The launch of Julian Assange It represents “a victory for journalism and press freedom”, he said this Tuesday. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which considers that the editor of the WikiLeaks “not a single day should have passed” without freedom.
“We are enormously relieved to Julian Assange is finally free, a long-awaited victory for the journalism and press freedom”stated in a statement Rebecca VicenteRSF campaigns director.
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He added that “Nothing can undo the last 13 years, but it is never too late do the right thing and we welcome the Government’s move to U.S”.
Assange was released by the British authorities after 1,901 days in a maximum security prison, awaiting a decision on his extradition to USAand before that he spent seven years as a refugee in the embassy of Ecuador in London.
“This should never have happened not a single day deprived of your freedom for publishing information of public interest”he emphasized Vincent.
O Assange’s release came after years of actions and public campaigns in its favor, in which RSF has played a central role.
Representatives of the organization were able to visit him in the high security prison of Belmarsh and they handled his case directly with the Governments of the United States, United Kingdom and Australiafor “urge them to find a political solution”he remembered RSF.
“We will continue to campaign in support of journalists around the world who are targeted for their reporting on national security.Vincent assured.
The organization, based in Parisrecalled that, although the success of Assange’s campaigns “brings enormous relief” to his family and journalists around the world, the Australian editor He was deprived of liberty for 13 years “for the publication of true material of enormous public interest.”
Instead of, “there was no assumption of responsibility for the crimes exposed in the leaked documents” per WikiLeaksRSF lamented.
He also recalled that “On a personal level, the Assange’s arrest “This had a huge impact on his physical and mental health.”
Source: Elcomercio
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