ALBUFEIRA

[A 3 de Julho de 2021]

Detido há mais de dois anos numa prisão inglesa (2019/2021) ─ depois de sete vivendo no interior da embaixada do Equador em Londres (2012/2019) ─ e esperando-o ainda nos EUA (solicitando a sua extradição) uns 175 anos de prisão:

Apenas por como jornalista ter divulgado entre outros (sendo seu direito e deu dever básico, como o de um qualquer cidadão) crimes de guerra. Ontem 3 de julho e perante o silêncio da esmagadora maioria dos seus colegas dizendo-se jornalistas ─ e ao mesmo tempo negando-lhe o mesmo estatuto ─ fazendo 50 anos, comemorando o seu aniversário na prisão.

It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers

without understanding the hidden agendas

of the message and the myths that surround it.

(John Pilger)

For those who still believe the media provides news, please read this. Having led the persecution of Julian Assange, the "free press" is uniformly silent on sensational news that the case against Assange has collapsed. Shame on my fellow journalists. (John Pilger/@johnpilger/twitter.com/03.07.2021)

A Remarkable Silence:

Media Blackout

After Key Witness Against Assange Admits Lying.

(medialens.org/01.07.2021)

“As we have pointed out since Media Lens began in 2001, a fundamental feature of corporate media is propaganda by omission. Over the past week, a stunning example has highlighted this core property once again. A major witness in the US case against Julian Assange has just admitted fabricat­ing key accusati­ons in the indictment against the Wikileaks founder. These dramatic revelations emerged in an extensive article published on 26 June in Stundin, an Icelandic newspaper. The paper interviewed the witness, Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson, a former WikiLeaks volunteer, who admitted that he had made false allegations against Assange after being recruited by US authorities. Thordarson, who has several convictions for sexual abuse of minors and financial fraud, began working with the US Department of Justice and the FBI after receiving a promise of immunity from prosecution. He even admitted to continuing his crime spree while working with the US authorities.” (medialens.org/o1.07.2021)

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(imagens: medialens.org ─ caitlinjohnstone.com)