After over half a decade of imprisonment and constant government harassment, Julian Assange is free and speaking out for freedom of speech and human rights. His freedom is a relief, but the state of protections for journalists like him is far from strong.
am not free today because the system worked,” Julian Assange told an assembled group of parliamentarians from across Europe earlier this week. “I am free today because after years of incarceration I pled guilty to journalism. I pled guilty to seeking information from a source. I pled guilty to obtaining information from a source. And I pled guilty to informing the public what that information was. I did not plead guilty to anything else.”
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Chris Hipkins outlines Labour’s conditions for supporting the India Free Trade Agreement, including migrant worker protections and transparency demands.
Hooray – I hope that his mental processes were strong enough to bring him through without some serious tics.