The assertion of Jules' fans is that he wont get a fair trial in the US. I am sure there are many eminent lawyers with a range of opinions on this matter. The US is seeking extradition of Assange because of evidence that he has committed criminal offences. The UK High Court has heard the extradition case and agrees that Assange has a case to answer and that it has no reason to refuse his extradition.

<Assange has the integrity and courage to face a fair trial.>

Well he sure fooled me into thinking he was a despicable coward. As for "establishment" Pell, he spent well over a year in the clink, presumably before his "establishment" mates in the High Court let him off, so obviously the Vic Court Judges are plebs. Boy, Jules' fans are sounding like closet Q Anoners. When Tom Hanks got covid on the Gold Coast, one of my work mates told me that he had really been arrested on paedophilia charges. When I asked about Tom's trial sometime later I got told that the rich and powerful are able to avoid facing justice. Just like George I guess.

There will always be a range of opinion on any matter, which is why we need a judicial process when the matter is possibly a criminal offence. Jules might be a golden boy to some, but to me he is a cowardly abusive narcissist with poo on his hands.

A "cowardly abusive narcissist" is a good description of this evil person whose true character we have been reminded of the the lowlifes who support him.

A "cowardly abusive narcissist" is a good description of this evil person whose true character we have been reminded of the the lowlifes who support him.
Posted by ttbn, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 7:54:14 AM

That comment from ttbn sounds like a good example of "what you say is what you are".

However, why are various other publishers not also being locked up and extradited with Assange?
I first heard about the secret information when it was published in print and television news media, none of which has ever been owned or controlled by Assange.

I personally would not do what Manning and Assange did but that's not the point.
The point is that Assange did not break any Law yet he is being held in a British jail, likely at Her Majesty's Pleasure, or has the military and judiciary taken over the UK?

I consider I owe my freedom to US citizens and their military who came so far to fight and win the bloody battles of WWII, but it's some other element of international society that's now chasing Assange.

In this day and age especially there is dire need to be honest and fair and humane, decent, and peaceful

Yes..* In this day and age especially there is dire need to be honest and fair and humane, decent, and peaceful..*(jf Aus,).

But the question of what becomes of Assange is much more broader than that: It involves the future of our own personal liberties and freedoms to both speak the truth, and to actually know the truth, all of it.

I think I’m not far off the mark to claim we are living in an invasive modern form of Dictatorship, and it’s called Democracy.

Our own leaders are part of the collusive leadership of it, and since the events leading to Assange and his future, we have witnessed the continuance of the duplicitous nature of our Democracy in many ways, apart from COVID strangulation of many Democratic rights and normal expectations surrounding our traditions of Democratic rule, we witnessed the Panama Papers with its spotlight on the scorch of the wealthy who live totally outside the realities of rule applicable to most of us.

It was those actions and outcomes of the surrogate rulers above, Assange was focused on, and it is those alone who are vindictively aligned against him now.
This is not Justice, it is pay-back.

Dan

<A "cowardly abusive narcissist" is a good description of this evil person whose true character we have been reminded of the the lowlifes who support him.>

I disagree that you can infer a person's character based on whether or not they believe Jules not guilty (or George for that matter). What I would suggest is that your belief in the guilt or innocence of someone might relate to whether you like them or not. So if you think Jules is a golden boy then a conspiracy of four countries, three judicial systems, as well as some embassy employees (certainly the cleaners), might be plausible. It might also seem plausible that golden boy Jules has been held at Her Majesty's pleasure for the past few years unlawfully.

I don't like Jules at all. I've known a few narcissists in my time and he ticks all the boxes. As for his guilt or innocence I think the best place to determine such a question is in court, not by the thumbs of his friends and foes. Pell didn't chicken out in the Vatican for several years, visited by a string of celebrities and regularly holding court to say he was being persecuted for being a Catholic priest and would not get a fair trial. He didn't take a bog in the Sistine Chapel and chuck his poo at the walls either.

I rang to thank Barnaby Joyce for advocating for Julian Assange's release and the dropping of the US charges. Barnaby spoke out while in the US showing some gumption, totally lacking in the PM. He called out the ridiculous charges made against JA most notably the fact that he published damning material supplied to Wikileaks of US war crimes as the journalists at the UK Guardian did. But also he said quite rightly that JA has not committed any crime in the UK and is being held against any semblance of justice. So although I would have many differences of political opinion with BJ on this one he has my full support.