WikiLeaks founder to speak before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to give testimony about his years in prison.
The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assangewill speak next week before the Council of Europe and it will be his first public appearance after leaving prison in June after more than twelve years imprisoned in the United Kingdom.
Next Tuesday, the Australian will give his testimony before the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. His presentation will come after the Assembly itself publishes a report on “the implications of his detention and its broader effects on human rights, in particular the freedom of journalism.”
According to WikiLeaks, the text “confirms that Assange meets the requirements to be considered a political prisoner and calls on the UK to conduct an independent review to determine whether he was exposed to inhuman or degrading treatment.”
In turn, they pointed out that the report “analyzes how governments use both legal and extralegal measures to suppress cross-border dissentwhich poses a significant threat to press freedom and human rights.
In a statement, the Council of Europea 46-country organization dedicated to promoting human rights on that continent, confirmed Assange’s trip in anticipation of a hearing focused on “his arrest and conviction and its appalling impact on human rights.”
The sentencing of Julian Assange
Julian Assange was jailed in 2019 at Belmarsh prison in the UK and was released this June. He spent years fighting a extradition process to the United States for the publication in 2010 of hundreds of thousands of confidential documents from that country.
His supporters highlight him as a defender of freedom of expression and the journalism But its detractors argue that the publication of sensitive documents without censorship He put the lives of many people at risk and put the security of the United States at risk.
Since his release, Assange has not spoken publicly about the Twelve years he spent locked upfirst at the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid arrest and then at Belmarsh.
In June he was released under a agreement with the United States justice systemfor which he pleaded guilty to obtaining and disclosing national defense information.
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