🇦🇺 10-1-24 Julian Assange, PACE
[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]

“I want to be totally clear.
I am not free today because the system worked.
I am free today, after years of incarceration,
BECAUSE I PLEAD GUILTY TO JOURNALISM.
I plead guilty to seeking information from a source.
I plead guilty to obtaining information from a source.
And I plead guilty to informing the public what that information was.
I DID NOT PLEAD GUILTY TO ANYTHING ELSE.
I hope my testimony today can serve to highlight
the weaknesses of the existing safeguards
& to help those whose cases are less visible
but who are equally vulnerable” 🕊️

#HeroForTheAges