{"id":273633,"date":"2024-09-16T12:01:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=273633"},"modified":"2024-09-14T06:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T05:04:56","slug":"update-on-julian-assange-and-our-campaign-for-his-pardon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/09\/update-on-julian-assange-and-our-campaign-for-his-pardon\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Julian Assange and Our Campaign for His Pardon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_273634\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/assange-his-father-australia-whisteblowing.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273634\" class=\"wp-image-273634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/assange-his-father-australia-whisteblowing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/assange-his-father-australia-whisteblowing.png 740w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/assange-his-father-australia-whisteblowing-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-273634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julian and his father, John Shipton in Melbourne<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>12 Sep 2024 <\/em>&#8211; The need for a pardon to unwind the dangerous precedent set by Julian\u2019s conviction and enable him to move forward with his life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cTo gain his freedom back, he had to agree to become a convicted criminal. That has all types of restrictions on how he can make a living and support his family,\u201d<\/em> Gabriel Shipton, Julian\u2019s brother said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks to your efforts signing and sharing our <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.action.assangecampaign.org\/?pc=up1\" >open letter seeking a presidential pardon for Julian<\/a>, more than 15,000 people have now added their names.<\/p>\n<p>To further build momentum for a pardon before President Biden leaves the White House, Gabriel will travel to Washington DC later this month to meet with US lawmakers and activists. His visit will also coincide with Prime Minister Albanese\u2019s trip to the US.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe prime minister has a great relationship with President Biden, and he\u2019ll have the opportunity to raise this issue in a farewell call with him when it will be sitting on Biden\u2019s desk,\u201d<\/em> Gabriel said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a critical moment for people in Australia, the US, and the world to push for a pardon to ensure justice for Julian and press freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you can do\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SIGN AND SHARE THE OPEN LETTER \ud83d\udc49 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.action.assangecampaign.org\/?pc=up1\" >action.assangecampaign.org\/?pc=up1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenza.com\/2024\/09\/update-about-julian-assange-and-our-campaign-for-his-pardon\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; pressenza.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 Sep 2024 &#8211; \u201cTo gain his freedom back, he had to agree to become a convicted criminal. That has all types of restrictions on how he can make a living and support his family,\u201d Gabriel Shipton, Julian\u2019s brother said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":273634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[918,2163,1563,2574,378,651,234,2571,70,921,113],"class_list":["post-273633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-justice","tag-assange","tag-collateral-damage","tag-expose","tag-fbi","tag-journalism","tag-justice","tag-media","tag-official-lies-and-narratives","tag-usa","tag-whistleblowing","tag-wikileaks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273635,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273633\/revisions\/273635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}