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Stella Assange: “Expose them and they will kill you”

Totalitarianism

Published 29 March 2024
– By Editorial Staff
Stella Assange and protests demanding Julian's release.

Julian Assange has been imprisoned “for exposing Western crimes”, says his wife, Stella Assange.

In a high-profile speech at her husband’s ongoing trial, she says that rulers and “warmongers” around the world will stop at nothing to maintain the escalating rhetoric of war and military industry – and are prepared to kill anyone who tries to expose them.

Stella Assange expresses deep surprise and frustration at Tuesday’s decision by the British High Court to adjourn until May 20 her husband’s appeal against extradition to the United States.

Condemning the decision as opening the door to US political interference in the case, she expressed her frustration and dismay at the decision to reporters outside the High Court in London.

– Today’s decision is astonishing. The courts recognize that Julian faces a blatant denial of his right to freedom of expression, that he is discriminated against because of his nationality as an Australian, and that he still faces the death penalty.

– What the courts have done is to invite a political intervention by the United States. I find this astonishing.

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“A disgrace to democracy”

She went on to stress that in her view, Julian Assange is a political prisoner and that the corrupt legal system in both the UK and the US is the reason for the restriction of his rights.

– He is a journalist and he is being persecuted for exposing the real price of war in human lives, Stella Assange told supporters gathered outside the court.

Julian Assange has aged considerably during the arduous legal process. Photo: Henry Nicholls.

Stella Assange also called on the US to refrain from filing affidavits with the Supreme Court and instead drop what she called “this shameful case”.

– This is a shame for every democracy [and] a signal to all of you that if you expose the interests that drive war, they will come after you, they will put you in jail and they will try to kill you.

Evidence of war crimes

The espionage charges stem from Assange’s publication of hundreds of thousands of pages of classified US military documents on WikiLeaks in 2010.

US prosecutors allege that Assange actively sought out leakers within the US intelligence community and conspired with one of them – intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning – to hack the Pentagon’s servers and retrieve the documents.

The files revealed evidence of what many consider to be war crimes committed by US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. They include video of a 2007 Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed 11 people, including two Reuters journalists.

The case of Julian Assange

Julian Assange is the founder of WikiLeaks, a platform for publishing secret information from governments and corporations around the world - mainly evidence of war crimes and human rights abuses - and over the years WikiLeaks has published hundreds of thousands of documents, including military and diplomatic reports.

Assange has been accused by the US of disclosing national defense information and by Sweden of alleged but unproven sexual abuse. These allegations have led to legal proceedings and extradition requests. Since 2019, Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison in southeast London, awaiting extradition.

In 2022, the United Kingdom, under then-Home Secretary Priti Patel, approved his extradition to the United States after an earlier extradition was halted due to Assange's mental health. Assange and his defense team appealed the extradition decision and fought to prevent his extradition to the US.

In 2024, the UK High Court postponed a decision on Assange's appeal until May 20, giving him more time to fight extradition.

There have also been allegations of political interference by the US, which many observers say led to an unfair trial.

Assange's case has also raised questions about freedom of the press and freedom of expression, with many defending his actions as journalistic work and criticizing attempts to prosecute him for revealing information about serious abuses that are of high public interest.

Stella Assange, Julian Assange's wife, has publicly criticized the extradition process and expressed concern for her husband's welfare and justice.

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Comment: When globalism is threatened the establishment respond with repression

Totalitarianism

We see it time and again: when the ideas of globalism are challenged by the will of the people, voters' voices are met with surveillance, censorship, and threats of bans. In reality, you only have the freedom to choose as long as you choose "correctly".

Published 5 May 2025
– By Jenny Piper
There are concerns that Friedrich Merz will heed the demands of outgoing Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and her allies - and ban the AfD altogether.
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After the German security service BfV decided to classify the party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as “right-wing extremist” – which allows the regime to infiltrate, mass-surveil, and sabotage the popular opposition party – the German left-wing bloc has moved forward with attempts to completely ban the party, which is Germany’s second-largest party in the Bundestag and, in recent polls, has been the country’s largest party.

As expected, this has passed without objection from the Swedish establishment, which is exactly the same trash as its German counterpart.

However, US Vice President JD Vance is not holding back on his criticism and is drawing attention to the move on X.

“The AfD is the most popular party in Germany, and by far the most representative of East Germany. Now the bureaucrats try to destroy it. The West tore down the Berlin Wall together. And it has been rebuilt – not by the Soviets or the Russians, but by the German establishment”.

Throughout Europe, those in power are vigorously and, unfortunately, effectively opposing the growing parties that embrace nationalism instead of globalism, which runs counter to the established politically correct view that has been allowed to dominate for so long without any significant opposition.

Bans and increased repression against dissenting voices are now spreading –  the hope lies with the peoples of the rest of Europe to take up the fight against the ruling elite and stand up for their values and true democracy.

The well-indoctrinated population of Sweden will certainly not be a contributing factor – on the contrary, we immediately side with the oppressors, ready to point the finger.

 

Jenny Piper

All Jenny Piper's articles can be found on her blog.

US condemns extremist labeling of AfD: “Tyranny in disguise”

Totalitarianism

Published 4 May 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Marco Rubio says it is the political establishment and its policies that are "extreme" - not the AfD.

The decision by Germany’s domestic intelligence service to classify the Alternative for Germany party as “right-wing extremist” has led to strained relations between the US and Germany.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls the actions of those in power “tyranny in disguise” and points out that it is Germany’s boundless mass immigration policy that is “extremist” – not the nationalist party that the authorities now intend to spy on.

