michael West Media)
A Conversation with John Shipton, 4-5pm
John Shipton, father of Julian Assange, talks about his son’s case, discussing the direction of the Assange Campaign, and his recent American tour.
MONDAY, MAY 1
Mayday march, Brisbane Parade starts at 10:00am, Cnr of Turbot and Wharf Streets, Spring Hill. Parade concludes at the Brisbane Showgrounds. ! Bring banners, placards, t-shirts
Mayday! Mayday! Bring banners, placards, t-shirts and march for Assange!
Cheers,
John Jiggens "
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President Biden is planning to visit Australia as part of the Quad Meeting in late May Early June. Watch this space as I have noted there is very little detail circulating about this. It is very difficult to even find out when he will be in Australia which I find a little strange. My feeling is that is would be absolutely appropriate to increase President Biden's knowledge about how Australian's feel about the persecution of the Australian journalist/publisher Julian Assange. President Biden must stop the extradition process completely and Free Julian Assange without delay.
Understanding and appreciating that the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, who is a Signatory to this petition and the Foreign Minister of Australia Penny Wong have made senior Ministerial representations to their counterparts in the USA and Britain to Free Julian Assange.
Cheers
Phillip