1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:23,057 --> 00:00:25,784 - This, is about the truth. 4 00:00:27,406 --> 00:00:29,236 - [Narrator] Some see a terrorist. 5 00:00:29,270 --> 00:00:31,548 - [Assange] The real story of this material, 6 00:00:31,583 --> 00:00:34,896 is it that's it's war, it's one damn thing after another. 7 00:00:37,140 --> 00:00:38,935 - [Narrator] Some see a journalist. 8 00:00:41,351 --> 00:00:44,354 The media would have you see an eccentric, 9 00:00:44,389 --> 00:00:47,461 weird and mysterious criminal. 10 00:00:47,495 --> 00:00:51,120 - In relation to my Wikileaks work, it goes on. 11 00:00:51,154 --> 00:00:53,363 - We have to recognize that we can no longer allow 12 00:00:53,398 --> 00:00:54,916 Assange and his colleagues. 13 00:00:54,951 --> 00:00:56,987 The latitude to use free speech values against us. 14 00:00:57,022 --> 00:00:59,093 - [Narrator] This is an unparalleled look of the journey, 15 00:00:59,128 --> 00:01:01,785 of how one man and his mission to empower the world 16 00:01:01,820 --> 00:01:03,753 with information became the target 17 00:01:03,787 --> 00:01:06,825 of the most powerful government in the world. 18 00:01:06,859 --> 00:01:10,863 - 10 days arbitrary detention in Wandsworth prison 19 00:01:10,898 --> 00:01:15,178 in solitary, 18 months house arrest in Norwich, 20 00:01:15,213 --> 00:01:17,422 Julian had to seek asylum. 21 00:01:17,456 --> 00:01:20,873 And was given asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy 22 00:01:20,908 --> 00:01:22,634 and that was seven and a half years. 23 00:01:22,668 --> 00:01:26,155 So 10 years of arbitrary detention. 24 00:01:26,189 --> 00:01:28,018 - What is happening here today. 25 00:01:28,053 --> 00:01:31,160 - [Crowd] What is happening here today 26 00:01:31,194 --> 00:01:34,404 - Is a culmination of dreams. 27 00:01:34,439 --> 00:01:37,373 - [Crowd] Is a culmination of dreams. 28 00:01:37,407 --> 00:01:39,823 - [Narrator] From coder to convict, 29 00:01:39,858 --> 00:01:42,067 this is the story of Julia Assange. 30 00:01:43,344 --> 00:01:46,106 One man in his fight for a fair trial, 31 00:01:47,176 --> 00:01:49,523 one man and his quest for truth. 32 00:01:58,773 --> 00:02:01,466 [dramatic music] 33 00:02:10,716 --> 00:02:12,925 In his teenage years living in Australia, 34 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,100 Julian Assange found himself in the center 35 00:02:15,135 --> 00:02:17,447 of a burgeoning technology driven world. 36 00:02:19,656 --> 00:02:21,382 With an affinity to computers, 37 00:02:21,417 --> 00:02:24,868 Assange began experimenting with coding and hacking. 38 00:02:24,903 --> 00:02:27,423 - What hacking is, is having the attitude 39 00:02:27,457 --> 00:02:29,079 of playful cleverness. 40 00:02:29,114 --> 00:02:30,529 Doesn't matter just what you're doing, 41 00:02:30,564 --> 00:02:33,187 you could be writing computer programs, writing music, 42 00:02:33,222 --> 00:02:35,845 sneaking around on the roof of a building 43 00:02:35,879 --> 00:02:39,159 where the authority say people aren't supposed to go 44 00:02:39,193 --> 00:02:42,265 or sneaking around abandoned subway tunnels. 45 00:02:42,300 --> 00:02:43,887 - Someone who is so interested in things, 46 00:02:43,922 --> 00:02:46,373 that they don't need to be pushed to investigate 47 00:02:46,407 --> 00:02:48,202 them rather thoroughly. 48 00:02:48,237 --> 00:02:52,033 - Well, hacker ethic is a series of principles, 49 00:02:52,068 --> 00:02:55,105 that I think the hackers that I have spoken to. 50 00:02:55,140 --> 00:02:58,661 No matter what generation seem to implicitly share, 51 00:02:58,695 --> 00:03:00,732 it's based around I guess a premise that, 52 00:03:03,597 --> 00:03:05,944 Your best off when you get your hands on things, 53 00:03:05,978 --> 00:03:06,772 to change them. 54 00:03:08,153 --> 00:03:09,568 It's a very active philosophy 55 00:03:11,087 --> 00:03:13,814 and is also based around a free flow of information. 56 00:03:13,848 --> 00:03:16,817 Information if not free should be as 57 00:03:16,851 --> 00:03:18,957 freely disseminated as possible. 58 00:03:20,372 --> 00:03:22,029 In the spirit of sharing, in the spirit of helping 59 00:03:22,063 --> 00:03:25,101 everyone else improve systems. 60 00:03:25,135 --> 00:03:27,345 - What is hacking all about? 61 00:03:27,379 --> 00:03:28,622 It's all about whatever it's to do 62 00:03:28,656 --> 00:03:31,107 It's everything you ever wanted a computer to be, 63 00:03:31,141 --> 00:03:34,283 It's making love, it's being aggressive, 64 00:03:35,629 --> 00:03:36,906 it's stalking into the unknown 65 00:03:36,940 --> 00:03:39,357 and seizing the unknown and kicking it. 66 00:03:39,391 --> 00:03:42,187 And finding out that is exactly what you did intend. 67 00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:44,948 - It was only really after I started talking to hackers 68 00:03:46,398 --> 00:03:49,815 from various time periods that I realized they share 69 00:03:51,852 --> 00:03:54,441 this philosophy to some degree in common. 70 00:03:54,475 --> 00:03:56,546 - [Narrator] The year is 1989. 71 00:03:56,581 --> 00:03:58,721 NASA are forced to delay a launch 72 00:03:58,755 --> 00:04:01,033 after becoming the victim of a hack. 73 00:04:01,068 --> 00:04:04,313 Wank worms against nuclear killers infiltrated 74 00:04:04,347 --> 00:04:06,625 the NASA servers with the first of its kind. 75 00:04:09,007 --> 00:04:10,388 A political message. 76 00:04:11,872 --> 00:04:14,771 [orchestral music] 77 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,123 You talk of times of peace for all and then prepare for war. 78 00:04:24,712 --> 00:04:26,645 Investigations link the hack to a group 79 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,303 of anonymous Melbourne hackers. 80 00:04:29,338 --> 00:04:31,098 Though no one has been found guilty. 81 00:04:31,132 --> 00:04:33,307 Julian was believed to be involved. 82 00:04:36,586 --> 00:04:39,002 [soft music] 83 00:04:45,837 --> 00:04:50,600 In 1993, Julian gave technical advice on two occasions 84 00:04:50,635 --> 00:04:53,879 to an Australian police child exploitation unit. 85 00:04:53,914 --> 00:04:56,572 Which in turn assisted them with putting child abusers 86 00:04:56,606 --> 00:04:58,332 and pornographers behind bars. 87 00:05:00,196 --> 00:05:02,612 [soft music] 88 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:09,550 Fast forward to 2006. 89 00:05:13,451 --> 00:05:16,350 After becoming embroiled in the mucky world of hacking. 90 00:05:16,385 --> 00:05:19,802 Assange saw the world with a veil pulled back. 91 00:05:19,836 --> 00:05:22,977 Eye witness to the contradiction between public statements 92 00:05:23,012 --> 00:05:25,877 and the truth that lay on the servers in the back room, 93 00:05:25,911 --> 00:05:28,604 Assange looked to change the status quo. 94 00:05:30,606 --> 00:05:34,437 Julian Assange founded a news organization in 2006. 95 00:05:34,472 --> 00:05:35,887 Aimed to publishing information 96 00:05:35,921 --> 00:05:37,613 that is in the public's interest. 97 00:05:37,647 --> 00:05:40,685 Built on the basis of not knowing who the source is. 98 00:05:43,619 --> 00:05:46,242 A mission of speaking truth to power. 99 00:05:48,278 --> 00:05:49,383 WikiLeaks became notorious in 100 00:05:49,418 --> 00:05:51,592 its first few years of publishing. 101 00:05:51,627 --> 00:05:54,940 Whistleblowers soon started anonymously sending Wikileaks 102 00:05:54,975 --> 00:05:58,461 sensitive and at times, classified information 103 00:05:58,496 --> 00:06:01,222 from organizations all over the globe. 104 00:06:01,257 --> 00:06:04,640 A blind eye could not be turned to the abuses of power 105 00:06:04,674 --> 00:06:07,125 that were being exposed year after year, 106 00:06:07,159 --> 00:06:09,990 by the newly founded news publishing organization. 107 00:06:11,923 --> 00:06:14,270 Revealing Guantanamo Bay procedures. 108 00:06:17,238 --> 00:06:18,930 Scientology documents. 109 00:06:19,862 --> 00:06:21,450 - With your help we're gonna win, 110 00:06:22,692 --> 00:06:24,970 - [Narrator] Exposing Sarah Palin's violation 111 00:06:25,005 --> 00:06:27,490 of public record laws at the 2008 US election. 112 00:06:28,871 --> 00:06:31,114 Extrajudicial killings in Kenya. 113 00:06:33,289 --> 00:06:35,602 The membership list of the hateful right wing 114 00:06:35,636 --> 00:06:37,189 British National Party, 115 00:06:40,020 --> 00:06:42,712 disclosing Barclays Bank tax avoidance, 116 00:06:44,127 --> 00:06:48,477 the internet censorship lists, revealed news of a serious 117 00:06:48,511 --> 00:06:51,514 nuclear accident in Iran caused by a cyber attack, 118 00:06:51,549 --> 00:06:55,035 hinting that a Stuxnet computer worm carried out the attack, 119 00:06:55,069 --> 00:06:57,934 a jointly built cyber weapon by the United States 120 00:06:57,969 --> 00:06:59,315 and Israel governments. 121 00:07:01,628 --> 00:07:04,941 And the harmful dumping of toxic substances in Africa, 122 00:07:04,976 --> 00:07:06,460 called the Minton report. 123 00:07:09,290 --> 00:07:12,949 Culminating in a debate still present in the WikiLeaks saga. 124 00:07:14,399 --> 00:07:16,850 Lawyers for the commodities giants Trafigura obtained 125 00:07:16,884 --> 00:07:19,473 a secret super injunction against the guardian 126 00:07:19,508 --> 00:07:22,890 for further publishing the contents of the Minton report. 127 00:07:22,925 --> 00:07:25,375 Bringing into question the privileges guaranteeing 128 00:07:25,410 --> 00:07:29,725 free speech established under the 1689 bill of rights, 129 00:07:29,759 --> 00:07:32,486 statutes that Wikileaks also upholds. 130 00:07:37,871 --> 00:07:40,356 March 15th, 2010. 131 00:07:40,390 --> 00:07:43,117 [dramatic music] 132 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:47,950 Wikileaks publishes a 32 page report, 133 00:07:47,984 --> 00:07:49,883 on themselves conducted in secret 134 00:07:49,917 --> 00:07:53,024 by the United States Department of Defense. 135 00:07:53,058 --> 00:07:56,406 For exposing human rights violations in Guantanamo Bay, 136 00:07:56,441 --> 00:07:58,201 the US equipment expenditure 137 00:07:58,236 --> 00:08:00,721 and the battle over the Iraqi town of Fallujah. 138 00:08:04,207 --> 00:08:06,106 Discussed in the document are ways in which 139 00:08:06,140 --> 00:08:09,972 the United States can deter any current or former insiders 140 00:08:10,006 --> 00:08:13,631 or whistleblowers, their security interests and the methods 141 00:08:13,665 --> 00:08:16,357 for marginalizing the Wikileaks organization. 142 00:08:17,704 --> 00:08:21,639 Julian was in view, but what transpired next 143 00:08:21,673 --> 00:08:24,780 would put a target on his back. 144 00:08:26,264 --> 00:08:28,231 April 5th 2010. 145 00:08:29,612 --> 00:08:32,097 Julian Assange caught the eye of most Americans 146 00:08:32,132 --> 00:08:35,791 when Wikileaks published the collateral murder video. 147 00:08:35,825 --> 00:08:38,828 Sending tremors that could be felt on Capitol Hill. 148 00:08:41,866 --> 00:08:45,145 Leaked by an anonymous member of military personnel, 149 00:08:45,179 --> 00:08:48,907 the video shows the purported murder of a dozen Iraqi men, 150 00:08:48,942 --> 00:08:51,323 amongst them two journalists, 151 00:08:51,358 --> 00:08:53,429 part of the Reuters news agency. 152 00:08:56,328 --> 00:09:00,367 On the 12th of July 2007, having been unable to identify 153 00:09:00,401 --> 00:09:03,991 small arms fire in a Baghdad suburb, the United states 154 00:09:04,026 --> 00:09:06,856 deployed two Apache helicopters to investigate. 155 00:09:08,271 --> 00:09:11,136 Through the cross hairs, we see the lead up to the incident. 156 00:09:11,171 --> 00:09:14,692 The supposed misidentification of cameras as firearms, 157 00:09:14,726 --> 00:09:17,660 the subsequent firing on unarmed civilians, 158 00:09:17,695 --> 00:09:19,938 including the targeting of a truck coming 159 00:09:19,973 --> 00:09:21,561 to the aid of the wounded men. 160 00:09:22,872 --> 00:09:26,289 Two young girls were also in the truck. 161 00:09:26,324 --> 00:09:29,085 [dramatic music] 162 00:09:31,398 --> 00:09:33,814 - Some of the morning papers. 163 00:09:35,057 --> 00:09:37,162 So this is the Guardian from this morning, 164 00:09:38,405 --> 00:09:41,581 putting pages about this topic, 165 00:09:42,754 --> 00:09:47,759 also concurrently in Der Spiegel 17 pages, 166 00:09:49,243 --> 00:09:50,693 the New York Times, I'm not sure how many International 167 00:09:50,728 --> 00:09:53,593 Herald Tribune and I believe the telegraph also has it. 168 00:09:53,627 --> 00:09:56,699 - July 25th 2010. 169 00:09:56,734 --> 00:09:59,184 Nickname to the Afghan war diary, 170 00:09:59,219 --> 00:10:03,154 WikiLeaks releases over 92,000 documents to The Guardian, 171 00:10:03,188 --> 00:10:06,882 The New York Times and German publication Der Spiegel. 172 00:10:06,916 --> 00:10:09,678 Disclosing friendly fire and civilian casualty incidents 173 00:10:09,712 --> 00:10:14,717 in the war in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2009. 174 00:10:14,890 --> 00:10:16,788 The scale of which can be compared 175 00:10:16,823 --> 00:10:19,239 to the 1970s Pentagon papers. 176 00:10:19,273 --> 00:10:21,793 - There's no doubt in my mind, no doubt in my mind. 177 00:10:21,828 --> 00:10:23,381 We'll bring Al Queda to justice, 178 00:10:23,415 --> 00:10:25,245 peace or no peace in the Middle East. 179 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:31,665 - We're familiar with groups whose abuse we expose, 180 00:10:31,700 --> 00:10:35,669 attempting to criticize the messenger to distract 181 00:10:35,704 --> 00:10:38,603 from the power of the message. 182 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:43,573 We have tried hard to make sure that this material does not 183 00:10:45,334 --> 00:10:47,198 put innocents at harm. 184 00:10:49,165 --> 00:10:53,100 - [Narrator] Four days later, a 1.4 gigabyte insurance file 185 00:10:53,135 --> 00:10:54,930 was added to the page. 186 00:10:54,964 --> 00:10:57,760 Fearing that Assange or Wikileaks were in danger, 187 00:10:57,795 --> 00:11:00,798 the decryption for the insurance file would be released 188 00:11:00,832 --> 00:11:02,662 if either got in harm's way. 189 00:11:04,767 --> 00:11:06,355 - I'm often asked this question, 190 00:11:07,528 --> 00:11:10,324 what is the most single damning revelation? 191 00:11:10,359 --> 00:11:13,742 What is the thing that is easily capturable, 192 00:11:13,776 --> 00:11:16,089 the single event, the single personality, 193 00:11:16,123 --> 00:11:17,435 the single mass killing. 194 00:11:18,919 --> 00:11:21,819 That is not the real story of this material. 195 00:11:21,853 --> 00:11:25,270 The real story of this material is that it's war. 196 00:11:25,305 --> 00:11:27,963 It's one damn thing after another. 197 00:11:27,997 --> 00:11:32,484 It's clear that it will shape an understanding of what 198 00:11:32,519 --> 00:11:34,694 the past six years of war has been like. 199 00:11:35,833 --> 00:11:40,630 And that the cause of the war needs to change 200 00:11:40,665 --> 00:11:43,495 the manner in which it needs to change is not yet clear. 201 00:11:43,530 --> 00:11:45,359 - These documents are going to have to be poured 202 00:11:45,394 --> 00:11:48,673 through, analyzed and making sure that they then match up 203 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:52,021 with the media reports and what ISAF has been telling us 204 00:11:52,056 --> 00:11:53,333 about civilian casualties. 205 00:11:53,367 --> 00:11:55,645 - It is the most comprehensive history of a war 206 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:59,304 to have ever been published during the course of a war. 207 00:12:02,238 --> 00:12:04,654 - [Narrator] Intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, 208 00:12:04,689 --> 00:12:09,452 formally Bradley Manning was arrested on May 27th 2010. 209 00:12:09,487 --> 00:12:14,285 By March of 2011, Manning was charged with 22 violations. 210 00:12:14,319 --> 00:12:17,253 The most serious of which was aiding the enemy, 211 00:12:17,288 --> 00:12:19,324 punishable by a death sentence. 