{"id":964617,"date":"2023-01-21T08:48:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T08:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=83230"},"modified":"2023-01-21T08:48:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T08:48:21","slug":"freedom-for-assange-and-journalism-are-at-stake-the-belmarsh-tribunal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/01\/21\/freedom-for-assange-and-journalism-are-at-stake-the-belmarsh-tribunal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Freedom for Assange and journalism are at stake\u2019 \u2013 the Belmarsh Tribunal"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANALYSIS:<\/strong> By Brett Wilkins<\/em><\/p>\n

As Julian Assange awaits the final appeal <\/a>of his looming extradition to the United States while languishing behind bars in London’s notorious Belmarsh Prison, leading left luminaries and free press advocates gathered in Washington, DC, on Friday for the fourth sitting of the Belmarsh Tribunal, where they called on US President Joe Biden to drop all charges against the WikiLeaks publisher.<\/p>\n

“From Ankara to Manila to Budapest to right here in the United States, state actors are cracking down on journalists, their sources, and their publishers in a globally coordinated campaign to disrupt the public’s access to information,” co-chair and Democracy Now! <\/em>host Amy Goodman<\/a> said during her opening remarks<\/a> at the National Press Club.<\/p>\n

“The Belmarsh Tribunal… pursues justice for journalists who are imprisoned or persecuted [and] publishers and whistleblowers who dare to reveal the crimes of our governments,” she said.<\/p>\n