JULIAN Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, last week called
on the Unites States to end its "witch-hunt" against Wikileaks, in
his first public statement since entering Ecuador's
London embassy.
He also called for
the release of Bradley Manning, who is awaiting trial in the US
accused of leaking classified documents to the Wikileaks site.
Assange spoke from a
balcony at the embassy and thanked Ecuador's
president, who has granted him asylum. He faces extradition to Sweden
over sexual assault claims, which he denies.
He said US must also
stop its "war on whistleblowers," and added: “The United
States must vow that it will not seek to
prosecute our staff or our supporters.
"The United
States must pledge before the world that it
will not pursue journalists for shining a light on the secret crimes of the
powerful.
Assange also said the
United States
was facing a choice between re-affirming the "revolutionary values it was
founded on" or "dragging us all into a dangerous and oppressive world
in which journalists fall silent under the fear of prosecution and citizens
must whisper in the dark".
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