212 00:12:23,156 --> 00:12:26,746 Concerns by the Obama administration fueled political debate 213 00:12:26,780 --> 00:12:28,989 on the basis of stolen government property 214 00:12:29,024 --> 00:12:31,405 and the unredacted disclosure of Afghans 215 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,788 acting as informers potentially putting lives at risk. 216 00:12:38,067 --> 00:12:40,794 WikiLeaks held back on releasing all of the files 217 00:12:40,829 --> 00:12:42,002 in order to review 218 00:12:42,037 --> 00:12:44,660 and redact the sources of the information. 219 00:12:44,694 --> 00:12:47,249 WikiLeaks in an attempt to morph the method 220 00:12:47,283 --> 00:12:50,079 requested help from the Pentagon and human rights groups 221 00:12:50,114 --> 00:12:54,256 to aid in redacting the names that receive no assistance. 222 00:12:54,290 --> 00:12:55,222 - Right over here. 223 00:12:57,984 --> 00:12:58,881 - Why are we here? 224 00:13:01,159 --> 00:13:03,368 - [Narrator] The monumental leak was surpassed by 225 00:13:03,403 --> 00:13:06,371 what the Pentagon described as the largest leak 226 00:13:06,406 --> 00:13:09,616 of classified documents in US military history, 227 00:13:09,650 --> 00:13:11,618 dubbed the Iraq war logs. 228 00:13:14,276 --> 00:13:17,831 The release made in October 2010, by Assange's Wikileaks 229 00:13:17,866 --> 00:13:20,489 disclosed just under 400,000. 230 00:13:20,523 --> 00:13:22,077 - [Assange] Because we don't have much time, 231 00:13:22,111 --> 00:13:23,285 I won't speak for long. 232 00:13:23,319 --> 00:13:24,148 But, 233 00:13:29,015 --> 00:13:29,947 this disclosure, 234 00:13:31,258 --> 00:13:32,846 is about the truth. 235 00:13:34,227 --> 00:13:36,677 Philip Knightley, the great investigative reporter 236 00:13:36,712 --> 00:13:41,406 an Australian, who for the past 30 or 40 years, 237 00:13:41,441 --> 00:13:44,616 has made the UK his home said, 238 00:13:45,755 --> 00:13:48,931 that the first casualty of war is the truth. 239 00:13:50,588 --> 00:13:53,556 But the attack on the truth by war 240 00:13:53,591 --> 00:13:56,145 begins long before war starts 241 00:13:56,180 --> 00:13:59,321 and continues long after a war ends. 242 00:14:01,047 --> 00:14:05,223 In our release of these 400,000 documents, 243 00:14:05,258 --> 00:14:07,777 about the Iraq war, 244 00:14:09,262 --> 00:14:13,266 the intimate detail of that war from the US perspective. 245 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,718 Iraq, as we can see, 246 00:14:17,753 --> 00:14:20,825 was a bloodbath on every corner 247 00:14:22,275 --> 00:14:23,138 of that country. 248 00:14:24,622 --> 00:14:27,521 They stated aims for going into that war, 249 00:14:27,556 --> 00:14:29,661 of improving the human rights situation, 250 00:14:29,696 --> 00:14:31,905 improving the rule of law. 251 00:14:34,149 --> 00:14:35,426 Did not eventuate. 252 00:14:36,565 --> 00:14:39,361 [dramatic music] 253 00:14:39,395 --> 00:14:41,259 - In any human disaster, finding out who died 254 00:14:41,294 --> 00:14:45,643 and how they died is the overriding public concern. 255 00:14:45,677 --> 00:14:47,817 For seven years on the public does not have a full account 256 00:14:47,852 --> 00:14:49,923 of the terrible human cost 257 00:14:49,958 --> 00:14:52,581 of this ongoing Iraq war to the Iraqi people. 258 00:14:52,615 --> 00:14:56,343 What we have instead, is anincomplete patchwork of stories, 259 00:14:56,378 --> 00:14:59,208 pictures and data gathered by different organizations 260 00:14:59,243 --> 00:15:00,692 for different purposes. 261 00:15:00,727 --> 00:15:04,041 Often published one day and forgotten the next. 262 00:15:04,075 --> 00:15:06,215 - [Narrator] Other news publishers ran with the story 263 00:15:06,250 --> 00:15:08,977 focusing on the claims that the United States government 264 00:15:09,011 --> 00:15:12,325 had ignored torture reports and the unreported concealment 265 00:15:12,359 --> 00:15:14,706 of 15,000 civilian deaths. 266 00:15:16,260 --> 00:15:18,262 Wikileaks was fast becoming one 267 00:15:18,296 --> 00:15:20,229 of the most dangerous websites. 268 00:15:21,437 --> 00:15:23,163 And the man behind it was now the enemy 269 00:15:23,198 --> 00:15:25,752 of the most powerful authority in the world. 270 00:15:27,202 --> 00:15:29,066 The United States government. 271 00:15:33,622 --> 00:15:36,728 Unearthed during the Manning trial in December 2011, 272 00:15:36,763 --> 00:15:40,629 Manning had used IRC and Java encrypted internet 273 00:15:40,663 --> 00:15:44,081 conferencing services to contact an anonymous member 274 00:15:44,115 --> 00:15:46,462 of Wikileaks believed to be Assange. 275 00:15:47,774 --> 00:15:51,019 Julian dismissed the allegations as absolute nonsense. 276 00:15:52,399 --> 00:15:54,988 The United States began their investigation of Assange 277 00:15:55,023 --> 00:15:57,473 and Wikileaks looking to prosecute under 278 00:15:57,508 --> 00:15:59,855 the Espionage Act of 1917, 279 00:15:59,889 --> 00:16:02,030 for seeking out classified information. 280 00:16:03,410 --> 00:16:06,310 On the contrary, no evidence was found that Assange 281 00:16:06,344 --> 00:16:09,244 offered Manning any direction in her leaks, 282 00:16:09,278 --> 00:16:12,040 raising serious questions around press freedom 283 00:16:12,074 --> 00:16:13,765 and first amendment rights. 284 00:16:22,705 --> 00:16:25,536 During a visit to Sweden, Assange became the subject 285 00:16:25,570 --> 00:16:28,573 of allegations that would hang over him for years to come. 286 00:16:31,369 --> 00:16:32,992 Two women claimed to have been 287 00:16:33,026 --> 00:16:35,649 sexually assaulted by Assange. 288 00:16:35,684 --> 00:16:39,722 Questioning ensued only for the case to be suddenly closed. 289 00:16:41,448 --> 00:16:43,830 Julian was allowed to leave the country. 290 00:16:45,314 --> 00:16:49,008 One week later, the investigation is reinstated. 291 00:16:49,042 --> 00:16:52,459 Looking to resolve the issue, Assange asks to be interviewed 292 00:16:52,494 --> 00:16:54,358 before he leaves the country. 293 00:16:54,392 --> 00:16:56,291 But was told he may leave without one. 294 00:16:57,637 --> 00:17:00,847 Some months on after crossing the Swedish border, 295 00:17:00,881 --> 00:17:03,884 authorities issue an Interpol arrest warrant, 296 00:17:03,919 --> 00:17:06,542 ordering the detention of the man who'd exposed 297 00:17:06,577 --> 00:17:08,406 wrongdoings around the globe. 298 00:17:09,545 --> 00:17:11,616 The warrant was lowered to suspicion of rape 299 00:17:11,651 --> 00:17:13,377 of rape of a lesser degree. 300 00:17:13,411 --> 00:17:16,380 Assange's legal team argued that there was no such thing as 301 00:17:16,414 --> 00:17:19,624 a minor rape, and that the allegations made do not need 302 00:17:19,659 --> 00:17:22,317 the European legal definition of rape. 303 00:17:23,766 --> 00:17:26,355 Further efforts by Assange to be questioned in Britain 304 00:17:26,390 --> 00:17:29,255 where he had been residing for two months were denied. 305 00:17:34,018 --> 00:17:37,297 Assange's next battle to fight an extradition hearing 306 00:17:37,332 --> 00:17:40,645 to be sent back to Sweden, fearing a further extradition 307 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,096 to the United States where he faces possible 308 00:17:43,131 --> 00:17:45,512 life imprisonment or the death penalty. 309 00:17:45,547 --> 00:17:48,274 [sirens blaring] 310 00:17:52,140 --> 00:17:54,314 December 7th 2010. 311 00:17:56,420 --> 00:17:59,250 Assange hands himself in to British police. 312 00:18:00,907 --> 00:18:02,874 - They've verified his identity. 313 00:18:02,909 --> 00:18:05,601 They're satisfied that he is the real Julian Assange, 314 00:18:05,636 --> 00:18:07,431 and we're now ready to go into the court. 315 00:18:07,465 --> 00:18:09,329 Many people believe Mr. Assange 316 00:18:09,364 --> 00:18:11,366 to be innocent, myself included. 317 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,540 And many people believe that 318 00:18:13,575 --> 00:18:16,336 this prosecution is politically motivated. 319 00:18:17,889 --> 00:18:21,479 [police officers shouting] 320 00:18:26,208 --> 00:18:27,830 - [Plato] I think he's got a chance, yes. 321 00:18:27,865 --> 00:18:29,522 I fancy him, I do. 322 00:18:30,661 --> 00:18:32,973 I don't think it's open and shut. 323 00:18:33,008 --> 00:18:35,424 At this point I'm not convinced 324 00:18:35,459 --> 00:18:36,770 that he has committed a crime 325 00:18:36,805 --> 00:18:38,876 in the United States. 326 00:18:38,910 --> 00:18:42,155 [crowd shouting] 327 00:18:42,190 --> 00:18:45,952 - Today, we learned for the very first time information 328 00:18:45,986 --> 00:18:48,472 about the allegations that are being made 329 00:18:48,506 --> 00:18:49,680 from Sweden about him. 330 00:18:49,714 --> 00:18:51,509 There are no charges, still no charges. 331 00:18:51,544 --> 00:18:53,097 He's only wanted for questioning. 332 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,375 And we still haven't seen the allegations. 333 00:18:55,410 --> 00:18:58,102 - [Mark] And people have understood for the very first time 334 00:18:58,137 --> 00:19:00,691 that there is something wrong here. 335 00:19:00,725 --> 00:19:02,175 It's not in the state of Denmark, 336 00:19:02,210 --> 00:19:03,625 it's in the state of Sweden, 337 00:19:03,659 --> 00:19:06,352 and I think people are starting to stand up and be counted. 338 00:19:06,386 --> 00:19:09,734 We saw five very brave and honorable people stand up today 339 00:19:09,769 --> 00:19:10,942 to be sure it is for him, 340 00:19:10,977 --> 00:19:13,773 four of them didn't know who he was, 341 00:19:13,807 --> 00:19:15,050 but were prepared to do so. 342 00:19:15,084 --> 00:19:17,017 Because they believed in his innocence, 343 00:19:17,052 --> 00:19:19,537 believed this to be wrong and I think they are but the tip 344 00:19:19,572 --> 00:19:22,091 of an iceberg and I do believe this will go viral. 345 00:19:23,852 --> 00:19:27,338 - Any journalist, who feels anything about what we do, 346 00:19:27,373 --> 00:19:29,961 should be supporting him 100%. 347 00:19:29,996 --> 00:19:33,137 I think the charges against him are outrageous. 348 00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:34,276 - [Reporter] Why? 349 00:19:34,311 --> 00:19:35,553 - [Reporter] What's the next step. 350 00:19:35,588 --> 00:19:37,590 - Because if you look at the case in Sweden, 351 00:19:38,625 --> 00:19:41,904 you know, as I've said the chief prosecutor in Sweden 352 00:19:41,939 --> 00:19:46,944 throughout this case, in effect declared it ridiculous. 353 00:19:48,325 --> 00:19:50,982 And it was brought back only after the intervention 354 00:19:51,017 --> 00:19:53,295 of a senior right wing politician. 355 00:19:53,330 --> 00:19:54,814 - [Reporter] Who was that sir? 356 00:19:56,264 --> 00:19:57,886 - That will do. 357 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:01,924 - Finally, after two hours, we've heard 358 00:20:01,959 --> 00:20:05,721 that the Swedes won't abide by the umpires decision. 359 00:20:05,756 --> 00:20:10,001 They clearly will not spare any expense, 360 00:20:10,036 --> 00:20:13,073 but to keep Mr. Assange in jail. 361 00:20:13,108 --> 00:20:15,766 This is really turning into a show trial. 362 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,081 [dramatic music] 363 00:20:27,502 --> 00:20:29,676 - [Crowd] Free Julian now. 364 00:20:30,919 --> 00:20:32,231 Free Julian now. 365 00:20:33,162 --> 00:20:33,956 [dramatic music] 366 00:20:33,991 --> 00:20:35,303 Free Julian now. 367 00:20:39,134 --> 00:20:42,482 - The fact that Julian Assange was refused bail, 368 00:20:42,517 --> 00:20:46,141 was a gross injustice and that has been corrected. 369 00:20:46,175 --> 00:20:48,695 - [John] Today in a limited way. 370 00:20:53,148 --> 00:20:57,601 - I think the attempt is designed to discredit 371 00:20:58,671 --> 00:21:02,088 Assange, his credibility, his morals, 372 00:21:02,122 --> 00:21:06,299 in order to discredit Wikileaks as an organization. 373 00:21:07,438 --> 00:21:09,302 But every organization is larger 374 00:21:09,337 --> 00:21:11,856 than a single person within it. 375 00:21:11,891 --> 00:21:13,927 And WikiLeaks will survive whatever, 376 00:21:13,962 --> 00:21:16,930 so it was a foolish decision to try and discredit him. 377 00:21:19,347 --> 00:21:22,281 - During my time in solitary confinement, 378 00:21:23,972 --> 00:21:26,595 in the bottom of a Victorian prison. 379 00:21:28,183 --> 00:21:33,188 I had time to reflect on the conditions, 380 00:21:34,362 --> 00:21:36,743 of those people around the world, 381 00:21:38,262 --> 00:21:41,023 also in solitary confinement, 382 00:21:41,058 --> 00:21:43,336 also on remand, 383 00:21:43,371 --> 00:21:47,340 in conditions that are more difficult 384 00:21:47,375 --> 00:21:49,031 than those faced by me. 385 00:21:50,205 --> 00:21:51,102 I hope to continue 386 00:21:52,897 --> 00:21:55,831 my work and continue, 387 00:21:55,866 --> 00:21:58,282 to protest my innocence in this matter, 388 00:21:59,214 --> 00:22:02,079 and to reveal as we get it, 389 00:22:02,113 --> 00:22:05,220 which we have not yet the evidence 390 00:22:05,254 --> 00:22:07,705 from these allegations, thank you. 391 00:22:09,845 --> 00:22:12,538 [dramatic music] 392 00:22:23,307 --> 00:22:25,378 - I don't have too many fears about being extradited 393 00:22:25,413 --> 00:22:27,967 to Sweden there are much bigger concerns 394 00:22:28,001 --> 00:22:30,141 about being extradited to the United States. 395 00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:33,213 [dramatic music] 396 00:22:33,248 --> 00:22:36,251 Those who have been following the case will have heard 397 00:22:37,425 --> 00:22:39,703 time and time again repeated statements, 398 00:22:39,737 --> 00:22:43,603 that no evidence needs to be presented, 399 00:22:43,638 --> 00:22:45,398 In this case by the prosecution. 400 00:22:46,675 --> 00:22:48,988 To extradite me no evidence is needed 401 00:22:49,022 --> 00:22:51,266 under European arrest warrant. 402 00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:52,785 In relation to my bail application, 403 00:22:52,819 --> 00:22:55,097 they said they did not need to present any evidence. 404 00:22:55,132 --> 00:22:58,618 In Sweden, every single court hearing has been in secret, 405 00:22:58,653 --> 00:23:01,690 and we still have not been provided with the evidence. 406 00:23:01,725 --> 00:23:03,658 Either provided with not a single page 407 00:23:04,866 --> 00:23:06,695 of information in English whatsoever. 408 00:23:08,628 --> 00:23:11,562 - [Assange] Ambassadors were tasked by Hillary Clinton 409 00:23:11,597 --> 00:23:15,083 to engage in espionage behavior. 410 00:23:15,117 --> 00:23:16,671 And that is not the first paper 411 00:23:16,705 --> 00:23:18,535 we have released on that subject, 412 00:23:18,569 --> 00:23:19,674 more serious ones, including tasking 413 00:23:19,708 --> 00:23:24,541 - [Assange] ambassadors to steal the DNA 414 00:23:25,921 --> 00:23:28,303 of leaders of human rights organizations in South America. 415 00:23:29,235 --> 00:23:31,651 Including stealing the DNA 416 00:23:31,686 --> 00:23:34,447 of members of the UN Security Council 417 00:23:34,482 --> 00:23:36,138 and even Ban-Ki Moon. 418 00:23:37,277 --> 00:23:38,658 So that's a, 419 00:23:38,693 --> 00:23:40,384 a serious change. 420 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:43,007 I don't believe that has always been the case. 421 00:23:43,042 --> 00:23:46,839 - Cause embassies have always been a host for espionage. 422 00:23:46,873 --> 00:23:49,289 But diplomats have not always been 423 00:23:49,324 --> 00:23:52,465 tasked to conduct espionage. 424 00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:54,847 That seems to be a change and that seems to be 425 00:23:56,020 --> 00:23:58,747 representative of a gradual shift 426 00:23:58,782 --> 00:24:01,163 to a lack of rule of law. 427 00:24:02,510 --> 00:24:05,064 - [Assange] In US institutions that needs to be exposed 428 00:24:05,098 --> 00:24:07,031 and that we have been exposing. 