Recently, The Nordic Times drew attention to how the German constitutional protection agency decided to classify the entire AfD as a “right-wing extremist” organization – because of its immigration-critical rhetoric and nationalist ideology. In practice, this means that the state is given expanded powers to monitor the party, for example through wiretapping and the use of infiltrators.

Although the German establishment has a long tradition of combating or criminalizing political dissent, the latest announcement comes as a shock to many – not least because the AfD is now the second largest party in the country and the largest in some eastern German states.

One person who has reacted strongly to the fact that the party, despite its popularity, has now been labeled an enemy of the German state is US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who argues that it is rather the establishment parties that should be considered “extremists”.

Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy – it’s tyranny in disguise. What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD – which took second in the recent election – but rather the establishment’s deadly open border immigration policies that the AfD opposes. Germany should reverse course”, he writes on X.

Germany: “Right-wing extremism needs to be stopped”

Vice President JD Vance shares this view, pointing out that the Berlin Wall has been rebuilt—but this time not by a foreign occupying power, but by Germany’s own politicians.

“The AfD is the most popular party in Germany, and by far the most representative of East Germany. Now the bureaucrats try to destroy it. The West tore down the Berlin Wall together. And it has been rebuilt – not by the Soviets or the Russians, but by the German establishmentt”.

However, the German Foreign Ministry defends the AfD’s extremist label, arguing that “this is democracy”.

This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped”, they stated.

“European courts cancelling elections”

The Nordic Times has previously highlighted how JD Vance has already condemned the European establishment and accused it of undermining democracy and citizens’ freedom of expression.

– When we see European courts cancelling elections and senior officials threatening to cancel others, we ought to ask whether we’re holding ourselves to an appropriately high standard? asked the US Vice President during the security conference in Munich in February, continuing:

– If your democracy can be destroyed with a few hundred thousand dollars of digital advertising from a foreign country, then it wasn’t very strong to begin with.

Brits imprisoned at record numbers for opinion crimes

Totalitarianism

Published 4 May 2025
– By Editorial Staff

The signs of democratic decline in the UK are growing. Citizens are now being arrested in their tens of thousands for alleged crimes of opinion on social media, while freedom of expression continues to be curtailed in the country.

Western leaders often use Russia as a cautionary example of anti-democratic laws targeting the country’s citizens, while more and more countries in the West are themselves tightening the screws on the right to speak and write freely.

Hate crime laws are being used more and more frequently in the UK to silence popular discontent, according to an article in Tablet Magazine from March 2025, among other sources. According to a recent report by the free speech organization The Free Speech Union, the police make around 12,000 arrests annually for content on social media that is deemed “offensive”. This figure also marks a 58 percent increase since 2019.

Official statistics from the UK also show a clear trend. In 2023, 145,214 hate crimes were recorded, according to government data. The figure fell slightly to 140,561 in 2024, but arrests for social media posts continued to rise.

Politicians in the UK, including the current government, defend the increasingly harsh laws on the grounds that so-called minorities must be protected.

Legislation such as the Communications Act 2003 and the Malicious Communications Act 1988 underlies many interventions. These laws prohibit posts, messages, and expressions that may be considered grossly offensive or threatening.
Police make 30 arrests a day for offensive online messages, states The Free Speech Union in its analysis.

Unlike many other countries, the United Kingdom also has no formal constitution protecting freedom of expression.

The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) is intended to guarantee fundamental rights, including the right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. However, the HRA does not have the same constitutional status and can be amended or repealed by ordinary legislation.

The Malicious Communications Act 1988 (MCA) is a UK law that prohibits sending or delivering messages, letters or other items with the intention of causing alarm or distress to the recipient. The Act applies to both physical and electronic communications, including social media posts.

Under this law, it is illegal to send messages that are:

  • Greatly offensive or indecent
  • Threatening
  • False and deliberately disseminated to mislead or harm

.For a person to be convicted, the prosecution must prove that the intention was to cause the recipient alarm or distress. The penalty can be a fine or imprisonment up to two years.

The Communications Act 2003, in particular section 127, extends the rules to electronic communications networks and prohibits sending messages that are:

  • Greatly offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing
  • intended to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless alarm

.The mental aspect of this law is broader, meaning that it is enough that the person should have realized that the message could be offensive or risk offending the recipient.

Germany’s security service labels AfD as extremist

Totalitarianism

Published 4 May 2025
– By Editorial Staff
AfD party leader Alice Weidel condemns the announcement.

The German constitutional protection agency, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV), has decided to classify the entire Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party as a “right-wing extremist” organization. The agency announced this on Friday after what it described as an “intense and comprehensive” investigation.

The classification gives the state extended powers to monitor the party, for example through wiretapping and the use of infiltrators. The BfV has previously designated the AfD’s regional branches in Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt as “proven extremist”.

In its statement, the BfV mentions that the party represents a view of “ethnicity-and ancestry-based conception of the people that predominates within the party is not compatible with the free democratic order”. The agency also highlights “xenophobic, anti-minority, Islamophobic and anti-Muslim statements made by leading party officials” as reasons for its decision.

AfD party leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla call the decision a politically motivated attack and condemn it in a public statement.

Today’s decision by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution is a serious blow to German democracy: in current polls, the AfD is the strongest party. The federal government has only four days left in office, and the secret service does not even have a president anymore. And the classification as a so-called ‘suspicious case’ has not been legally finalized, the statement reads, and continues:

Nevertheless, the AfD, as an opposition party, is now being publicly discredited and criminalized shortly before the change of government. The associated targeted interference in the democratic decision-making process is therefore clearly politically motivated. The AfD will continue to defend itself legally against these defamatory attacks that threaten democracy”.

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