Update on Julian Assange event for Sat. + July 3rd demo in SF on Julian’s 50th birthday (from Adrienne Fong)

Free Assange!

Stop the Extradition! Drop the Charges!

Saturday, June 26, 2021

 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California

1433 Madison St. (Between 14th & 15th Streets)
(nr. Lake Merritt BART)
Oakland

LivestreamHome Run for Julian – Assange Defense

Admission $10 – $20 – sliding scale at door / no one turned away

Wheelchair accessible with advance notice

Masks / Social distancing

Freedom for Julian Assange

Journalism Is Not A Crime War Crimes Are

John and Gabriel Shipton, the father and brother of award-winning Australian journalist Julian Assange, as their nationwide tour stops in the Bay Area. They are raising awareness of the importance of protecting whistleblowers and journalists and calling on the U.S. government to drop its prosecution and finally let Julian come home.

Speakers:

Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Alice Walker will be joining the Shiptons live. Daniel Ellsberg – Pentagon Papers defendant and whistleblower, Noam Chomsky – linguist and author, and Mamia Abu-Jamal – innocent political prisoner and journalist, will be joining via Zoom.

Additional Speakers: Joe Lombardo, National Coordinator UNAC; Cynthia Papermaster, CODEPINK; Jeff Mackler, National Steering Committee, assangedefense.org; Dennis Bernstein, host of KPFA’s Flashpoints; Nozomi Hayase, author, “WikiLeaks, the Global Fourth Estate” “History Is Happening”; and more

See site for list of event co-sponsors: Home Run for Julian 2021 US Tour – Bay Area – Bay Action Committee to Free Julian Assange (bayaction2freeassange.org)

Host: Freedom for Julian Assange, San Francisco Bay Area (affiliated with assangedefense.org)

Info: Home Run for Julian 2021 US Tour – Bay Area – Bay Action Committee to Free Julian Assange (bayaction2freeassange.org)   &  Free Assange! Stop the Extradition! Drop the Charges! : Indybay

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Julian’s 50th Global Day of Protest!

(Julian’s 50th Birthday)

Saturday, July 3, 2021

12:30pm

British Consulate General San Francisco
1 Sansome St.
(nr. Market St.)
San Francisco 

Sponsorer: Bay Action Committee to Free Julian Assange

Info: Upcoming Events! (bayaction2freeassange.org)

Masks / social distancing

Julian Assange has been detained in the UK since he was 39 years old. Threatened with 175 years in prison by the US Government, Julian has spent the past 2 years incarcerated in Belmarsh Prison on trumped up charges.

Join us in a Global Day of Protest on Julian’s 50th birthday as we continue to raise awareness of his plight and call on the US Government to drop the charges against him.

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