429 00:24:07,066 --> 00:24:08,447 - And that other journalists 430 00:24:09,827 --> 00:24:10,966 have been helping us to expose, 431 00:24:11,001 --> 00:24:12,968 and which is something that I believe 432 00:24:13,003 --> 00:24:15,592 that the US public does not support, 433 00:24:15,626 --> 00:24:17,490 the Australian public does not support, 434 00:24:17,525 --> 00:24:19,561 the British public does not support, 435 00:24:19,596 --> 00:24:21,494 the Swedish public does not support. 436 00:24:21,529 --> 00:24:23,496 We don't engage in actual decisions. 437 00:24:23,531 --> 00:24:27,500 We have written policy for our public decisions 438 00:24:27,535 --> 00:24:28,984 and that keeps us accountable 439 00:24:29,019 --> 00:24:31,504 and we think that is the way forward in journalism. 440 00:24:31,539 --> 00:24:33,679 That all news organizations should follow. 441 00:24:35,059 --> 00:24:37,545 - I think that has to do Julian, because we are a bit late. 442 00:24:37,579 --> 00:24:38,511 - Okay. 443 00:24:38,546 --> 00:24:39,650 - [Reporter] One final question. 444 00:24:39,685 --> 00:24:41,583 - I'm under house arrest sir, I gotta go. 445 00:24:44,068 --> 00:24:45,898 - [Narrator] With some high profile celebrities 446 00:24:45,932 --> 00:24:47,382 and friends backing him. 447 00:24:47,416 --> 00:24:49,349 Julian was able to pay the exorbitant 448 00:24:49,384 --> 00:24:52,283 bail price of 240,000 pounds. 449 00:24:53,595 --> 00:24:56,080 And was even offered sanctuary by former Army officer 450 00:24:56,115 --> 00:24:58,497 and war correspondent Vaughn Smith. 451 00:24:59,394 --> 00:25:01,810 - Well, I mean, there's a saying about battlefield friendship. 452 00:25:01,845 --> 00:25:04,054 So it's the depth of the trench rather than the length 453 00:25:04,088 --> 00:25:05,538 of time you've been living in it. 454 00:25:05,573 --> 00:25:08,783 And, if you've, you know, if you experience things 455 00:25:08,817 --> 00:25:10,992 with people you get to know them well, 456 00:25:11,026 --> 00:25:12,303 and you don't necessarily have 457 00:25:12,338 --> 00:25:14,478 to have known them a long time. 458 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:15,617 [reporters asking question] 459 00:25:15,652 --> 00:25:17,136 - I will speak with you for hours. 460 00:25:19,725 --> 00:25:21,761 - [Assange] Very nice to be free for Christmas 461 00:25:21,796 --> 00:25:25,489 and to smell the fresh air of Norfolk. 462 00:25:27,595 --> 00:25:31,184 Solitary confinement in the bottom of Victorian prison is 463 00:25:32,565 --> 00:25:35,395 a significant experience in a way. 464 00:25:35,430 --> 00:25:37,812 It's an experience I'm glad that I've had. 465 00:25:37,846 --> 00:25:40,987 I've never been in prison, but I think it is important 466 00:25:41,022 --> 00:25:45,613 for every journalist actually writing about serious matters 467 00:25:45,647 --> 00:25:48,477 to be in a prison, 468 00:25:48,512 --> 00:25:51,929 to understand what it is like for people in prison, 469 00:25:53,206 --> 00:25:54,449 around the world. 470 00:25:54,483 --> 00:25:58,315 Clearing my name is not the highest task I have, 471 00:25:58,349 --> 00:26:03,354 the highest task I have, is to continue on with my work. 472 00:26:04,770 --> 00:26:08,394 We have also heard today from one of my US lawyers, 473 00:26:09,602 --> 00:26:11,431 yet to be confirmed but a serious matter 474 00:26:11,466 --> 00:26:15,090 that they may be a US indictment 475 00:26:15,125 --> 00:26:17,783 for espionage for me 476 00:26:17,817 --> 00:26:22,166 coming from a secret US grand jury investigation. 477 00:26:22,201 --> 00:26:23,512 - [Narrator] The backdrop for the world's 478 00:26:23,547 --> 00:26:25,963 most wanted house guest. 479 00:26:25,998 --> 00:26:28,034 The picturesque Norfolk Manor, 480 00:26:28,069 --> 00:26:28,897 that is 481 00:26:31,244 --> 00:26:32,073 Ellingham Hall. 482 00:26:34,662 --> 00:26:37,561 - Very nice to be amongst good friends, 483 00:26:37,596 --> 00:26:40,426 you know fresh snow in the English countryside, 484 00:26:41,738 --> 00:26:45,811 to have my first Martini in a long time. 485 00:26:45,845 --> 00:26:48,641 So very good, of course we have to understand 486 00:26:48,676 --> 00:26:51,989 that I am practically under house arrest. 487 00:26:52,024 --> 00:26:53,646 But of course personally it's a big 488 00:26:53,681 --> 00:26:55,855 improvement compared to being 489 00:26:55,890 --> 00:26:59,341 in the basement in solitary confinement. 490 00:26:59,376 --> 00:27:02,621 Where has been many calls by senior political 491 00:27:02,655 --> 00:27:06,107 figures in the United States, including the elected ones 492 00:27:06,141 --> 00:27:10,629 in the Senate for my execution, the kidnapping of my staff, 493 00:27:10,663 --> 00:27:13,942 the execution of the young soldier Bradley Manning. 494 00:27:16,220 --> 00:27:18,913 This has been a very successful 495 00:27:19,776 --> 00:27:22,261 smear campaign so far. 496 00:27:22,295 --> 00:27:25,057 But I think it's days are numbered 497 00:27:25,091 --> 00:27:27,266 and people are starting to wonder 498 00:27:28,405 --> 00:27:30,959 is what is claimed really true 499 00:27:30,994 --> 00:27:33,790 and if it is true, where's the evidence? 500 00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:58,884 - [Assange] For the past five and a half months, 501 00:27:58,918 --> 00:28:01,300 we have been in a condition 502 00:28:01,334 --> 00:28:05,373 where a black box has been applied to my life 503 00:28:06,754 --> 00:28:09,549 and on the outside of that black box, 504 00:28:10,412 --> 00:28:13,036 has been written the word rape. 505 00:28:15,210 --> 00:28:16,798 That box is now, 506 00:28:18,041 --> 00:28:21,769 thanks to an open court process being opened. 507 00:28:24,599 --> 00:28:28,189 And I hope over the next day, 508 00:28:28,223 --> 00:28:31,019 we will see that, that box 509 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:34,436 is in fact empty. 510 00:28:35,852 --> 00:28:39,614 And has nothing to do with the words, 511 00:28:39,648 --> 00:28:41,443 that are on the outside of it. 512 00:28:43,756 --> 00:28:45,344 [thunder-clap] 513 00:28:45,378 --> 00:28:46,552 - I challenge you Marianne Ny. 514 00:28:46,586 --> 00:28:49,969 Marianne Ny, come to London, come on Friday, 515 00:28:50,004 --> 00:28:53,076 subject yourself to the cross examination 516 00:28:53,110 --> 00:28:55,147 by Jeffrey Robertson QC. 517 00:28:55,181 --> 00:28:58,598 - In relation to my Wikileaks work, 518 00:28:58,633 --> 00:29:01,774 which of course is a separate topic. 519 00:29:03,293 --> 00:29:07,193 It goes on it continues every day we are publishing 520 00:29:07,228 --> 00:29:09,230 serious content around the world 521 00:29:09,264 --> 00:29:11,957 and especially about the Middle East. 522 00:29:11,991 --> 00:29:14,200 And that gives me great heart, 523 00:29:15,684 --> 00:29:17,825 as does the ongoing support of the world 524 00:29:17,859 --> 00:29:20,137 for my staff and our mission. 525 00:29:23,416 --> 00:29:26,454 - [Narrator] February 2011, marks the first loss 526 00:29:26,488 --> 00:29:29,457 in Assange's quest to quash the extradition. 527 00:29:30,630 --> 00:29:33,081 - [Assange] What we saw today at Belmarsh, 528 00:29:34,669 --> 00:29:36,775 was a rubber stamping process. 529 00:29:38,052 --> 00:29:40,502 That comes as no surprise, 530 00:29:42,125 --> 00:29:44,161 but is none the less wrong. 531 00:29:45,369 --> 00:29:47,406 - And that is releasing footage of a helicopter 532 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,789 gunshot massacre of two Reuters journalists. 533 00:29:50,823 --> 00:29:54,620 - A rubber stamping process that is a result 534 00:29:55,897 --> 00:29:59,798 of a European arrest warrant system run amok. 535 00:30:02,697 --> 00:30:07,702 There was no consideration during this entire process 536 00:30:08,876 --> 00:30:11,188 as to the merits of the allegations 537 00:30:12,949 --> 00:30:14,813 made against me 538 00:30:17,470 --> 00:30:19,921 No consideration or examination 539 00:30:21,164 --> 00:30:23,511 of even the complaints, 540 00:30:24,753 --> 00:30:25,927 made in Sweden. 541 00:30:28,309 --> 00:30:32,002 And of course we have always known that we would appeal. 542 00:30:34,936 --> 00:30:38,077 We have always known, that in all likelihood 543 00:30:39,941 --> 00:30:41,184 we would have to appeal. 544 00:30:42,979 --> 00:30:45,015 - Congratulations from an Irish man, I hope you win. 545 00:30:45,050 --> 00:30:45,947 - Thank you. 546 00:30:45,982 --> 00:30:47,121 - I hope you win, we're right behind you, 547 00:30:47,155 --> 00:30:49,295 I hope you win, congratulations. 548 00:30:51,228 --> 00:30:53,196 - I'll stand up for you. 549 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:01,238 [soft music] 550 00:31:07,072 --> 00:31:09,384 - Today at Belmarsh court, there's been miscarriage 551 00:31:09,419 --> 00:31:12,940 of justice an innocent man has been sentenced, 552 00:31:12,974 --> 00:31:14,873 and these two protestors are wanting 553 00:31:14,907 --> 00:31:16,150 to make a point about that. 554 00:31:20,982 --> 00:31:22,950 Julian Assange is innocent. 555 00:31:26,194 --> 00:31:28,024 He should not be extradited. 556 00:31:30,854 --> 00:31:32,683 - Manning's case, it's very clear the US government 557 00:31:32,718 --> 00:31:35,548 is trying to crack him open with his solitary confinement 558 00:31:35,583 --> 00:31:36,998 by causing emotional devastation. 559 00:31:37,033 --> 00:31:39,380 I think they're trying to get him to issue a confession 560 00:31:39,414 --> 00:31:40,519 or a false confession. 561 00:31:40,933 --> 00:31:42,659 So they can link him to Julian Assange. 562 00:31:45,558 --> 00:31:48,734 - [Assange] The new charges are very interesting, 563 00:31:48,768 --> 00:31:52,496 you know, Mr Manning has now spent 564 00:31:52,531 --> 00:31:55,189 10 months in solitary confinement. 565 00:31:55,223 --> 00:31:58,778 First in Baghdad, then in Kuwait, and now in Quantico, 566 00:31:58,813 --> 00:32:00,504 Virginia in the United States. 567 00:32:00,539 --> 00:32:03,922 Amnesty International has condemned his treatment, 568 00:32:03,956 --> 00:32:07,097 and there are a number of calls for inquiry into it. 569 00:32:07,132 --> 00:32:12,102 The charges themselves, these 22 new charges, 570 00:32:13,069 --> 00:32:15,347 include a charge which labels him 571 00:32:15,381 --> 00:32:17,728 as passing information to an enemy. 572 00:32:18,902 --> 00:32:21,077 The naive reading of the charges would have 573 00:32:21,111 --> 00:32:25,322 that enemy being Wikileaks i.e the publisher. 574 00:32:25,357 --> 00:32:28,532 So the United States appears to be setting 575 00:32:28,567 --> 00:32:31,604 up these charges for two purposes. 576 00:32:31,639 --> 00:32:36,023 Number one, to provide pressure on Bradley Manning, 577 00:32:36,057 --> 00:32:39,095 they're trying to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut 578 00:32:39,129 --> 00:32:44,134 into confessing some kind of relationship with Wikileaks. 579 00:32:45,308 --> 00:32:48,828 In order to embroil us into an espionage case. 580 00:32:48,863 --> 00:32:52,971 The other purpose of these charges is to spread across 581 00:32:53,005 --> 00:32:55,559 a spectrum of different types of criminality. 582 00:32:57,044 --> 00:32:59,839 They've been trying to crack Bradley Manning for months. 583 00:32:59,874 --> 00:33:02,152 By making his conditions worse and worse. 584 00:33:02,187 --> 00:33:03,360 There's been a number of complaints 585 00:33:03,395 --> 00:33:04,913 by his lawyers about that matter. 586 00:33:04,948 --> 00:33:07,192 And Amnesty International has complained about his 587 00:33:07,226 --> 00:33:10,609 treatment, Bradley Manning is not speaking. 588 00:33:10,643 --> 00:33:13,681 And Bradley Manning is exercising his right to silence 589 00:33:13,715 --> 00:33:16,822 and they're trying to force him into a plea deal. 590 00:33:18,237 --> 00:33:21,447 And most legal commentators believe that kind of plea deal 591 00:33:21,482 --> 00:33:25,520 would involve him in saying something that would help 592 00:33:25,555 --> 00:33:29,662 the United States prosecute this organization for espionage 593 00:33:29,697 --> 00:33:34,288 or some other criminal matter that he could be embroiled in. 594 00:33:34,322 --> 00:33:37,049 So that is wrong. 595 00:33:37,084 --> 00:33:40,846 You know, the requirements given by some of those charges is 596 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:45,747 that Wikileaks is the enemy of the United States, 597 00:33:47,163 --> 00:33:48,957 that the publisher is the enemy of the United States. 598 00:33:48,992 --> 00:33:52,892 And nothing in our four years of publishing shows that 599 00:33:52,927 --> 00:33:55,067 that is in any way true. 600 00:33:55,102 --> 00:33:59,037 We publish from all countries who come to us. 601 00:33:59,071 --> 00:34:01,039 We are not an enemy of the United States, 602 00:34:01,073 --> 00:34:04,042 and it is an abuse against Mr. Manning 603 00:34:04,076 --> 00:34:06,561 and an abuse against us to suggest otherwise. 604 00:34:08,322 --> 00:34:09,875 - [Narrator] October 15th 2011. 605 00:34:11,359 --> 00:34:12,912 Assange was next seen at the 606 00:34:12,947 --> 00:34:15,846 anti capitalist protest, occupy London. 607 00:34:15,881 --> 00:34:18,711 But nothing is straightforward for the man who had published 608 00:34:18,746 --> 00:34:22,094 the largest leak of classified material ever seen. 609 00:34:23,992 --> 00:34:26,133 - We're blocked from speaking at the moment, 610 00:34:26,167 --> 00:34:29,619 but we'll try to negotiate a way through. 611 00:34:29,653 --> 00:34:32,139 Wikileaks has been most attacked, 612 00:34:32,173 --> 00:34:34,796 not by military organizations, 613 00:34:34,831 --> 00:34:36,108 or intelligence organizations, 614 00:34:36,143 --> 00:34:38,628 but actually numerically by banks. 615 00:34:42,977 --> 00:34:46,463 This is an infamous tactic 616 00:34:46,498 --> 00:34:49,328 used by the MET called kettling. 617 00:34:49,363 --> 00:34:51,503 Which doesn't have an analogy 618 00:34:51,537 --> 00:34:53,746 in many other democratic countries. 619 00:34:53,781 --> 00:34:57,267 It is to enclose the populate, 620 00:34:57,302 --> 00:35:02,307 enclose protesters in tight small groups prior to any 621 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,104 sort of accusation of violent activity. 622 00:35:07,519 --> 00:35:09,900 So in this particular example, you see 623 00:35:11,350 --> 00:35:15,182 what is a entirely political protest about the big banks. 624 00:35:16,286 --> 00:35:19,565 Being denied its ability to express itself. 625 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,084 It's very important in a democracy 626 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,845 that people see that they have the numbers. 627 00:35:26,227 --> 00:35:28,160 They see that their opinion is shared 628 00:35:28,195 --> 00:35:29,817 by other people in the community. 629 00:35:29,851 --> 00:35:32,785 And this form of kettling prevents 630 00:35:33,648 --> 00:35:35,063 people coming to a protest 631 00:35:35,098 --> 00:35:38,205 people in the community seeing that their values 632 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,828 are actually a majority. 633 00:35:40,862 --> 00:35:43,865 So that's why it's anti democratic process. 634 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:46,834 While we can all understand that certain actions need to be 635 00:35:46,868 --> 00:35:49,595 taken in response to true violence. 636 00:35:49,630 --> 00:35:51,873 There is no hint of violence at all. 637 00:35:51,908 --> 00:35:53,910 And I spoke to police earlier today, 638 00:35:53,944 --> 00:35:57,016 they said it will all be a completely calm. 639 00:35:57,051 --> 00:35:58,915 good day, good weather, good people. 640 00:35:59,881 --> 00:36:02,470 [dogs barking] 641 00:36:06,612 --> 00:36:10,375 In 2007, I lived in Cairo, 642 00:36:10,409 --> 00:36:14,033 and I and my friends in Cairo were all too, 643 00:36:14,068 --> 00:36:17,727 too well aware of the behavior of the Mubarak regime 644 00:36:17,761 --> 00:36:20,212 with 20,000 political prisoners, 645 00:36:20,247 --> 00:36:23,491 it seemed impossible that anything could change. 646 00:36:25,079 --> 00:36:28,772 But through courage, determination and professionalism, 647 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:33,708 we did see a change we saw the end of the Mubarak regime. 