20Jun 2022 by peacepeople

Free Julian Assange

FREE JULIAN ASSANGE, Julian Assange
The Peace People in Belfast call once again for the immediate release of Julian Assange.  We also appeal to other journalists to support Julian in his fight to expose the horrible mechanics of war. Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire expressed her sadness that Julian, who she has several times nominated for a Nobel Peace prize, should be subjected to this cruel extradition to the USA. The Peace People will hold a vigil on Thursday 23rd of June at 1pm at the wall there for Julian.  All welcome!!
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26Jan 2021 by peacepeople

A letter from Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire to President Biden. “Free Julian Assange & end the war on Yemen”

A letter from Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire to President Biden, FREE JULIAN ASSANGE, Julian Assange, Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire, Press, Press Release, Yemen
Mairead Maguire & other members of the Peace People delivered a letter to the U.S. Consulate General Belfast today. This letter was for President Joe Biden. The open letter is requesting the following: 1. Free Julian Assange 2. End the war on Yemen Mairead Maguire and Ann Patterson today calling for the freedom of Julian Assange and end the war on Yemen. Open Letter to President Joe Biden from Mairead Maguire - Nobel laureate. A letter from Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire to President Biden. To address the following requests: Dear Mr President Please accept my congratulations and best wishes in your work as President. I have two urgent requests to ask of you. l)  Free Julian Assange. Please do all you can to free Julian Assange and release him to let…
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17Apr 2019 by peacepeople

NI Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire collects journalism award on behalf of Julian Assange.

Julian Assange
Julian Assange has been awarded the 2019 European United Left-Nordic Green Left Award for Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information, WikiLeaks informed Tuesday. The award is given to individuals “uncovering the truth and exposing it to the public” and to honor “individuals or groups who have been intimidated and/or persecuted” for such actions. Thus recognizing Assange’s work through WikiLeaks. The prize is sponsored by European left-wing parliamentarians, who devised it in 2018 in honor of assassinated Maltese journalist Daphne Galizia. Nobel Peace prize winner (1976), Mairead Maguireh, received it on Assange’s behalf at an event in the European Parliament in France. Assange is a multi-award winning journalist, with more than 15 international recognitions for his work. The most outstanding awards are the 2008 New Media Award from The Economist, 2010 Time Person of the Year…
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11Apr 2019 by peacepeople

Julian Assange was dramatically arrested by British police today and dragged screaming from the Ecuadorian Embassy after seven years hiding inside.

Julian Assange
Julian Assange was dramatically arrested by British police today and dragged screaming from the Ecuadorian Embassy after seven years hiding inside.The pale and bearded WikiLeaks founder, 47, was pulled out in handcuffs as Ecuador withdrew its asylum status - ending Assange's 2,487 days holed up since 2012.As he was hauled from the building - looking grey and clutching Gore Vidal's History of the National Security State - he appeared to shout... "The UK has no civility" and "the UK must resist"
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