26/05/2022
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"In a democracy, journalists can reveal war crimes and cases of torture and abuse without having to go to jail. It is the very role of the press in a democracy. If governments can use espionage laws against journalists and publishers, they are deprived of their most important and traditional defense – of acting in the public interest – which does not apply under the Espionage Act."
(Only journalists, organizations and people in journalism-related roles – columnists/commentators, editors, photographers, cameramen and camerawomen, media producers and publishers, documentary filmmakers, whistleblowers, journalism professors/trainers or academics researching journalism and media, representatives of journalism organizations including journalists’ trade unions, and NGOs which defend press freedom, and work in defence of whistleblowers, digital rights and transparency and similar roles – are eligible to sign.)
Journalists Speak Up for Julian Assange Julian Assange, founder and publisher of WikiLeaks, is currently detained in Belmarsh high-security prison in the United Kingdom and faces extradition to the United States and criminal prosecution under the Espionage Act. He risks up to 175 years’ imprisonme...