648 00:36:35,020 --> 00:36:38,989 And while the situation in the West is different 649 00:36:39,024 --> 00:36:41,268 in important respects to that faced 650 00:36:41,302 --> 00:36:43,615 by people in the Arab Spring. 651 00:36:43,649 --> 00:36:45,996 There are also similarities. 652 00:36:46,031 --> 00:36:48,999 While ideas from the Western enlightenment 653 00:36:49,034 --> 00:36:51,899 entered into the pan Arab states 654 00:36:51,933 --> 00:36:53,659 and gave those activists hope 655 00:36:53,694 --> 00:36:56,248 and technology allowed them to organize better. 656 00:36:57,836 --> 00:37:01,702 We in the West have a lot to learn also from the successes 657 00:37:01,736 --> 00:37:03,876 of people in the Arab Spring. 658 00:37:05,292 --> 00:37:07,984 Their determination and professionalism in response 659 00:37:08,018 --> 00:37:11,229 to years of abuse and torture. 660 00:37:13,576 --> 00:37:17,131 Lead eventually to the overthrow of Mubarak, 661 00:37:17,165 --> 00:37:21,031 and the overthrow of Ben Ali and reforms in Morocco 662 00:37:21,066 --> 00:37:23,241 and throughout many countries in the region. 663 00:37:24,897 --> 00:37:26,278 - [ Assange] What is happening here today. 664 00:37:26,313 --> 00:37:28,280 - [Crowd] What is happening here today. 665 00:37:28,315 --> 00:37:30,420 - [Assange] Is a culmination of dreams. 666 00:37:30,455 --> 00:37:32,629 - [Crowd] Is a culmination of dreams. 667 00:37:33,837 --> 00:37:36,495 - That many people, all over the world. 668 00:37:36,530 --> 00:37:39,912 - [Crowd] That many people all over the world. 669 00:37:39,947 --> 00:37:41,535 - Have worked towards. 670 00:37:41,569 --> 00:37:43,399 - [Crowd] Have worked towards. 671 00:37:43,433 --> 00:37:45,608 - From Cairo to London. 672 00:37:45,642 --> 00:37:47,368 - [Crowd] From Cairo to London. 673 00:37:47,403 --> 00:37:48,887 [crowd cheering] 674 00:37:48,921 --> 00:37:50,371 - [Assange] Wikileaks has published the biggest leaks 675 00:37:50,406 --> 00:37:52,131 in journalistic history. 676 00:37:53,305 --> 00:37:56,135 This has triggered aggressive retaliation 677 00:37:56,170 --> 00:37:57,551 from powerful groups. 678 00:37:58,759 --> 00:38:01,486 Since the seventh of December 2010, 679 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,937 an arbitrary and unlawful financial blockade. 680 00:38:04,972 --> 00:38:09,977 Imposed by the Bank of America, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, 681 00:38:11,496 --> 00:38:15,983 and Western Union has destroyed 95% of our revenue. 682 00:38:17,985 --> 00:38:22,161 It came as part of the concerted US based political attack 683 00:38:22,196 --> 00:38:26,442 that included vitriol by senior right wing politicians in 684 00:38:26,476 --> 00:38:30,653 the United States and high level calls for the assassination 685 00:38:30,687 --> 00:38:33,656 of Wikileaks staff and myself personally. 686 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:47,463 - [Narrator] November 2011, 687 00:38:50,155 --> 00:38:53,745 Assange loses his appeal against extradition. 688 00:38:53,779 --> 00:38:57,093 - I have not been charged with any crime in any country. 689 00:38:59,233 --> 00:39:04,031 Despite this, the European arrest warrant is so restrictive 690 00:39:04,065 --> 00:39:08,725 that it prevents UK courts from considering the facts 691 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:13,316 of a case as judges have made, clear here today. 692 00:39:16,215 --> 00:39:20,772 We will be considering our next step in the days ahead. 693 00:39:20,806 --> 00:39:24,707 This afternoon, the parliament of the United Kingdom 694 00:39:24,741 --> 00:39:29,401 is considering in depth the matters that arise 695 00:39:29,436 --> 00:39:31,817 from various extradition cases 696 00:39:31,852 --> 00:39:34,786 in the United Kingdom, including my own. 697 00:39:38,030 --> 00:39:40,067 Today, the High Court, 698 00:39:41,137 --> 00:39:42,241 has decided, 699 00:39:43,898 --> 00:39:47,350 that any issue that arises from my own case 700 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,525 is of general public importance 701 00:39:49,559 --> 00:39:53,252 and maybe of assistance to other cases 702 00:39:53,287 --> 00:39:55,703 and should be heard by the Supreme Court. 703 00:39:57,153 --> 00:40:00,984 I think that is a correct decision and I am thankful. 704 00:40:01,019 --> 00:40:03,539 The long struggle for justice for me 705 00:40:03,573 --> 00:40:05,713 and others continues, thank you. 706 00:40:12,755 --> 00:40:13,963 - [Narrator] The case is destined 707 00:40:13,997 --> 00:40:16,655 for the highest court in the land. 708 00:40:16,690 --> 00:40:19,106 [soft music] 709 00:40:21,591 --> 00:40:22,834 Seven months on, 710 00:40:24,525 --> 00:40:27,873 the Supreme court upholds the decision to extradite. 711 00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:36,468 - [John] It makes the law to me, seem rather shabby actually 712 00:40:36,503 --> 00:40:38,297 and I'm not talking about, 713 00:40:38,332 --> 00:40:41,439 simply because they found against Assange. 714 00:40:41,473 --> 00:40:43,510 It is their arguments, 715 00:40:43,544 --> 00:40:47,928 which are not based on, MP's understood the law to be 716 00:40:47,962 --> 00:40:52,173 when they passed this extradition legislation in 2001. 717 00:40:55,591 --> 00:40:57,109 - [Narrator] June 2012. 718 00:40:58,835 --> 00:41:01,976 Fearing an extradition to the United States from Sweden 719 00:41:02,011 --> 00:41:05,566 for his alleged crimes of procuring classified information, 720 00:41:05,601 --> 00:41:09,052 Mr. Assange breaches his bail conditions by walking up the 721 00:41:09,087 --> 00:41:13,643 steps of the Ecuadorian embassy taking refuge inside. 722 00:41:13,678 --> 00:41:16,197 Giving Assange assurance he could not be detained 723 00:41:16,232 --> 00:41:19,891 by British police as long as he doesn't set foot outside. 724 00:41:24,965 --> 00:41:29,417 - So,the situation we confront today now is a stalemate. 725 00:41:30,384 --> 00:41:33,352 There is a confrontation, 726 00:41:33,387 --> 00:41:36,563 a confrontation which is not of our choosing. 727 00:41:36,597 --> 00:41:39,117 Because the right to claim asylum, 728 00:41:39,151 --> 00:41:43,328 is the right of any citizen anywhere in the world. 729 00:41:43,362 --> 00:41:45,951 - [Narrator] August 19th 2012 730 00:41:45,986 --> 00:41:49,058 Julian addresses his supporters and the assembled media 731 00:41:49,092 --> 00:41:50,853 from the balcony of the embassy. 732 00:41:50,887 --> 00:41:53,959 With a message for the American establishment. 733 00:41:53,994 --> 00:41:57,791 - The US administration war of whistleblowers must end. 734 00:41:59,309 --> 00:42:03,072 I thank president Correa for the courage 735 00:42:03,106 --> 00:42:05,246 he has shown in considering 736 00:42:05,281 --> 00:42:07,732 and in granting me political asylum. 737 00:42:09,147 --> 00:42:13,738 On Wednesday night after a threat was sent to this embassy 738 00:42:13,772 --> 00:42:17,086 and police descended on this building, 739 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,468 you came out in the middle of the night to watch over 740 00:42:22,609 --> 00:42:26,267 and you brought the world's eyes with you. 741 00:42:27,406 --> 00:42:30,409 Inside this embassy after dark, 742 00:42:30,444 --> 00:42:35,035 I could hear teams of police swarming up into the building 743 00:42:35,069 --> 00:42:37,624 through its internal fire escape. 744 00:42:39,246 --> 00:42:41,628 But I knew there would be witnesses. 745 00:42:42,663 --> 00:42:44,320 And that is because of you. 746 00:42:45,493 --> 00:42:47,357 There is unity in the oppression. 747 00:42:48,220 --> 00:42:50,222 There must be absolute unity 748 00:42:50,257 --> 00:42:51,948 and determination in the response. 749 00:42:53,432 --> 00:42:56,194 [crowd cheering] 750 00:42:57,333 --> 00:42:58,161 Thank you. 751 00:42:59,335 --> 00:43:02,096 [crowd cheering] 752 00:43:04,064 --> 00:43:06,514 [soft music] 753 00:43:10,622 --> 00:43:11,934 - [Vaughan] The Ecuadorians are the only people, 754 00:43:11,968 --> 00:43:13,349 who have properly looked at, 755 00:43:14,592 --> 00:43:17,802 the idea that Julian might be threatened. 756 00:43:17,836 --> 00:43:19,804 That his rights are being threatened, 757 00:43:19,838 --> 00:43:22,047 that he's in danger, physical danger, 758 00:43:23,048 --> 00:43:24,532 of being sent to America. 759 00:43:24,567 --> 00:43:28,088 - We will not allow a Mr. Assange safe passage out 760 00:43:28,122 --> 00:43:29,710 of the United Kingdom. 761 00:43:29,745 --> 00:43:32,057 - [Vaughan] We seem quite incapable of appreciating 762 00:43:32,092 --> 00:43:35,267 and acknowledging that in London Julian Assange 763 00:43:35,302 --> 00:43:36,614 has gone to the Ecuadorian embassy 764 00:43:36,648 --> 00:43:38,546 and he has got political asylum. 765 00:43:38,581 --> 00:43:41,273 And I think that there's an opportunity to reflect on that 766 00:43:41,308 --> 00:43:43,413 and if we are really the tolerant people that we think 767 00:43:43,448 --> 00:43:44,967 we are, we should do that. 768 00:43:47,176 --> 00:43:48,833 - [Narrator] Six months on from breaking bail 769 00:43:48,867 --> 00:43:50,835 with Christmas fast approaching, 770 00:43:50,869 --> 00:43:54,045 Assange addressed the crowds from his window once more. 771 00:43:54,079 --> 00:43:56,841 [crowd cheering] 772 00:44:03,226 --> 00:44:04,365 - Good evening, London. 773 00:44:05,815 --> 00:44:08,611 [crowd cheering] 774 00:44:09,957 --> 00:44:12,201 What a sight for sore eyes. 775 00:44:14,237 --> 00:44:17,551 Six months ago, 185 days ago, 776 00:44:17,585 --> 00:44:20,312 I entered this building. 777 00:44:20,347 --> 00:44:24,800 It has become my home, my office and my refuge. 778 00:44:25,939 --> 00:44:29,011 I came here in summer, it is winter now. 779 00:44:30,702 --> 00:44:35,673 I have been sustained by your solidarity, and I'm grateful 780 00:44:37,088 --> 00:44:39,711 for the efforts of people all around the world. 781 00:44:39,746 --> 00:44:41,368 Supporting the work of Wikileaks, 782 00:44:42,818 --> 00:44:46,614 supporting freedom of speech, freedom of the press, 783 00:44:46,649 --> 00:44:49,169 essential elements in any democracy. 784 00:44:50,342 --> 00:44:53,000 While my freedom is limited, 785 00:44:53,035 --> 00:44:56,935 at least I am still able to communicate this Christmas, 786 00:44:56,970 --> 00:45:01,906 unlike the 232 journalists who are in jail tonight. 787 00:45:01,940 --> 00:45:06,945 It is from the revelation of truth that all else follows. 788 00:45:08,119 --> 00:45:09,914 Our buildings can only be as tall 789 00:45:09,948 --> 00:45:11,467 as their bricks are strong. 790 00:45:12,882 --> 00:45:17,300 Our civilization is only as strong as its ideas are true. 791 00:45:18,474 --> 00:45:20,787 When our buildings are erected by the corrupt, 792 00:45:20,821 --> 00:45:23,168 when their cement is cut with dirt, 793 00:45:23,203 --> 00:45:26,724 when pristine steel is replaced by scrap. 794 00:45:26,758 --> 00:45:29,312 Our buildings are not safe to live in. 795 00:45:30,797 --> 00:45:35,422 And when our media is corrupt, when our academics are timid, 796 00:45:36,872 --> 00:45:40,220 when our history is filled with half truths and lies, 797 00:45:40,254 --> 00:45:43,223 our civilization will never be just, 798 00:45:43,257 --> 00:45:45,639 it will never reach to the sky. 799 00:45:47,330 --> 00:45:50,264 [orchestral music] 800 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:56,823 - [Narrator] June 2013. 801 00:45:59,964 --> 00:46:01,379 - [Translator] So to sum up, 802 00:46:03,346 --> 00:46:06,660 we sense that granting political asylum 803 00:46:07,523 --> 00:46:09,525 would be ineffective, 804 00:46:10,906 --> 00:46:14,633 if there were not the corresponding recognition 805 00:46:14,668 --> 00:46:17,533 of the guarantee of safe conduct 806 00:46:18,603 --> 00:46:21,571 in line with protection of human rights. 807 00:46:23,021 --> 00:46:25,886 We discussed this issue with the British foreign ministry 808 00:46:27,336 --> 00:46:31,581 which is also concerned about the risk of the subsequent 809 00:46:31,616 --> 00:46:34,067 extradition which may occur of Mr. Assange 810 00:46:34,101 --> 00:46:36,483 from Sweden to the United States. 811 00:46:36,517 --> 00:46:38,588 And this is one of the reasons why Ecuador 812 00:46:38,623 --> 00:46:40,418 has granted political asylum. 813 00:46:41,384 --> 00:46:44,422 Our concerns have worsened, 814 00:46:46,907 --> 00:46:49,185 particularly in light of what has been occurring 815 00:46:49,220 --> 00:46:51,601 in the context of Bradley Manning. 816 00:46:51,636 --> 00:46:53,880 And so together with the UK, 817 00:46:53,914 --> 00:46:57,780 we wish to explore the possible mechanisms 818 00:46:59,023 --> 00:47:02,198 which we can use to make sure that Sweden 819 00:47:02,233 --> 00:47:06,271 would not extradite Mr. Assange, subsequently. 820 00:47:09,861 --> 00:47:11,345 - [Narrator] July 2014. 821 00:47:11,380 --> 00:47:14,107 Air around the embassy was filled with disappointment 822 00:47:14,141 --> 00:47:16,661 as news surfaced that Interpol arrest warrant 823 00:47:16,695 --> 00:47:18,180 would be upheld. 824 00:47:18,214 --> 00:47:21,735 Incarcerated inside the embassy for over two years now, 825 00:47:21,769 --> 00:47:24,807 Assange's hope of freedom was further diminishing. 826 00:47:24,842 --> 00:47:27,465 - The reality is Julian Assange is a political prisoner. 827 00:47:27,499 --> 00:47:30,433 You know he's a dissident in our country, 828 00:47:30,468 --> 00:47:31,883 and we're just not really used to that. 829 00:47:31,918 --> 00:47:33,160 This wouldn't be happening, 830 00:47:33,195 --> 00:47:34,852 there wouldn't be these police outside this embassy. 831 00:47:34,886 --> 00:47:36,715 If it wasn't Julian Assange, if he wasn't a public person, 832 00:47:36,750 --> 00:47:38,062 nobody else would get this. 833 00:47:40,236 --> 00:47:42,169 - [Narrator] August 2014. 834 00:47:42,204 --> 00:47:44,482 Rumors emerge that the WikiLeaks founder 835 00:47:44,516 --> 00:47:46,380 may need hospital treatment. 836 00:47:48,831 --> 00:47:53,318 - The native environment in which any healthy person 837 00:47:54,526 --> 00:47:55,769 would find themselves, 838 00:47:57,115 --> 00:48:00,912 soon enough with certain difficulties. 839 00:48:00,947 --> 00:48:03,881 [orchestral music] 840 00:48:09,714 --> 00:48:11,302 - [Narrator] March 2015. 841 00:48:12,751 --> 00:48:15,168 After years of no progress held up in confinement, 842 00:48:15,202 --> 00:48:16,652 Swedish prosecutors asked 843 00:48:16,686 --> 00:48:18,965 to interview Julian inside the embassy. 844 00:48:22,106 --> 00:48:24,660 Only for it to be canceled a few months later. 845 00:48:24,694 --> 00:48:27,766 According to the founder of the whistleblowing publication. 846 00:48:30,079 --> 00:48:32,979 [Orchestral music] 847 00:48:37,845 --> 00:48:39,226 August 13th 2015. 848 00:48:41,504 --> 00:48:43,886 After the legal time limit had passed, 849 00:48:43,921 --> 00:48:46,958 two of the three sexual allegations were dropped, 850 00:48:46,993 --> 00:48:50,341 the more serious serious rape allegation remains. 851 00:48:53,827 --> 00:48:56,899 From the moment Assange strolled up the steps 852 00:48:56,934 --> 00:48:59,419 in June 2012 to October 2015. 853 00:48:59,453 --> 00:49:03,802 The United Kingdom have spent in excess of 30 million pounds 854 00:49:03,837 --> 00:49:06,736 an expenditure somehow rationalized by the government. 855 00:49:17,368 --> 00:49:21,199 A small victory came to Assange in the form of recognition, 856 00:49:21,234 --> 00:49:23,063 having won UN backing. 857 00:49:26,135 --> 00:49:29,104 January 2016, a UN Working Group panel 858 00:49:29,138 --> 00:49:31,969 on arbitrary detention supports Assange. 859 00:49:34,695 --> 00:49:35,696 - [Melinda] Good afternoon, everyone. 860 00:49:36,732 --> 00:49:37,836 So finally, we have the verdict 861 00:49:37,871 --> 00:49:39,700 of the United Nations Working Group 862 00:49:39,735 --> 00:49:41,392 on arbitrary detention. 863 00:49:41,426 --> 00:49:44,982 And they issued a very detailedopinion which considers 864 00:49:45,016 --> 00:49:48,054 all arguments from Sweden and the United Kingdom. 