I stand with Julian Assange

Every American should view Julian Assange's speech from his second floor perch at the Ecuadorean embassy in London today imploring the President Obama to renounce the US witch hunt of Wikileaks, restore respect and freedom to journalists worldwide, and end the persecution of Private Bradley Manning for his heroic role in revealing the truth about America's shameful Middle East wars.


Every Englishman should view Julian Assange's speech from his second floor perch at the Ecuadorean embassy in London today castigating the British government for their despicable attempt to storm the Ecuadorean embassy in violation of the Vienna Convention and all decent diplomatic process to grab Julian Assange for his eventual deliverance to a US kangaroo court.

Every Swede should view Julian Assange's speech from his second floor perch at the Ecuadorean embassy in London today and ask their government why they won't interview Assange in his London Ecuadorean sanctuary about the sexual assault charges that mysteriously popped up after the Wikileaks revelations exploded, or why they won't guarantee his safety from Uncle Sam's tentacles should he answer the charges in Sweden.

Every Ecuadoran should view Julian Assange's speech from his second floor perch at the Ecuadorean embassy in London today and be thankful they live in a country that takes freedom of the press, human rights and the rule of law seriously in the face of overwhelming pressure from the bullies in Washington and London who care not a whit about them.

I viewed the speech and I stand with Julian Assange.

Also published in the Daily Herald, August 25, 2012