In Ecuador, Political Actors Must Step Away From Ola Bini’s Case

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The clear vendetta against Assange, his colleagues (either direct or indirect), Wikileaks and publishers in general is a clear and present danger to the rule of law across the Western world.

Journalists, activists, publishers and security researchers are all being directly harassed and maligned by the US and its allies purely because Wikileaks revealed information the US would rather it hadn't. It's a disgusting affront to the rule of law.

Craig Murray's latest piece on the DNC lawsuit being thrown out is incredibly informative about exactly how this narrative is created and spun to turn people against WL and its affiliates / allies / peers.

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2019/08/in-the-world...

The article talks about this case being a political one, but they never make clear what political motivation is involved...

Makes sense to me. If they did, we'd be discussing the merit of those motivations and the ideas of each side. But that's the opposite of what they're trying to achieve. Until there's a reasonable court case happening, they concentrate on getting the politics away. A proper trial for Ola Bini is the goal and what people should be talking about first.

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