865 00:49:49,262 --> 00:49:51,850 And this decision dispels the myth, 866 00:49:51,885 --> 00:49:54,922 that Mr. Assange is either a fugitive from justice 867 00:49:54,957 --> 00:49:58,064 or that he could just walk out of the embassy. 868 00:49:58,098 --> 00:50:01,136 It is a damning indictment of the manner 869 00:50:01,170 --> 00:50:03,655 in which this case has been handled. 870 00:50:04,863 --> 00:50:07,521 Further offense Mr. Assange is a victim 871 00:50:07,556 --> 00:50:10,766 of a significant miscarriage of justice, 872 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:12,630 that is attributable to the action 873 00:50:12,664 --> 00:50:16,220 and inaction of both Sweden and the United Kingdom. 874 00:50:17,704 --> 00:50:22,226 It further emphasize Julian's continued willingness 875 00:50:22,260 --> 00:50:25,056 to cooperate with the investigations in this case 876 00:50:25,091 --> 00:50:27,507 at all stages of the procedure. 877 00:50:30,993 --> 00:50:33,133 - [Philip] Will I reject the finding 878 00:50:33,168 --> 00:50:34,410 of this working group? 879 00:50:34,445 --> 00:50:37,034 It's a group made up of lay people not lawyers. 880 00:50:40,416 --> 00:50:43,661 And their conclusion is flawed in law. 881 00:50:43,695 --> 00:50:46,905 Julian Assange is a fugitive from justice. 882 00:50:46,940 --> 00:50:50,633 He's hiding from justice in the Ecuadorian embassy, 883 00:50:50,668 --> 00:50:53,498 he can come out onto the pavement anytime he chooses. 884 00:50:53,533 --> 00:50:56,984 He's not being detained by us. 885 00:50:57,019 --> 00:51:01,299 But he will have to face justice in Sweden, 886 00:51:01,334 --> 00:51:03,508 if he chooses to do so. 887 00:51:03,543 --> 00:51:06,511 And it's right that he should not be able to escape justice. 888 00:51:06,546 --> 00:51:10,446 This is a, frankly, a ridiculous finding 889 00:51:10,481 --> 00:51:12,862 by the Working Group and we reject it. 890 00:51:12,897 --> 00:51:14,933 - [Melinda] I mean I'm very concerned that they would turn 891 00:51:14,968 --> 00:51:17,384 the United Nations decision as ridiculous. 892 00:51:17,419 --> 00:51:19,490 Well, the United Kingdom is a member 893 00:51:19,524 --> 00:51:20,629 of the Security Council 894 00:51:20,663 --> 00:51:21,768 it's one of the founding members 895 00:51:21,802 --> 00:51:23,459 of the United Nations system. 896 00:51:23,494 --> 00:51:25,185 I would expect that they will want 897 00:51:25,220 --> 00:51:28,395 to uphold the very system that they created. 898 00:51:28,430 --> 00:51:31,571 - What rights does this government 899 00:51:33,435 --> 00:51:37,197 or the US government, or the Swedish government have 900 00:51:38,336 --> 00:51:42,513 to deny my children their father, 901 00:51:43,514 --> 00:51:46,103 for five and a half years? 902 00:51:46,137 --> 00:51:49,244 - [Crowd] Yes, shame on our government. 903 00:51:54,283 --> 00:51:56,389 - [Narrator] May 2016. 904 00:51:56,423 --> 00:52:00,082 Photographs of a new arrival inside the embassy appear 905 00:52:00,117 --> 00:52:01,877 given to him by his children. 906 00:52:01,911 --> 00:52:04,293 The Embassy cat gave a much needed rest bite 907 00:52:04,328 --> 00:52:06,882 from the political storm surrounding Assange. 908 00:52:21,207 --> 00:52:23,036 November 2016. 909 00:52:25,142 --> 00:52:29,146 Swedish authorities interview Assange in the embassy, 910 00:52:29,180 --> 00:52:30,699 lasting two days. 911 00:52:39,639 --> 00:52:40,433 - [Crowd] Yes we can. 912 00:52:40,467 --> 00:52:41,261 Yes we can 913 00:52:41,296 --> 00:52:42,469 Yes we can. 914 00:52:42,504 --> 00:52:44,195 - Yes we can. 915 00:52:44,230 --> 00:52:46,577 - [Narrator] Outgoing US President Barack Obama decides 916 00:52:46,611 --> 00:52:50,028 to free Wikileaks key whistleblower Chelsea Manning, 917 00:52:50,063 --> 00:52:51,582 formerly Bradley Manning. 918 00:52:56,311 --> 00:52:58,313 January 19th. 919 00:52:58,347 --> 00:53:00,901 Assange stands by his offer of extradition 920 00:53:00,936 --> 00:53:05,941 to the United States, provided his rights are protected. 921 00:53:06,907 --> 00:53:08,185 - In 10 days, 922 00:53:09,324 --> 00:53:11,360 the world will witness a hallmark 923 00:53:11,395 --> 00:53:13,086 of our motto. 924 00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:14,294 [crowd boos] 925 00:53:14,329 --> 00:53:15,157 No, no. 926 00:53:16,883 --> 00:53:19,161 But a peaceful transfer of power, 927 00:53:21,198 --> 00:53:24,235 from one freely elected president to the next. 928 00:53:24,270 --> 00:53:26,858 [crowd cheers] 929 00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:29,447 - What we gonna do? 930 00:53:29,482 --> 00:53:31,346 We're gonna make America great again, you watch. 931 00:53:32,450 --> 00:53:33,900 [crowd cheers] 932 00:53:33,934 --> 00:53:37,110 I'm the messenger, I'm just really the messenger. 933 00:53:37,144 --> 00:53:38,525 Although I've been a very good messenger. 934 00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:39,975 Let's face it, right. 935 00:53:40,009 --> 00:53:41,218 [crowd cheers] 936 00:53:41,252 --> 00:53:42,219 I've been a pretty good messenger. 937 00:53:43,668 --> 00:53:44,876 - [Narrator] January 20th. 938 00:53:44,911 --> 00:53:47,016 Donald Trump wins the presidency. 939 00:53:47,879 --> 00:53:49,433 In the lead up to the election, 940 00:53:49,467 --> 00:53:51,504 Assange is cut off from the world, 941 00:53:51,538 --> 00:53:54,334 both physically and technologically. 942 00:53:54,369 --> 00:53:56,405 Ecuador cut the internet over fears 943 00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,856 he may have been meddling in the US elections. 944 00:54:01,307 --> 00:54:03,930 April 21 2017. 945 00:54:05,311 --> 00:54:08,555 The new Attorney General Jeff Sessions sets his agenda 946 00:54:08,590 --> 00:54:12,041 declaring Assange's arrest is a priority. 947 00:54:12,076 --> 00:54:13,388 - [Jeff] For the Department of Justice 948 00:54:13,422 --> 00:54:16,183 does not discuss ongoing investigations 949 00:54:16,218 --> 00:54:18,565 or confirm specific matters. 950 00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:20,981 It is important for the American people 951 00:54:21,016 --> 00:54:22,776 and those who might be thinking about 952 00:54:22,811 --> 00:54:26,297 leaking classified or sensitive information. 953 00:54:26,332 --> 00:54:28,955 To know that criminals who would 954 00:54:28,989 --> 00:54:31,302 illegally use their access. 955 00:54:31,337 --> 00:54:33,994 To our most sensitive information 956 00:54:34,029 --> 00:54:36,583 to endanger our national security 957 00:54:36,618 --> 00:54:41,174 are in fact being investigated and will be prosecuted. 958 00:54:41,208 --> 00:54:44,004 Since January, the department has more than triple 959 00:54:44,039 --> 00:54:47,353 the number of active leak investigations compared 960 00:54:47,387 --> 00:54:49,596 to the number of pending at the end 961 00:54:49,631 --> 00:54:51,736 of the last administration. 962 00:54:55,015 --> 00:54:57,949 - [Mike] First to days like today, where we call out those 963 00:54:57,984 --> 00:54:59,951 who grant a platform to these leakers, 964 00:54:59,986 --> 00:55:02,402 and so called transparency activists. 965 00:55:02,437 --> 00:55:04,991 We know the danger that Assange and his not so merry band 966 00:55:05,025 --> 00:55:07,407 of brothers posted democracies around the world. 967 00:55:07,442 --> 00:55:09,720 Ignorance or misplaced idealism is no longer 968 00:55:09,754 --> 00:55:12,964 an acceptable excuse for lionizing these demons. 969 00:55:14,414 --> 00:55:16,071 Second, there are steps that we have to take at home. 970 00:55:16,105 --> 00:55:17,244 In fact this is a process 971 00:55:17,279 --> 00:55:18,970 that we have already started. 972 00:55:19,005 --> 00:55:20,351 We've got to strengthen our own systems, 973 00:55:20,386 --> 00:55:22,111 secure our own staff. 974 00:55:22,146 --> 00:55:24,182 We've got to prove our internal mechanisms that help us. 975 00:55:24,217 --> 00:55:25,805 In our counter intelligence mission. 976 00:55:25,839 --> 00:55:28,048 We need to be as clever and innovative as the enemies 977 00:55:28,083 --> 00:55:30,223 we face because they will not relent. 978 00:55:30,257 --> 00:55:32,570 And we will not either. 979 00:55:32,605 --> 00:55:35,021 Third, we have to recognize that we can no longer 980 00:55:35,055 --> 00:55:37,679 allow Assange and his colleagues the latitude 981 00:55:37,713 --> 00:55:40,302 to use free speech values against us. 982 00:55:40,337 --> 00:55:41,786 To give them the space to crush us 983 00:55:41,821 --> 00:55:43,788 with misappropriated secrets is a perversion 984 00:55:43,823 --> 00:55:46,481 of what our great constitution stands for. 985 00:55:46,515 --> 00:55:47,447 It ends now. 986 00:55:48,586 --> 00:55:50,519 - The persecution of him is completely wrong. 987 00:55:50,554 --> 00:55:53,902 The threats against him are completely wrong. 988 00:55:53,936 --> 00:55:55,559 They should be withdrawn. 989 00:55:55,593 --> 00:55:58,769 He should be freed, heshouldn't have to be imprisoned. 990 00:56:00,633 --> 00:56:03,152 - [Narrator] May 19th 2017. 991 00:56:03,187 --> 00:56:05,914 [crowd cheering] 992 00:56:12,576 --> 00:56:15,682 - [Assange] Today is an important victory, 993 00:56:16,890 --> 00:56:17,719 to me, 994 00:56:19,686 --> 00:56:22,206 and for the UN human right system. 995 00:56:25,727 --> 00:56:27,901 But it by no means, erases 996 00:56:30,076 --> 00:56:33,769 seven years of detention without charge. 997 00:56:34,908 --> 00:56:35,806 In prison, 998 00:56:36,945 --> 00:56:38,291 under house arrest, 999 00:56:39,810 --> 00:56:42,122 and almost five years here, 1000 00:56:42,157 --> 00:56:44,987 in this embassy without sunlight. 1001 00:56:48,301 --> 00:56:51,097 Seven years without charge, 1002 00:56:51,131 --> 00:56:54,721 why my children grew up without me. 1003 00:56:56,274 --> 00:56:59,174 That is not something that I can forgive. 1004 00:57:00,347 --> 00:57:03,627 It is not something that I can forget. 1005 00:57:03,661 --> 00:57:08,217 But let us understand, while today was an important victory 1006 00:57:09,874 --> 00:57:14,879 and an important vindication, the road is far from over. 1007 00:57:16,363 --> 00:57:19,746 The war, the proper war is just commencing. 1008 00:57:21,507 --> 00:57:25,200 The UK has said it will arrest me regardless. 1009 00:57:28,237 --> 00:57:31,102 Though the United States CIA director Pompeo 1010 00:57:32,897 --> 00:57:36,280 and the US Attorney General, have said that, 1011 00:57:36,314 --> 00:57:40,387 I and other Wikileaks staff have no rights. 1012 00:57:40,422 --> 00:57:42,355 We have no first amendment rights, 1013 00:57:42,389 --> 00:57:44,530 and then my arrest and the arrest 1014 00:57:44,564 --> 00:57:47,602 of our other stuff is a priority. 1015 00:57:47,636 --> 00:57:48,879 That's not acceptable. 1016 00:57:49,983 --> 00:57:52,848 WikiLeaks will continue its publications. 1017 00:57:54,056 --> 00:57:57,301 The United Kingdom, the European Union, 1018 00:57:57,335 --> 00:58:01,650 is a party to the 1951 convention on refugees. 1019 00:58:05,136 --> 00:58:09,416 It states that it adheres to the right for all people 1020 00:58:09,451 --> 00:58:14,076 to seek asylum, to receive asylum and to enjoy asylum. 1021 00:58:16,009 --> 00:58:18,391 I have that right, you know, political case, 1022 00:58:18,425 --> 00:58:19,806 we all have that right. 1023 00:58:21,463 --> 00:58:25,018 So, the claim by the United Kingdom indeed has a right 1024 00:58:25,053 --> 00:58:28,056 to arrest me for seeking asylum. 1025 00:58:29,333 --> 00:58:32,578 In a case where there have been no charges, 1026 00:58:32,612 --> 00:58:35,546 which has now been dismissed, is simply untenable. 1027 00:58:35,581 --> 00:58:40,102 The UK refuses to confirm or deny at this stage, 1028 00:58:40,137 --> 00:58:42,691 whether a US extradition warrant 1029 00:58:42,726 --> 00:58:46,557 is already in the UK territory. 1030 00:58:46,592 --> 00:58:49,318 How can it be that a journalist 1031 00:58:49,353 --> 00:58:51,769 and publisher operating from Europe. 1032 00:58:53,460 --> 00:58:57,499 I can be extradited to the United States. 1033 00:58:57,534 --> 00:58:58,914 We don't operate in the United States, 1034 00:58:58,949 --> 00:59:00,640 We don't publish from the United States. 1035 00:59:00,675 --> 00:59:04,161 So that's a threat to all journalists around the world, 1036 00:59:04,195 --> 00:59:05,818 wherever they operate. 1037 00:59:07,854 --> 00:59:10,581 That if they expose serious abuses occurring 1038 00:59:10,616 --> 00:59:12,687 in the national security domain, 1039 00:59:12,721 --> 00:59:15,103 there's a threat to extradite them 1040 00:59:18,416 --> 00:59:20,867 or indict their organization and all their stuff. 1041 00:59:21,834 --> 00:59:23,836 Okay, that's it. Thanks, guys. 1042 00:59:23,870 --> 00:59:27,598 [reporters asking questions] 1043 00:59:38,402 --> 00:59:41,129 [crowd chanting in foreign language] 1044 00:59:41,163 --> 00:59:42,786 - [Narrator] With one obstacle out of the way, 1045 00:59:42,820 --> 00:59:45,271 another was just coming into view. 1046 00:59:45,305 --> 00:59:48,205 [crowd chanting in foreign language] 1047 00:59:48,239 --> 00:59:51,760 [foreign language] 1048 00:59:51,795 --> 00:59:54,073 - [Narrator] With Lenin Moreno in power, 1049 00:59:54,107 --> 00:59:56,316 who knew the fate of Julian Assange. 1050 01:00:02,806 --> 01:00:05,498 In the midst of the unrest in Catalonia, 1051 01:00:05,532 --> 01:00:08,087 Assange tweets his support for independence 1052 01:00:08,121 --> 01:00:10,089 and accuses Madrid of repression. 1053 01:00:11,297 --> 01:00:14,058 Having been warned by the new president Moreno 1054 01:00:14,093 --> 01:00:16,682 not to interfere in allied politics. 1055 01:00:16,716 --> 01:00:20,789 Life inside the embassy was becoming increasingly strained. 1056 01:00:23,343 --> 01:00:26,070 [dramatic music] 1057 01:00:30,281 --> 01:00:33,560 - Still bereft of sunlight and cut off from the world. 1058 01:00:33,595 --> 01:00:37,806 Assange spent summer of 2018 in silence as noisy accusations 1059 01:00:37,841 --> 01:00:40,637 of his ties to Russia's involvement in the 2016 1060 01:00:40,671 --> 01:00:42,846 US election were being constructed. 1061 01:00:44,606 --> 01:00:46,815 March 2018. 1062 01:00:46,850 --> 01:00:49,784 For the second time time Assange's internet access 1063 01:00:49,818 --> 01:00:51,924 and communications are cut off. 1064 01:00:51,958 --> 01:00:54,720 Barring any connection to the outside world. 1065 01:01:00,242 --> 01:01:02,003 October 2018. 1066 01:01:04,039 --> 01:01:06,352 Assange launches a legal case, 1067 01:01:06,386 --> 01:01:09,735 accusing the newly formed government headed by Moreno 1068 01:01:09,769 --> 01:01:13,877 of violating his fundamental rights and freedoms. 1069 01:01:13,911 --> 01:01:16,673 Having had new rules imposed on him, 1070 01:01:16,707 --> 01:01:19,710 designed to force him out of the embassy. 1071 01:01:19,745 --> 01:01:24,266 Ruling a week later that legal action cannot move forward. 1072 01:01:24,301 --> 01:01:26,890 With his rights in doubt Julian remained 1073 01:01:26,924 --> 01:01:28,788 at the embassy, awaiting his fate. 1074 01:01:32,550 --> 01:01:35,070 January 2019. 1075 01:01:35,105 --> 01:01:37,694 - [Ciaron] So my relationship with Julian, 1076 01:01:38,833 --> 01:01:40,420 our friendship goes back to 2000. 1077 01:01:40,455 --> 01:01:42,215 We were active in Australia in the peace 1078 01:01:42,250 --> 01:01:43,596 and justice movement. 1079 01:01:43,630 --> 01:01:44,804 I was in prison in the United States 1080 01:01:44,839 --> 01:01:47,151 for a year in the early 90s. 1081 01:01:47,186 --> 01:01:50,223 For disabling a B-52 bomber with three other people, 1082 01:01:50,258 --> 01:01:51,431 Catholic pacifists. 1083 01:01:52,639 --> 01:01:54,400 And, at that point Julian was 17 1084 01:01:54,434 --> 01:01:57,437 and had released out the wank worm. 1085 01:01:57,472 --> 01:01:59,681 That's when as an activists field he was arrested 1086 01:01:59,716 --> 01:02:01,718 and charged with 36 offenses for hacking. 1087 01:02:02,891 --> 01:02:04,893 Now he grew up and moved on from activism 1088 01:02:04,928 --> 01:02:07,068 and he started Wikileaks in 2006. 1089 01:02:07,102 --> 01:02:11,417 After being a single father raising a child from 17 to 34. 