Julian Assange Full Speech in Strasbourg (France)

I hadn't seen this speech. He states that he is only free because he made a deal that if he plead guilty to crimes they would free him.

October 1st, 2024 - Julian Assange Full Speech in
Strasbourg (France)

- 1st speech of Wikileaks founder since his June 24, 2024 release, after 1901 days in high security Belmarsh prison (south of London).

05:51 | When I founded WikiLeaks, it was driven by a simple dream : to educate people about how the world works, so that through understanding, we might bring about something better.

06:43 | When we published ‘Collateral murder’…

08:52 | Private first class Manning

10:21 | In February 2017, the landscape changed dramatically. President Trump had been elected. He appointed two wolves in MAGA hats : Mike Pompeo… as CIA director, and William Barr, a former CIA officer, as U.S. attorney general.

15:52 | By December 2017, CIA director Pompeo had got his way, and the U.S. government issued a warrant to the U.K. for my extradition. U.K. government kept the warrant secret from the public, for two more years…

19:38 | The fundamental issue is simple : journalists should not be prosecuted for doing their jobs. Journalism is not a crime. It is a pillar of a free and formed society.

20:50 | It’s heartening to know that in a world often divided by ideology and interests, there remains a shared commitment to the protection of essential human liberties.

21:19 | Let us all commit to doing our part to ensure that the light of freedom never dims, that the pursuit of truth will live on, and the voices of the many are not silenced by the interests of the few.