[HN Gopher] UK National Union of Journalists call for Assange fr...
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       UK National Union of Journalists call for Assange freedom after
       kill/kidnap plan
        
       Author : mandmandam
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2021-10-01 14:41 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nuj.org.uk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nuj.org.uk)
        
       | londons_explore wrote:
       | If the British do release him, and these stories are true, I
       | don't give him much chance of escaping a determined CIA...
       | 
       | He'd die in a car crash, have a heart attack, or commit suicide
       | within a year if he stays in any western nation. His best chances
       | might very well be to stay in prison... Or move to Russia.
        
       | londons_explore wrote:
       | Is there any hard evidence of this plan though?
       | 
       | It's hard to tell a judge you ought to be released because of a
       | rumour...
        
         | r721 wrote:
         | Here's a critical look at the yahoo report for balance:
         | 
         | https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/09/26/the-yahoo-story-about-...
         | 
         | >And then well past paragraph 100, Yahoo admits the plans to
         | assassinate Assange went nowhere, in significant part because
         | doing so would be illegal.
        
         | mandmandam wrote:
         | If you don't consider "conversations with more than 30 former
         | U.S. officials" and the non-denial of Pompeo himself hard
         | enough evidence, then consider that your standard of proof
         | might be too high.
         | 
         | I'd remind you that we're talking about the assassination of a
         | foreign journalist for the crime of telling too much truth;
         | discussed at the highest levels of government. They don't video
         | record these discussions and live-stream them, so I don't know
         | what kind of proof you're asking for.
         | 
         | Here is the report, you can look at it for yourself:
         | https://news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-
         | london....
         | 
         | As for your assertion that something will happen to Assange if
         | he ever gets out of jail, you may well have a point. But being
         | slowly tortured to death in jail - the UN Rapporteur on
         | Torture's words - doesn't seem like a preferable alternative.
         | 
         | Finally, it's not Assange telling the judge that he ought to be
         | released because of a "rumour" (that is backed up by 30 senior
         | officials and not denied), it's the British National Union of
         | Journalists.
        
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