1090 01:02:12,867 --> 01:02:16,180 130 days ago, I came here feeling that his extraction 1091 01:02:16,215 --> 01:02:19,149 from this building was inevitable and imminent. 1092 01:02:19,183 --> 01:02:21,496 And I've been here 130 days. 1093 01:02:22,669 --> 01:02:23,705 The only thing the British are offering 1094 01:02:23,740 --> 01:02:24,948 for the breach of bail. 1095 01:02:24,982 --> 01:02:26,777 Usually bail is indicted if you've been charged 1096 01:02:26,812 --> 01:02:28,710 with something, you get out before. 1097 01:02:28,745 --> 01:02:30,298 But he hasn't been charged with anything. 1098 01:02:30,332 --> 01:02:33,059 The Swedes finished their investigation 1099 01:02:33,094 --> 01:02:34,854 and didn't charge him. 1100 01:02:34,889 --> 01:02:37,926 So it's just the substitutes to do what the Americans want. 1101 01:02:38,893 --> 01:02:40,066 Which is what the Australians do 1102 01:02:40,101 --> 01:02:42,206 and the Irish do so don't feel bad about it. 1103 01:02:42,241 --> 01:02:45,727 I mean, it's an empire, you know, when the Americans 1104 01:02:45,762 --> 01:02:47,764 say jump the British, the Irish, the Australians. 1105 01:02:47,798 --> 01:02:50,111 Go, high do you want us to jump? 1106 01:02:50,145 --> 01:02:51,422 Who do you want us to land on? 1107 01:02:51,457 --> 01:02:53,148 And how hard do you want us to land on them? 1108 01:02:53,183 --> 01:02:54,080 Yeah, it's tragic, 1109 01:02:55,323 --> 01:02:56,565 it's like a slow motion crucifixion. 1110 01:03:06,886 --> 01:03:08,577 - [Narrator] April 2019. 1111 01:03:08,612 --> 01:03:11,822 With ties becoming strained between the WikiLeaks founder 1112 01:03:11,857 --> 01:03:15,170 and the new government, it became increasingly more likely 1113 01:03:15,205 --> 01:03:17,483 Assange would be extradited. 1114 01:03:17,517 --> 01:03:20,589 Subsequently looking at spending the rest of his life 1115 01:03:20,624 --> 01:03:22,488 rotting in solitary confinement 1116 01:03:22,522 --> 01:03:24,593 in the United States prison cell. 1117 01:03:27,769 --> 01:03:28,805 It's April 10th, 1118 01:03:29,978 --> 01:03:31,462 and these days my solidarity with Julian 1119 01:03:31,497 --> 01:03:34,155 being here 24 hours, seven days a week. 1120 01:03:34,189 --> 01:03:36,640 But I was at the first court appearance of Julian, 1121 01:03:36,674 --> 01:03:38,884 when he walked in voluntarily to Kennedy Township 1122 01:03:38,918 --> 01:03:41,438 police station December 7th 2010. 1123 01:03:43,302 --> 01:03:46,408 [reporters shouting] 1124 01:03:46,443 --> 01:03:48,790 Well different people have different entry points. 1125 01:03:48,825 --> 01:03:50,757 I'm a bit dyslexic, I'm not very techy. 1126 01:03:51,897 --> 01:03:53,864 My entry point as an anti-war activist. 1127 01:03:53,899 --> 01:03:56,177 I'm part of Pacifist Catholic Worker Movement 1128 01:03:56,211 --> 01:03:58,179 has been going since the 30s. 1129 01:03:58,213 --> 01:04:01,768 People were jailed in World War two for anti conscription. 1130 01:04:01,803 --> 01:04:03,978 We were the first people to burn draft cards publicly 1131 01:04:04,012 --> 01:04:06,049 in the early part of the Vietnam War. 1132 01:04:06,083 --> 01:04:08,499 And then two priests Daniel and Philip Berrigan 1133 01:04:08,534 --> 01:04:10,363 led the Draft Board Raid Movement. 1134 01:04:10,398 --> 01:04:12,952 Where people, nuns and priests and laity would break 1135 01:04:12,987 --> 01:04:14,920 into draft boards, and destroy draft files. 1136 01:04:14,954 --> 01:04:17,543 And it's kind of interesting because Dan and Phil were on 1137 01:04:17,577 --> 01:04:20,132 the front page of Time magazine in 1968. 1138 01:04:20,166 --> 01:04:21,961 Julian was in 2010. 1139 01:04:21,996 --> 01:04:23,687 And then Hoover and Nixon had a meeting 1140 01:04:23,721 --> 01:04:25,344 about how to marginalize them. 1141 01:04:25,378 --> 01:04:27,967 And I'm sure similar meetings have happened without Julian 1142 01:04:28,002 --> 01:04:29,348 and they were quite successful. 1143 01:04:29,382 --> 01:04:32,247 In both instances, of radicalizing any support 1144 01:04:32,282 --> 01:04:33,179 and marginalizing. 1145 01:04:34,629 --> 01:04:36,389 Some of my prison conditions in different places have been 1146 01:04:36,424 --> 01:04:37,943 worse and some have been better. 1147 01:04:37,977 --> 01:04:40,635 The most significant part of it being worse 1148 01:04:40,669 --> 01:04:42,257 is this is sensory deprivation. 1149 01:04:42,292 --> 01:04:44,501 There's no change in heat or cold, 1150 01:04:44,535 --> 01:04:46,917 no ability to see more than five meters. 1151 01:04:46,952 --> 01:04:48,988 No healthcare access. 1152 01:04:49,023 --> 01:04:53,096 So it's changed for four or five different ambassadors, 1153 01:04:53,130 --> 01:04:54,442 since he went in there. 1154 01:04:55,961 --> 01:04:57,307 And they sacked the ambassador 1155 01:04:57,341 --> 01:04:58,929 and half the staff in December. 1156 01:04:58,964 --> 01:05:02,277 Probably because they thought that he was too sympathetic 1157 01:05:02,312 --> 01:05:04,486 and then just made the environment much more toxic. 1158 01:05:04,521 --> 01:05:07,006 Like there's a live feed to Quito from in that building. 1159 01:05:07,041 --> 01:05:08,905 There's more and more cameras. 1160 01:05:08,939 --> 01:05:12,218 That's what we hear from John Pilger and others who visited. 1161 01:05:12,253 --> 01:05:14,151 So they're trying to push him out 1162 01:05:14,186 --> 01:05:15,325 and they're having difficulties 1163 01:05:15,359 --> 01:05:17,223 cause he's an Ecuadorian citizen. 1164 01:05:18,707 --> 01:05:20,951 So leak happened last week from within the government 1165 01:05:20,986 --> 01:05:23,298 that he had hours or days left. 1166 01:05:23,333 --> 01:05:24,575 If that leak had not happened, 1167 01:05:24,610 --> 01:05:26,577 he'd probably be gone by now. 1168 01:05:26,612 --> 01:05:30,167 But on Friday 40 Media turned up and now that's just 1169 01:05:30,202 --> 01:05:34,344 a lot of them going, from roughly doing 24/7. 1170 01:05:36,311 --> 01:05:38,969 [soft music] 1171 01:05:39,004 --> 01:05:41,834 He won't surrender, he'll be dragged out eventually 1172 01:05:41,868 --> 01:05:44,285 and he'll be put in prison here. 1173 01:05:44,319 --> 01:05:46,943 Facing extradition he'll fight that. 1174 01:05:46,977 --> 01:05:48,599 What I hope to do is move there and try 1175 01:05:48,634 --> 01:05:51,016 and get a support group going around the prison, 1176 01:05:52,534 --> 01:05:54,019 And because as a former prisoner, I know the significance 1177 01:05:54,053 --> 01:05:55,261 of solidarity basically. 1178 01:06:00,025 --> 01:06:02,372 They've set up protocols hoping he'll break them. 1179 01:06:02,406 --> 01:06:06,479 I believe that one of them is he can't come to the window. 1180 01:06:06,514 --> 01:06:09,517 You know, so he's only ever spoken four times, 1181 01:06:09,551 --> 01:06:10,414 from the balcony. 1182 01:06:11,553 --> 01:06:12,830 Yeah, so there's good people everywhere. 1183 01:06:12,865 --> 01:06:15,143 And that was my feeling in prison too. 1184 01:06:15,178 --> 01:06:16,834 But it is a bit like prison in the sense 1185 01:06:16,869 --> 01:06:18,940 that I'm restricted to certain area. 1186 01:06:18,975 --> 01:06:20,907 But you find good people everywhere. 1187 01:06:20,942 --> 01:06:22,875 And you find threats everywhere too. 1188 01:06:24,325 --> 01:06:27,707 Apparently Wikileaks have found one [laughs] 1189 01:06:27,742 --> 01:06:32,126 So yeah, there's news that they've been infiltrated, 1190 01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:33,748 or something like that. 1191 01:06:33,782 --> 01:06:35,853 - [Narrator] April 10th 2019 1192 01:06:37,165 --> 01:06:39,512 News emerges of an extensive spying campaign 1193 01:06:39,547 --> 01:06:41,238 orchestrated on Assange. 1194 01:06:42,929 --> 01:06:45,311 - Let me just begin with telling you the basics. 1195 01:06:47,831 --> 01:06:50,868 The new and unexpected thing that just came into light 1196 01:06:50,903 --> 01:06:52,353 in the last few days. 1197 01:06:52,387 --> 01:06:56,874 Is that Wikileaks uncovered an extensive spying operation 1198 01:06:58,221 --> 01:07:00,602 against Julian Assange within the Ecuadorian embassy. 1199 01:07:04,089 --> 01:07:09,059 It entails a total invasion of privacy of Mr. Assange. 1200 01:07:10,198 --> 01:07:11,510 - [Kristinn] What we have established is that 1201 01:07:11,544 --> 01:07:14,754 security cameras were used to monitor 1202 01:07:14,789 --> 01:07:19,069 his every move, his every meeting with visitors. 1203 01:07:20,105 --> 01:07:22,072 - One thing is absolutely clear, 1204 01:07:23,418 --> 01:07:24,799 with the new government, 1205 01:07:24,833 --> 01:07:26,904 Ecuador is not protecting Julian anymore. 1206 01:07:28,941 --> 01:07:30,874 It's not protecting him as it should, 1207 01:07:32,186 --> 01:07:34,809 since it granted him political asylum. 1208 01:07:36,121 --> 01:07:38,468 Quite the contrary, 1209 01:07:38,502 --> 01:07:40,953 the government is making everything 1210 01:07:40,987 --> 01:07:43,473 possible to end the asylum. 1211 01:07:45,164 --> 01:07:48,926 - [Fidel] And the only reason, why it hasn't happened yet, 1212 01:07:50,445 --> 01:07:52,965 is because the international shame, 1213 01:07:56,002 --> 01:08:00,421 the historic shame, that will be entitled to Ecuador. 1214 01:08:04,218 --> 01:08:08,360 We know since January that there was a request 1215 01:08:08,394 --> 01:08:11,915 by the US government to Ecuador, 1216 01:08:11,949 --> 01:08:15,677 to allow the interrogation of diplomats 1217 01:08:15,712 --> 01:08:18,611 that worked in the Ecuadorian embassy, 1218 01:08:18,646 --> 01:08:21,131 in relations to an ongoing investigation, 1219 01:08:21,166 --> 01:08:22,374 criminal investigation, 1220 01:08:24,376 --> 01:08:25,894 and to WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. 1221 01:08:27,172 --> 01:08:29,967 And we know that the Ecuadorian government did comply. 1222 01:08:31,383 --> 01:08:34,110 We also know that there was a request to hand over 1223 01:08:34,144 --> 01:08:39,115 visitors logs from the embassy and video recordings from 1224 01:08:40,254 --> 01:08:42,048 within the security cameras in the embassy. 1225 01:08:42,083 --> 01:08:45,604 So we assume that this material, this extensive material 1226 01:08:47,019 --> 01:08:48,296 that has been gathered has been handed over 1227 01:08:48,331 --> 01:08:49,746 to the Trump administration. 1228 01:08:50,574 --> 01:08:51,782 - [Fidel] Let's remember that Julian Assange 1229 01:08:51,817 --> 01:08:53,163 is not serving any sentence. 1230 01:08:54,268 --> 01:08:55,683 He doesn't have any charges. 1231 01:08:57,202 --> 01:08:58,755 He is a political refugee. 1232 01:08:59,928 --> 01:09:02,517 Political refugees do not lose rights, 1233 01:09:04,001 --> 01:09:07,004 on the contrary, they should have their rights protected. 1234 01:09:08,178 --> 01:09:11,768 What we have here is a clearly human rights 1235 01:09:11,802 --> 01:09:13,563 violation of a journalist. 1236 01:09:15,081 --> 01:09:17,567 - The Moreno government in Ecuador has been all too willing 1237 01:09:19,016 --> 01:09:23,952 to help out by pushing Julian Assange out of the embassy. 1238 01:09:25,471 --> 01:09:29,234 This attempt to have this done has been escalating 1239 01:09:29,268 --> 01:09:31,995 in the last few weeks and even days. 1240 01:09:33,928 --> 01:09:36,862 And even last week, we heard that he was, 1241 01:09:36,896 --> 01:09:40,452 from very reliable sources on Friday to this race 1242 01:09:40,486 --> 01:09:43,627 that was imminent that he would be evicted 1243 01:09:43,662 --> 01:09:45,664 from the embassy and arrested. 1244 01:09:47,113 --> 01:09:50,910 On learning Moreno's orders, the president of Equador. 1245 01:09:50,945 --> 01:09:54,569 The only reason why this was averted, in our opinion, 1246 01:09:54,604 --> 01:09:56,675 is the fact that we learned about it. 1247 01:09:56,709 --> 01:10:00,679 And we were able to publish that information. 1248 01:10:00,713 --> 01:10:01,852 That was the only reason why 1249 01:10:01,887 --> 01:10:04,545 that was stopped probably temporarily. 1250 01:10:15,418 --> 01:10:18,214 - [Ciaron] When I came here 138 days ago, whatever it was, 1251 01:10:18,248 --> 01:10:20,699 I expected him to be lifted that night. 1252 01:10:20,733 --> 01:10:23,978 So they've obviously backed off because of the leak. 1253 01:10:24,012 --> 01:10:26,912 The more observing that's going on, but more presence 1254 01:10:26,946 --> 01:10:29,811 the safer it is to Julian so it's good at the moment. 1255 01:10:29,846 --> 01:10:32,435 There seems to be about five people here which is good 1256 01:10:32,469 --> 01:10:34,575 because often it's just me. 1257 01:10:34,609 --> 01:10:37,405 That red car there that's probably embassy police. 1258 01:10:37,440 --> 01:10:41,167 - [Ciaron] They're armed and they do a circuit every hour 1259 01:10:41,202 --> 01:10:44,861 but they've been back about four times in past hour now. 1260 01:10:44,895 --> 01:10:47,208 Two nights ago a van pulled up right in front of me, 1261 01:10:47,243 --> 01:10:50,625 another guy, cop got out a machine gun 1262 01:10:50,660 --> 01:10:52,869 and part of this is just to stress him out mentally 1263 01:10:52,903 --> 01:10:56,010 you know, it's the kind of low intensity conflict 1264 01:10:56,044 --> 01:10:57,045 on his mental health. 1265 01:10:58,461 --> 01:11:01,118 - [Ciaron] I would think this Lenin Marino who seems 1266 01:11:01,153 --> 01:11:03,949 to be keen to turn Ecuador back into a US colony 1267 01:11:03,983 --> 01:11:05,640 and you know, the history of South America 1268 01:11:05,675 --> 01:11:07,780 and United States post World War Two. 1269 01:11:07,815 --> 01:11:10,300 Is the US toppling democratic government after democratic 1270 01:11:10,335 --> 01:11:12,613 government and putting military juntas in. 1271 01:11:12,647 --> 01:11:14,304 - [Ciaron] It's a toxic hostile staff now 1272 01:11:14,339 --> 01:11:16,099 compared to what preceded it. 1273 01:11:16,133 --> 01:11:17,549 Like he was invited in, 1274 01:11:19,551 --> 01:11:21,104 by the president Correa who now, 1275 01:11:21,138 --> 01:11:22,933 has an arrest warrant issued on him. 1276 01:11:24,901 --> 01:11:26,523 The president who invited him in, 1277 01:11:28,663 --> 01:11:31,425 is now at large trying to get asylum in Belgium. 1278 01:11:31,459 --> 01:11:34,324 So this place has gone from a sanctuary to a trap. 1279 01:11:35,567 --> 01:11:38,880 And the Special Branch are here 24/7. 1280 01:11:38,915 --> 01:11:43,299 And they're probably number 18, that's my guess. 1281 01:11:45,024 --> 01:11:47,268 And there is no where to do a run up from here. 1282 01:11:49,132 --> 01:11:52,135 - [Crowd] Free, free Julian Assange. 1283 01:11:53,688 --> 01:11:57,313 - Well, what does it mean to journalism you know like, 1284 01:11:57,347 --> 01:11:59,211 Chomsky calls mainstream journalists, 1285 01:11:59,245 --> 01:12:00,661 the demographers of power, 1286 01:12:00,695 --> 01:12:04,389 which is this real, journalism is questioning the story 1287 01:12:04,423 --> 01:12:06,356 behind the story and yeah. 1288 01:12:06,391 --> 01:12:08,496 The lack of transparency just leads to corruption. 1289 01:12:08,531 --> 01:12:11,361 Everything can become corrupt Christianity, communism, 1290 01:12:11,396 --> 01:12:14,709 capitalism, democracy, feminism. 1291 01:12:15,883 --> 01:12:17,954 So you've got to have transparency 1292 01:12:19,058 --> 01:12:20,646 and power to be held to account. 1293 01:12:21,820 --> 01:12:23,166 It's the death of free expression. 1294 01:12:34,971 --> 01:12:37,214 He's very resolute and he's very convinced 1295 01:12:37,249 --> 01:12:39,009 with the significance of his work. 1296 01:12:39,044 --> 01:12:42,530 And, but obviously is starved of intellectual stimulation 1297 01:12:42,565 --> 01:12:43,566 which he thrives on. 1298 01:12:46,638 --> 01:12:48,847 No one could argue that he could be a multimillionaire 1299 01:12:48,881 --> 01:12:51,056 poolside Silicon Valley. 1300 01:12:51,090 --> 01:12:54,231 And he's decided to you know, give the gifts 1301 01:12:54,266 --> 01:12:57,165 I believe God gave him to expose the rich 1302 01:12:57,200 --> 01:12:59,547 and powerful wage constant war on the poor. 1303 01:13:01,618 --> 01:13:03,620 And, you know, that's pretty impressive. 