Even Julian Assanges lawyer has stated that the "sex" charges were a political stunt. Despite all risks, Julian Assange has offered to have a meeting with the police in UK. On the dawn of Christmas, Wikileaks founder is not allowed to return home to be with his family over Christmas as Australian authorities are looking into pathways to detain him too. Scotland yard has received a request by Swedish authorities to extradite Julian to Sweden. United States government has changed their law within the espionage act so that they can successfully prosecute Julian Assange. Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks has gained worldwide support from people from all walks of life. Its only a few who do not see or understand the impact right now that this case has on freedom of speech in the future.
Despite all of the spin, he has been able to prove deeply how United States government and others have engaged in war crimes, corruption and human rights abuses against everyday citizens. Exposing the truth is always the starting point to improving human rights as the evidence to prove them are often hidden away from the public eye. For the first time since the pentagon papers, the world has been able to really understand how deep the rabbit hole goes...How we have all been lied to.
The reward for a noble act? United States, Australia and Sweden have scraped around the garbage dump of "laws" that they can use to detain him. Detaining is of course in history, proven to be a remarkable method for governments to do what they wish behind closed doors. Its a place where the media cannot simply waltz in there and keep the spotlight on the authorities treatment. Most accounts of abuse are often told by the subject after the detainment where authorities can debate the occurrence or write it off as "before the reforms". Public reforms are a wonderful show when abuses happen to make it to the media and maintains the visage that governments are actually working to look after their people in a fair and transparent manner.
A brilliant example is the Australian government making a public apology for the stolen generation whilst initiating a very controversial program that only targeted indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.
This time, despite all of the threats by governments around the world, they risk losing worldwide support. In fact, they risk a great backlash. Supporters of Wikileaks are growing and are a majority, beyond the few trying to claw away at reviving the former regime. Everyone can at least think of one release that help the world understand that it was not the leak, but the act that was wrong. Government spokespeople on the issue have openly admitted that the Swedish court case is an opportunity for revenge. Many well respected reporters have put into perspective how the case is fraught with corruption and denial of justice. If governments do succeed in their ambitions of revenge, they will lose all support and any efforts to contain public reactions will also add to the outrage.
Governments must choose between saving face and destroying the messenger or doing the right thing and ensuring proper administration of natural justice. If they choose the latter, they have the opportunity to redeem themselves as responsible leaders with accountability for their past actions and the apologies they made have at least substance. The outcomes of their decisions also hang in the balance.
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