#charges

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Journalists Speak Up For Julian Assange

https://speak-up-for-assange.org/journalists-speak-up-for-julian-assange/

'In 1898, French writer #ÉmileZola wrote the open letter J’accuse…! (I accuse) to warn about the #wrongful sentencing to life in prison of a military officer named Alfred Dreyfus on #espionage #charges. Zola’s stance entered #history books and still today stands for our duty to fight #miscarriages-of-justice and to hold the powerful to account. In a #democracy, #journalists can reveal #war-crimes and cases of #torture and #abuse without having to go to #jail. It is the very #role of the #press in a democracy.'

#julianassange #journalism #freepress #freespeech #wikileaks #georgeorwell #quote #dropthecharges #freeassange #humanrights #journalismisnotacrime

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