Arthur Besse to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoJulian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extraditionwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square127arrow-up1361cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1361external-linkJulian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extraditionwww.bbc.comArthur Besse to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square127cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-square@ralphio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink102•1 year agoWhatever you think of Assange, you should know why the US government wants to prosecute him. He published this among other things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8xhH0FkCQg Context: that’s a US gunship firing on Reuters journalists among other civilians including kids.
minus-square@PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://www.piped.video/watch?v=A8xhH0FkCQg Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-square@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink5•1 year agoIsn’t it bonkers that they want to put him in jail for publishing a thing that is today hosted freely on YouTube?
minus-square@ralphio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 year agoIt’s definitely “why” they want to put him in jail regardless of what anti-journalism charges they hit him with.
minus-square@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink2•1 year agoI know, it’s about the conspiracy charge, it was a poorly worded musing.
Whatever you think of Assange, you should know why the US government wants to prosecute him. He published this among other things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8xhH0FkCQg
Context: that’s a US gunship firing on Reuters journalists among other civilians including kids.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/watch?v=A8xhH0FkCQg
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Isn’t it bonkers that they want to put him in jail for publishing a thing that is today hosted freely on YouTube?
What if I told you that’s not why at all.
It’s definitely “why” they want to put him in jail regardless of what anti-journalism charges they hit him with.
I know, it’s about the conspiracy charge, it was a poorly worded musing.
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