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If US President Joe Biden Believes Journalism Is Not a Crime, He'll Drop Charges Against Julian Assange (www.commondreams.org)

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“Journalism is not a crime!” declared Biden Saturday, as he put aside the evening’s punch lines for a serious show of solidarity with jailed and persecuted journalists around the world, including Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has been falsely accused of espionage by the Russians, and Austin Tice, a kidnapped American journalist who is believed to be held by the Syrian government.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm not a lawyer, but there appears to be a legal way as Biden's rival Robert Kennedy says.

Instead of championing free speech, the U.S. actively persecutes journalists and whistleblowers. I’ll pardon brave truth-tellers like Julian Assange and investigate the corruption and crimes they exposed. This isn’t the Soviet Union. The America I love doesn’t imprison dissidents.

Edit for addition: EFJ and its affiliates once again call on the UK authorities to release Julian Assange

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) passed on the initiative [of the Italian journalists’ union] to its affiliates in Europe: 19 of them decided to follow the Italian example and grant Julian Assange membership (or honorary membership) of their organisations. The EFJ and its affiliates once again call on the UK authorities to release Julian Assange.