1304 01:13:05,657 --> 01:13:08,176 It's very similar to the story of John the baptist 1305 01:13:08,211 --> 01:13:11,041 in that sense that you had a collaborator King, 1306 01:13:11,076 --> 01:13:15,977 a Jewish King Herod, who wanted to appease the empire, 1307 01:13:16,978 --> 01:13:18,428 Roman happens to be American now, 1308 01:13:18,463 --> 01:13:20,326 and delivered the head of a prophet. 1309 01:13:20,361 --> 01:13:22,052 And what is a prophet? 1310 01:13:22,087 --> 01:13:23,847 A prophet doesn't necessarily have to be a really nice guy. 1311 01:13:23,882 --> 01:13:24,572 That's a saint. 1312 01:13:25,746 --> 01:13:28,334 A prophet is someone who speaks truth to power. 1313 01:13:28,369 --> 01:13:31,268 And as Oscar Wilde who used to live in this building said, 1314 01:13:32,649 --> 01:13:34,927 If you tell people the truth, and don't make them laugh, 1315 01:13:34,962 --> 01:13:36,584 they'll wanna kill you. 1316 01:13:36,619 --> 01:13:38,621 So Julian probably needs a gag rider. 1317 01:13:56,466 --> 01:13:59,055 - [Narrator] April 11th 2019. 1318 01:14:03,266 --> 01:14:04,957 In the early hours of the morning, 1319 01:14:04,992 --> 01:14:06,925 to avoid any commotion on the wealthy 1320 01:14:06,959 --> 01:14:08,409 streets of Knightsbridge. 1321 01:14:11,757 --> 01:14:14,484 A frail and weaker Assange is carried down 1322 01:14:14,519 --> 01:14:18,177 the very steps he walked up over seven years ago. 1323 01:14:18,212 --> 01:14:20,594 After the Ecuadorian government saw fit 1324 01:14:20,628 --> 01:14:22,872 to invite the British police inside. 1325 01:14:27,497 --> 01:14:30,742 [crowd shouting] 1326 01:14:30,776 --> 01:14:32,260 Seen on Ruptly. 1327 01:14:39,923 --> 01:14:43,962 Media campaigns to discredit the infamous publisher evolved 1328 01:14:43,996 --> 01:14:46,999 leaked videos from inside the Ecuadorian embassy 1329 01:14:47,034 --> 01:14:49,450 and comments made by Merino's embassy staff 1330 01:14:49,485 --> 01:14:50,969 on his personal hygiene, 1331 01:14:51,003 --> 01:14:52,764 gave the government enough ammunition 1332 01:14:52,798 --> 01:14:54,973 to rid themselves of Assange. 1333 01:14:55,007 --> 01:14:57,769 Handing him over to the British police. 1334 01:14:57,803 --> 01:15:01,462 A stark contrast to the government that provided his asylum. 1335 01:15:03,947 --> 01:15:07,123 - Those allegations are a smear campaign, 1336 01:15:08,331 --> 01:15:11,334 smoking screen made by the government. 1337 01:15:11,368 --> 01:15:13,060 In order to cover, 1338 01:15:14,337 --> 01:15:15,752 the fundamental thing. 1339 01:15:15,787 --> 01:15:19,135 The fundamental thing here is that Ecuador 1340 01:15:20,343 --> 01:15:23,760 has handed over a political refugee, 1341 01:15:23,795 --> 01:15:26,936 to his persecutors. 1342 01:15:26,970 --> 01:15:30,871 Ecuador has breached every single legislation 1343 01:15:30,905 --> 01:15:34,012 on political asylum and refugee there is. 1344 01:15:35,600 --> 01:15:38,568 So that's in a sense a crime, 1345 01:15:38,603 --> 01:15:40,052 and in order to cover that 1346 01:15:40,087 --> 01:15:43,987 they need to bring their attention to something else. 1347 01:15:44,022 --> 01:15:46,990 It's outrageous, it's absolutely outrageous. 1348 01:15:47,025 --> 01:15:49,130 It was basically a kidnapping, 1349 01:15:50,615 --> 01:15:54,653 he didn't walk out by his own will, outside of the embassy. 1350 01:15:55,896 --> 01:15:58,174 He was dragged by force, 1351 01:16:01,349 --> 01:16:04,905 he refuse and he was right to refuse. 1352 01:16:07,804 --> 01:16:10,048 He became Ecuadorian during this time. 1353 01:16:11,636 --> 01:16:12,671 That was his embassy. 1354 01:16:13,845 --> 01:16:16,330 According to the Ecuadorian constitution, 1355 01:16:16,364 --> 01:16:19,575 no Ecuadorian could be extradited ever. 1356 01:16:22,267 --> 01:16:23,751 - Good day, well look at that. 1357 01:16:26,892 --> 01:16:28,100 - Another last one. 1358 01:16:28,135 --> 01:16:30,033 - [Alan] Can I say we are very grateful to the ambassador 1359 01:16:30,068 --> 01:16:32,242 and to president Moreno. 1360 01:16:32,277 --> 01:16:34,486 For bringing this to a conclusion, 1361 01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:36,937 I think everyone is pleased that 1362 01:16:36,971 --> 01:16:38,455 this has finally come to an end. 1363 01:16:38,490 --> 01:16:41,079 And I think it will signal ever improving relations 1364 01:16:41,113 --> 01:16:43,668 between the United Kingdom and Ecuador, 1365 01:16:43,702 --> 01:16:45,842 and we look forward to such. 1366 01:16:45,877 --> 01:16:48,258 Increased activities over the years ahead. 1367 01:16:48,293 --> 01:16:50,295 So thank you once again ambassador. 1368 01:16:50,329 --> 01:16:51,158 Thank you. 1369 01:17:01,168 --> 01:17:03,549 - [Narrator] Meanwhile, in the United States, 1370 01:17:03,584 --> 01:17:07,208 the indictment showing Julian's charges is unsealed, 1371 01:17:07,243 --> 01:17:10,660 revealing the charge to be a conspiracy 1372 01:17:10,695 --> 01:17:13,111 to commit computer intrusion. 1373 01:17:13,145 --> 01:17:15,596 No new information is disclosed. 1374 01:17:15,631 --> 01:17:18,116 - Now you have all probably heard about the indictment 1375 01:17:18,150 --> 01:17:19,704 and the nature of the indictments. 1376 01:17:19,738 --> 01:17:21,533 Which I think are very revealing 1377 01:17:21,567 --> 01:17:24,053 about the nature of this entire case. 1378 01:17:24,087 --> 01:17:28,126 It is based, 17 as was pointed out, 1379 01:17:28,160 --> 01:17:31,163 by the indictments on the Espionage Act, 1380 01:17:33,787 --> 01:17:36,617 which is an archaic legal framework 1381 01:17:36,652 --> 01:17:39,482 from the World War One period, 1382 01:17:39,516 --> 01:17:42,968 and has never in its 102 years history 1383 01:17:43,003 --> 01:17:46,316 been used against the publisher 1384 01:17:46,351 --> 01:17:48,180 and the journalists, never before. 1385 01:17:48,215 --> 01:17:51,494 - What is now going on is that 1386 01:17:51,528 --> 01:17:55,118 the United States is of course furious. 1387 01:17:55,153 --> 01:17:57,534 It's the first elephant in the room breaking everything. 1388 01:17:57,569 --> 01:18:00,710 It's furious, and it's violating 1389 01:18:00,745 --> 01:18:02,160 a lot of fundamental rights. 1390 01:18:03,886 --> 01:18:06,233 - [Kristinn] This is a watershed moment 1391 01:18:06,267 --> 01:18:08,131 for the preservation of journalism 1392 01:18:08,166 --> 01:18:10,755 This is about press freedom. 1393 01:18:11,894 --> 01:18:14,620 The Assange case and his extradition request 1394 01:18:14,655 --> 01:18:17,278 and this case is more than just 1395 01:18:17,313 --> 01:18:22,214 something pertains to one person, or one organization. 1396 01:18:22,249 --> 01:18:26,080 This is about the future of press freedom in our part 1397 01:18:26,115 --> 01:18:28,876 of the world where we have been rather privileged 1398 01:18:28,911 --> 01:18:32,293 with relatively good standing. 1399 01:18:32,328 --> 01:18:34,192 It is a crackdown on press freedom, 1400 01:18:35,849 --> 01:18:36,712 nothing less. 1401 01:18:39,404 --> 01:18:43,926 Publishing of documents, of videos of the killing 1402 01:18:43,960 --> 01:18:47,861 of innocent civilians, exposure of war crimes. 1403 01:18:47,895 --> 01:18:51,761 This is journalism, it's called conspiracy. 1404 01:18:51,796 --> 01:18:54,660 It's conspiracy to commit journalism. 1405 01:18:54,695 --> 01:18:57,422 - [Geoffrey] I have faith in the British justice system. 1406 01:18:57,456 --> 01:19:01,115 And I think he will argue 1407 01:19:01,150 --> 01:19:04,774 that this is a breach of his right to freedom of speech 1408 01:19:04,809 --> 01:19:08,398 which we uphold to an extent. 1409 01:19:08,433 --> 01:19:13,265 To throw him to the American wolves who are determined 1410 01:19:13,300 --> 01:19:16,061 to jail him for a long time. 1411 01:19:16,096 --> 01:19:20,479 So, yes, I've got faith that the British 1412 01:19:20,514 --> 01:19:23,897 justice system may prevent that. 1413 01:19:23,931 --> 01:19:27,832 As to the American justice system, ending up in the 1414 01:19:27,866 --> 01:19:29,868 Supreme Court in a few years, 1415 01:19:29,903 --> 01:19:34,908 with the majority of Trump appointees, I'm not so sure. 1416 01:19:41,500 --> 01:19:46,333 - May 1st 2019, Southwark Crown Court. 1417 01:19:46,367 --> 01:19:48,922 Assange is handed a 50 week jail sentence, 1418 01:19:48,956 --> 01:19:50,130 for breaching bail. 1419 01:19:51,683 --> 01:19:54,410 [crowd shouting] 1420 01:19:55,756 --> 01:19:58,586 - [Kristinn] To get a sentence only two weeks short 1421 01:19:58,621 --> 01:20:01,727 of the maximum sentence, is an outrage. 1422 01:20:02,901 --> 01:20:05,939 It's almost double the sentencing guideline. 1423 01:20:07,906 --> 01:20:10,426 And may I point out just into comparison, 1424 01:20:11,634 --> 01:20:13,463 that the so called speedboat killer. 1425 01:20:14,844 --> 01:20:18,952 Got six months for not showing up in court, 1426 01:20:18,986 --> 01:20:20,988 to hear his sentencing for manslaughter. 1427 01:20:23,888 --> 01:20:28,409 But the fight continues tomorrow is the big fight, 1428 01:20:28,444 --> 01:20:31,240 the start of a big and the most important fight. 1429 01:20:31,274 --> 01:20:33,863 The fight against the extradition of Julian Assange 1430 01:20:33,898 --> 01:20:34,968 to the United States. 1431 01:20:37,177 --> 01:20:38,385 What is at stake there? 1432 01:20:39,904 --> 01:20:42,044 Could be a question of life and death, 1433 01:20:42,078 --> 01:20:42,907 for Mr. Assange. 1434 01:20:46,151 --> 01:20:50,086 It is also a question of life and death, 1435 01:20:51,812 --> 01:20:54,332 for a major journalistic principle. 1436 01:20:56,161 --> 01:20:58,784 - [Narrator] May 2nd 2019. 1437 01:20:58,819 --> 01:21:01,787 Assange appears via a video link in one of the smallest 1438 01:21:01,822 --> 01:21:04,307 court rooms at Wesminster Magistrates. 1439 01:21:04,342 --> 01:21:06,862 With the session only lasting 10 minutes, 1440 01:21:06,896 --> 01:21:09,450 a new procedural hearing date is set. 1441 01:21:11,211 --> 01:21:14,352 This is a matter of life and death for Assange. 1442 01:21:18,943 --> 01:21:19,978 May 7th 2019. 1443 01:21:21,635 --> 01:21:24,327 Visitors of Julian approach the assembled media 1444 01:21:24,362 --> 01:21:26,536 outside Belmarsh prison. 1445 01:21:26,571 --> 01:21:28,780 - I think I speak for both of us that we are quite 1446 01:21:28,814 --> 01:21:33,302 emotional after this first social visit that Julian's 1447 01:21:33,336 --> 01:21:36,753 allowed after being in here for a month. 1448 01:21:36,788 --> 01:21:39,377 - Obviously, it's been very difficult to see 1449 01:21:40,965 --> 01:21:44,658 Julian here and to make our way through the prison 1450 01:21:44,692 --> 01:21:48,144 to get to him was quite shocking and difficult. 1451 01:21:49,663 --> 01:21:52,977 He does not deserve to be in a super max prison. 1452 01:21:53,011 --> 01:21:55,565 He has never committed a violent act. 1453 01:21:55,600 --> 01:21:57,015 He's an innocent person. 1454 01:21:57,050 --> 01:22:00,467 You know justice will depend on public support. 1455 01:22:02,676 --> 01:22:05,886 - I guess he lost about 20 pounds, at least. 1456 01:22:07,853 --> 01:22:10,132 - The visiting hours are very, very precious. 1457 01:22:10,166 --> 01:22:11,305 Sorry I'm really upset. 1458 01:22:15,275 --> 01:22:18,864 Julian is a gentle, intellectual 1459 01:22:18,899 --> 01:22:21,384 in a maximum security prison, 1460 01:22:21,419 --> 01:22:23,835 it's just very moving to see Julian 1461 01:22:25,354 --> 01:22:29,082 particularly in those circumstances coming out of sick bay 1462 01:22:29,116 --> 01:22:33,569 and having lost 10 kilograms weight considerable terms. 1463 01:22:33,603 --> 01:22:34,570 When loosing weight 1464 01:22:36,261 --> 01:22:38,539 and being a little ill 1465 01:22:40,196 --> 01:22:41,715 is a big challenge. 1466 01:22:41,749 --> 01:22:44,235 But fighting spirit is there and he's still bossy. 1467 01:22:46,823 --> 01:22:49,723 - [Narrator] May 23rd 2019. 1468 01:22:49,757 --> 01:22:53,244 Assange is accused of 17 new charges brought forward 1469 01:22:53,278 --> 01:22:55,246 by the justice department. 1470 01:22:55,280 --> 01:22:58,904 The indictment states that Mr. Assange had repeatedly 1471 01:22:58,939 --> 01:23:02,218 encouraged sources with access to classified information, 1472 01:23:02,253 --> 01:23:05,739 to steal and provide it to Wikileaks to disclose. 1473 01:23:05,773 --> 01:23:07,327 No evidence was shown. 1474 01:23:14,230 --> 01:23:16,715 May 30th 2019. 1475 01:23:18,407 --> 01:23:20,996 News is released that Assange is too ill 1476 01:23:21,030 --> 01:23:22,204 to attend the hearing. 1477 01:23:23,446 --> 01:23:25,828 Resurfacing rumors of his poor health, 1478 01:23:25,862 --> 01:23:28,141 even signs of psychological torture. 1479 01:23:29,038 --> 01:23:31,454 [soft music] 1480 01:24:02,451 --> 01:24:04,556 The complicated extradition process, 1481 01:24:04,591 --> 01:24:07,283 which involves both Sweden and the United States 1482 01:24:07,318 --> 01:24:10,562 and deals with press freedom and national security issues, 1483 01:24:10,597 --> 01:24:13,772 is expected to last for months or years to come. 1484 01:24:16,982 --> 01:24:18,639 June 11th 2019. 1485 01:24:21,194 --> 01:24:24,266 United States submit an extradition request. 1486 01:24:24,300 --> 01:24:27,338 Sajid Javid confirms and signs the request, 1487 01:24:27,372 --> 01:24:30,410 setting up the extradition case in 2020, 1488 01:24:30,444 --> 01:24:33,620 the very case he fears most. 1489 01:24:33,654 --> 01:24:35,553 - [Geoffrey] Because of the cruelty 1490 01:24:35,587 --> 01:24:37,072 of the British government. 1491 01:24:37,106 --> 01:24:40,454 He hasn't been allowed even to go to a hospital for a day, 1492 01:24:40,489 --> 01:24:44,286 to get his chest scanned, he has a bad chest condition 1493 01:24:44,320 --> 01:24:47,185 according to specialist doctors. 1494 01:24:47,220 --> 01:24:49,394 And so that has not been allowed, 1495 01:24:49,429 --> 01:24:52,639 maybe allowed in a British prison hospital. 1496 01:24:52,673 --> 01:24:57,092 But the conditions in an American super max prison 1497 01:24:57,126 --> 01:24:59,887 are quite horrific and his freedom 1498 01:24:59,922 --> 01:25:03,236 and his spirit may well be broken. 1499 01:25:03,270 --> 01:25:07,205 He has a strong spirit, a spirit which is determined 1500 01:25:07,240 --> 01:25:11,244 to publish whatever he comes across or is sent to him, 1501 01:25:11,278 --> 01:25:13,142 which is of public interest. 1502 01:25:13,177 --> 01:25:17,422 And remember that history books are now being informed 1503 01:25:17,457 --> 01:25:21,599 by WikiLeaks revelations hardly a week goes by 1504 01:25:21,633 --> 01:25:26,638 without the news based on some Wikileaks revelation. 1505 01:25:28,088 --> 01:25:31,195 So he's sacrificed a lot for his belief in freedom 1506 01:25:31,229 --> 01:25:34,681 of speech and the issue will be whether our judges 1507 01:25:34,715 --> 01:25:39,375 and perhaps eventually American judges have the same relief, 1508 01:25:39,410 --> 01:25:41,274 or whether they're hypocrites. 1509 01:25:41,308 --> 01:25:44,622 - This deep disparity with the US is about to be laid bare 1510 01:25:44,656 --> 01:25:47,935 when the courts decide whether the WikiLeaks publisher 1511 01:25:47,970 --> 01:25:51,801 Julian Assange will beextradited to the US on charges 1512 01:25:51,836 --> 01:25:55,633 of espionage for exposing war crimes, 1513 01:25:55,667 --> 01:25:59,982 the murder of civilians and large scale corruption. 1514 01:26:00,016 --> 01:26:03,848 Will the prime minister agree with the parliamentary report 1515 01:26:03,882 --> 01:26:07,092 that's going to the Council of Europe that this extradition 1516 01:26:07,127 --> 01:26:11,580 should be opposed and the rights of journalists 1517 01:26:11,614 --> 01:26:15,894 and whistleblowers are held for the good of all of us? 1518 01:26:17,241 --> 01:26:18,656 - Prime minister. 1519 01:26:18,690 --> 01:26:21,141 - Mr. Speaker, I'm not gonna comment on any individual case. 1520 01:26:21,176 --> 01:26:23,385 But it is obvious that the rights of journalists 1521 01:26:23,419 --> 01:26:25,249 and whistleblowers should be upheld 1522 01:26:25,283 --> 01:26:28,252 and this government will clearly continue to do that. 1523 01:26:28,286 --> 01:26:29,770 [crowd chanting] 1524 01:26:29,805 --> 01:26:32,877 - [Narrator] February 24 2020. 1525 01:26:32,911 --> 01:26:35,811 Crowds gather at Woolwich crime court 1526 01:26:35,845 --> 01:26:38,262 in support of the brave publisher. 1527 01:26:38,296 --> 01:26:42,197 - From the angel of democracy and nobody knows more 1528 01:26:42,231 --> 01:26:45,959 about democracy than Julian Assange, it's not a crime, 1529 01:26:45,993 --> 01:26:47,512 to publish American war crimes, 1530 01:26:47,547 --> 01:26:49,894 it's in the interests democracy. 1531 01:26:51,344 --> 01:26:54,139 [crowd chanting] 1532 01:26:59,835 --> 01:27:04,322 - Robert Gates, ex secretary of defense before congress 1533 01:27:04,357 --> 01:27:06,980 in a testimony said that, it's awkward 1534 01:27:07,014 --> 01:27:11,018 embarrassing, that no damage was done. 1535 01:27:11,053 --> 01:27:15,885 I'll note that the prosecutor didn't err give one example 1536 01:27:15,920 --> 01:27:18,233 of a broken fingernail. 1537 01:27:18,267 --> 01:27:20,994 Just he said that sources were in danger, 1538 01:27:21,028 --> 01:27:22,685 that's simply not true. 1539 01:27:25,274 --> 01:27:28,346 - Thank you, as john said it's only a 10 minute break now. 1540 01:27:28,381 --> 01:27:30,072 So it's gonna be short. 1541 01:27:30,106 --> 01:27:35,111 But what was presented here was an overwhelming evidence 1542 01:27:36,285 --> 01:27:38,598 of how politicized the entire process has been. 1543 01:27:40,047 --> 01:27:43,913 As the channels are presented, very compelling evidence 1544 01:27:43,948 --> 01:27:47,296 of how it was decided under Obama not to prosecute 1545 01:27:47,331 --> 01:27:50,092 because of the impossibility 1546 01:27:50,126 --> 01:27:52,819 of singling out one publisher, 1547 01:27:52,853 --> 01:27:54,993 WikiLeaks, one journalist Julian Assange 1548 01:27:56,374 --> 01:27:59,481 and not going after all those who were actually part 1549 01:27:59,515 --> 01:28:02,794 of that project the New York Times problem 1550 01:28:02,829 --> 01:28:04,244 as as it was called. 1551 01:28:05,625 --> 01:28:09,698 It was laid out here how then after Trump came to power, 1552 01:28:09,732 --> 01:28:13,460 every avenue was sought to actually go after Julian Assange. 1553 01:28:13,495 --> 01:28:16,670 That is apparent from 1554 01:28:16,705 --> 01:28:19,570 quote from Jeff Sessions, the Attorney General, 1555 01:28:19,604 --> 01:28:22,193 from Mike Pompeo in 2017 1556 01:28:22,227 --> 01:28:25,334 when he started to depicting Wikileaks 1557 01:28:25,369 --> 01:28:27,750 as a hostile intelligence service, 1558 01:28:29,027 --> 01:28:31,444 and of course by this amazing revelation 1559 01:28:32,479 --> 01:28:34,239 that congressman Dana Rohrabacher 1560 01:28:34,274 --> 01:28:36,552 made an offer to Julian Assange 1561 01:28:36,587 --> 01:28:41,385 that if he would reveal his source of the 2016 DNC leaks. 1562 01:28:43,318 --> 01:28:47,183 They would bring back the message to Donald Trump 1563 01:28:47,218 --> 01:28:50,463 and secure leniency or pardon. 1564 01:28:50,497 --> 01:28:52,534 Of course that offer was denied. 1565 01:28:52,568 --> 01:28:54,018 There was no doubt about it. 1566 01:28:55,330 --> 01:28:58,263 That congressman Rohrabacher and his colleague 1567 01:28:58,298 --> 01:29:02,682 at that meeting, were saying that they were acting 1568 01:29:02,716 --> 01:29:05,823 under instruction by full knowledge 1569 01:29:05,857 --> 01:29:08,757 of President Trump in making that offer. 1570 01:29:10,206 --> 01:29:14,556 That is extraordinary only when that offer was declined 1571 01:29:14,590 --> 01:29:18,111 the process of formulating the indictments, 1572 01:29:18,145 --> 01:29:20,562 of getting the hands on Julian Assange 1573 01:29:20,596 --> 01:29:24,013 started in full earnest and we know how that all ended. 1574 01:29:25,221 --> 01:29:28,570 What was, of course, astonishing to hear 1575 01:29:30,019 --> 01:29:32,850 that we will hear more of his the revelation 1576 01:29:32,884 --> 01:29:37,061 that the security company the private security company hired 1577 01:29:37,095 --> 01:29:39,512 to look after the interests of Julian 1578 01:29:40,582 --> 01:29:42,894 was again hired rehired 1579 01:29:44,517 --> 01:29:47,002 by the funder of Donald Trump, 1580 01:29:48,348 --> 01:29:53,111 Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson to spy on Julian 1581 01:29:54,527 --> 01:29:56,045 and evidence will be produced 1582 01:29:56,080 --> 01:30:00,015 by whistleblowers from that company who will anonymously 1583 01:30:00,049 --> 01:30:04,364 bear witness in this court, how they spied on everything, 1584 01:30:04,399 --> 01:30:06,711 and tell you exactly who they were working for, 1585 01:30:07,885 --> 01:30:09,818 it was US intelligence it's the dark side. 1586 01:30:09,852 --> 01:30:12,855 They said internally in between themselves. 1587 01:30:12,890 --> 01:30:15,513 They were spying on the legally privileged conversation 1588 01:30:15,548 --> 01:30:17,653 between Julian and his lawyers. 1589 01:30:17,688 --> 01:30:21,761 And everything, almost in real time, was transported back 1590 01:30:21,795 --> 01:30:23,728 to intelligence agency in the US. 1591 01:30:25,523 --> 01:30:29,872 There was even discussions among the staff in the embassy 1592 01:30:31,598 --> 01:30:35,222 that more extreme measures would be possibly be taken. 1593 01:30:35,257 --> 01:30:39,019 Apart from this spying on Julian, 1594 01:30:39,054 --> 01:30:42,437 namely kidnapping or poisoning. 1595 01:30:44,887 --> 01:30:47,338 [soft music] 1596 01:30:52,826 --> 01:30:55,380 - [Narrator] February 25th 2020. 1597 01:30:56,727 --> 01:30:59,454 [crowd shouting] 1598 01:31:01,456 --> 01:31:02,767 News breaks of the inhumane care 1599 01:31:02,802 --> 01:31:05,011 the founder of Wikileaks is receiving. 1600 01:31:24,444 --> 01:31:27,620 February 26th 2020. 1601 01:31:27,654 --> 01:31:29,311 Sitting in a bulletproof box, 1602 01:31:29,345 --> 01:31:32,487 unable to be properly engaged in the proceedings. 1603 01:31:32,521 --> 01:31:34,247 Assange's lawyer revealed to the court 1604 01:31:34,281 --> 01:31:36,387 that he is now on medication, 1605 01:31:36,421 --> 01:31:39,183 fueling further rumors of his weakening health. 1606 01:31:40,115 --> 01:31:42,876 [crowd chanting] 1607 01:31:56,821 --> 01:31:59,755 February 27th 2020. 1608 01:31:59,790 --> 01:32:02,240 [soft music] 1609 01:32:14,011 --> 01:32:16,841 - [Craig] The main stream media came here 1610 01:32:16,876 --> 01:32:19,775 for the opening statement of the prosecution. 1611 01:32:19,810 --> 01:32:23,123 Yeah, they copy and paste it from the prosecution 1612 01:32:23,158 --> 01:32:25,194 thing saying Mr. Assange is a common criminal 1613 01:32:25,229 --> 01:32:28,370 and then they all went homeeven before the defense started. 1614 01:32:28,404 --> 01:32:31,304 So I'm afraid that, 1615 01:32:31,338 --> 01:32:32,754 but that simply tells us 1616 01:32:32,788 --> 01:32:34,169 what we already knew about the main stream media. 1617 01:32:34,203 --> 01:32:35,308 Anyway, thank you. 1618 01:32:40,865 --> 01:32:43,385 - It's not a fair hearing, it's not a fair hearing. 1619 01:32:43,419 --> 01:32:45,629 If one side is more armed than the other. 1620 01:32:45,663 --> 01:32:48,839 If one side can go back and forth with their lawyers 1621 01:32:48,873 --> 01:32:51,255 and discuss the route that they need to take 1622 01:32:51,289 --> 01:32:54,603 or point out the things might be factually incorrect. 1623 01:32:54,638 --> 01:32:56,812 It will have an equally chilling effect 1624 01:32:56,847 --> 01:32:58,780 on both whistleblowers and publishers. 1625 01:32:58,814 --> 01:33:00,540 Because it sets the precedent that, 1626 01:33:00,575 --> 01:33:02,473 it doesn't matter where you are reporting from, 1627 01:33:02,507 --> 01:33:05,925 it doesn't matter who gives you the documents, 1628 01:33:05,959 --> 01:33:07,512 none of that matters. 1629 01:33:07,547 --> 01:33:10,964 If you do something that another state doesn't like, 1630 01:33:10,999 --> 01:33:13,208 they can reach out that extra territorial arm 1631 01:33:13,242 --> 01:33:14,554 and pluck you from that country 1632 01:33:14,589 --> 01:33:16,452 and throw you into a hole in theirs. 1633 01:33:16,487 --> 01:33:19,663 So in this case, we have an Australian 1634 01:33:19,697 --> 01:33:22,389 publisher in Europe and the United Kingdom 1635 01:33:22,424 --> 01:33:25,254 being sought by the United States. 1636 01:33:25,289 --> 01:33:30,294 Where he is looking down the barrel of 175 years in prison. 1637 01:33:31,502 --> 01:33:32,883 They've already stated that they'll keep him 1638 01:33:32,917 --> 01:33:36,403 under what they call SAM's Special Administrative Measures. 1639 01:33:36,438 --> 01:33:39,061 We understand how the United States government works 1640 01:33:39,096 --> 01:33:41,685 with their terminology, they talk about. 1641 01:33:41,719 --> 01:33:44,619 Enhanced interrogation techniques, 1642 01:33:44,653 --> 01:33:47,829 which is a synonym for torture. 1643 01:33:47,863 --> 01:33:52,523 SAM's is a synonym for solitary confinement in isolation. 1644 01:33:52,557 --> 01:33:55,043 He wouldn't be allowed to speak to his family. 1645 01:33:55,077 --> 01:33:56,769 He'd only be allowed to speak to his lawyer 1646 01:33:56,803 --> 01:33:59,495 and his lawyer wouldn't be allowed to convey anything 1647 01:33:59,530 --> 01:34:00,945 that he said to the public 1648 01:34:00,980 --> 01:34:04,777 without his lawyer themselves being thrown into prison. 1649 01:34:08,608 --> 01:34:11,646 - John Shipton, Julian Assange's his father here, 1650 01:34:11,680 --> 01:34:14,303 outside Belmarsh with the supporters. 1651 01:34:15,822 --> 01:34:17,168 This is the fourth day. 1652 01:34:18,342 --> 01:34:21,794 The story continues to unfold as some sort 1653 01:34:21,828 --> 01:34:23,623 of fraud upon the court, 1654 01:34:23,658 --> 01:34:28,317 by the Department of Justice in the United States, 1655 01:34:28,352 --> 01:34:31,976 because they have, all of their evidence has been proved 1656 01:34:32,011 --> 01:34:34,669 to be, as our barrister says, 1657 01:34:34,703 --> 01:34:38,224 lies, lies and more lies, the extraordinary. 1658 01:34:40,847 --> 01:34:44,506 This abrogation of Julian's human rights 1659 01:34:44,540 --> 01:34:49,131 started 10 years ago, with 10 days arbitrary detention 1660 01:34:49,166 --> 01:34:51,893 in Wandsworth prison in solitary. 1661 01:34:51,927 --> 01:34:56,621 Then after that 18 months house arrest in Norridge, 1662 01:34:56,656 --> 01:35:00,211 after that Julian had to seek asylum 1663 01:35:00,246 --> 01:35:03,525 and was given asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy. 1664 01:35:03,559 --> 01:35:06,666 And that was seven and a half years of arbitrary detention. 1665 01:35:06,701 --> 01:35:08,254 - Can you hear me? 1666 01:35:08,288 --> 01:35:09,738 - [Crowd] Yeah. 1667 01:35:09,773 --> 01:35:13,638 - [John] Now, after the United Kingdom contravened 1668 01:35:13,673 --> 01:35:17,746 its own conventions to arrest Julian 1669 01:35:17,781 --> 01:35:22,751 without the revocation of the asylum that has given him. 1670 01:35:24,132 --> 01:35:26,341 They arrested him and charged him with skipping bail, 1671 01:35:26,375 --> 01:35:29,689 and has been in Belmarsh maximum security prison 1672 01:35:29,724 --> 01:35:32,036 for about 10 months now. 1673 01:35:32,071 --> 01:35:36,247 So 10 years of arbitrary detention, you don't have to take 1674 01:35:36,282 --> 01:35:39,009 my word for there's a Working Group, 1675 01:35:39,043 --> 01:35:42,495 the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, 1676 01:35:42,529 --> 01:35:45,947 their determination, there's this secondary 1677 01:35:45,981 --> 01:35:49,502 they're reporting in February 2018, 1678 01:35:49,536 --> 01:35:52,125 from the Working Group on arbitrary detention. 1679 01:35:52,160 --> 01:35:56,509 There's Nils Melzer of the UN rapporteur on torture. 1680 01:35:56,543 --> 01:35:58,235 His conclusions that Julian 1681 01:35:58,269 --> 01:36:00,755 had been psychologically tortured, 1682 01:36:00,789 --> 01:36:02,446 deliberately smeared, 1683 01:36:03,965 --> 01:36:05,380 mobbed. 1684 01:36:05,414 --> 01:36:09,625 There's also the United Nations rapporteur on privacy, 1685 01:36:09,660 --> 01:36:13,319 his determination that Julian's privacy 1686 01:36:13,353 --> 01:36:15,079 had been stolen from him. 1687 01:36:15,114 --> 01:36:18,565 There's the illegal surveillance by UC global 1688 01:36:18,600 --> 01:36:20,188 on behalf of the CIA, 1689 01:36:21,396 --> 01:36:24,295 the list just goes on and on. 1690 01:36:24,330 --> 01:36:27,160 You know, I just take each day as it comes 1691 01:36:27,195 --> 01:36:29,300 and do what I can to ensure that Julian 1692 01:36:29,335 --> 01:36:32,510 comes home to his family, that's all. 1693 01:36:36,376 --> 01:36:37,792 - [Narrator] Court proceedings are adjourned 1694 01:36:37,826 --> 01:36:40,691 with three weeks of evidence scheduled on May 18th. 1695 01:36:42,900 --> 01:36:44,868 - [Crowd] Free Julian Assange. 1696 01:36:44,902 --> 01:36:46,386 Free Julian Assange. 1697 01:36:46,421 --> 01:36:48,078 Free Julian Assange. 1698 01:36:50,149 --> 01:36:51,978 Free Julian Assange. 1699 01:36:52,013 --> 01:36:54,429 [soft music] 1700 01:37:26,564 --> 01:37:28,428 - [Narator] Julian Assange the enemy of America 1701 01:37:28,463 --> 01:37:32,156 for nearly 15 years lies in Belmarsh prison 1702 01:37:32,191 --> 01:37:33,778 awaiting his fate. 1703 01:37:33,813 --> 01:37:35,988 Fate that will have grave implications 1704 01:37:36,022 --> 01:37:38,162 across the media driven world, 1705 01:37:38,197 --> 01:37:40,302 from whistleblowers to journalists. 1706 01:37:41,752 --> 01:37:44,859 Fate that will change the way stories can be investigated. 1707 01:37:46,515 --> 01:37:50,174 Fate that will be decided in the months to come. 1708 01:37:51,555 --> 01:37:54,834 From coder to convict, Assange has brought information 1709 01:37:54,869 --> 01:37:56,698 and injustices to light that would 1710 01:37:56,732 --> 01:37:59,114 otherwise be stored and forgotten. 1711 01:37:59,149 --> 01:38:01,772 Whether you support or shun his methods. 1712 01:38:01,806 --> 01:38:04,982 Undoubtedly his revolutionary publishing has changed 1713 01:38:05,017 --> 01:38:07,536 the way journalism is conducted. 1714 01:38:07,571 --> 01:38:09,745 Holding governments that act in our name 1715 01:38:09,780 --> 01:38:11,782 to a definitive account. 1716 01:38:11,816 --> 01:38:12,956 With ailing health 1717 01:38:12,990 --> 01:38:15,751 and the Coronavirus pandemic in full swing. 1718 01:38:15,786 --> 01:38:17,753 Doctors expressed fear that Assange 1719 01:38:17,788 --> 01:38:20,895 may not see the light of day, again. 1720 01:38:25,175 --> 01:38:26,901 - I think it's important to remember at this time, 1721 01:38:26,935 --> 01:38:28,937 that as we go back out into the world, 1722 01:38:28,972 --> 01:38:31,112 we leave these happy headlands, 1723 01:38:31,146 --> 01:38:34,425 this this open face setting with all these happy hills. 1724 01:38:34,460 --> 01:38:36,048 We remember that the world of tomorrow, 1725 01:38:36,082 --> 01:38:37,670 is not gonna be like the past. 1726 01:38:39,051 --> 01:38:41,536 And the networks we move into are going to be threatened 1727 01:38:41,570 --> 01:38:44,470 by the KGB, the CIA, Sears, Roebuck 1728 01:38:45,333 --> 01:38:48,508 and any number of strange, 1729 01:38:48,543 --> 01:38:53,548 ostensibly honest, suspicious entities whose very nature 1730 01:38:54,963 --> 01:38:56,482 and motivations must be very carefully scrutinized. 1731 01:38:56,516 --> 01:39:00,348 So it's upto the entire public to defend itself 1732 01:39:00,382 --> 01:39:03,454 to look to the extension of freedom of privacy, 1733 01:39:03,489 --> 01:39:06,561 freedom of information, freedom of association 1734 01:39:06,595 --> 01:39:08,597 and all the things that have made America great 1735 01:39:08,632 --> 01:39:11,911 in this strange new and dark network world. 1736 01:39:11,946 --> 01:39:14,327 [soft music]