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DESCRIPTION:11/10 National Actions To Support The Campaign For US House Resolutions 
 1175 &1162 To Drop The Charges Against Julian Assange & Edward Snowden 
 JOINS GLOBAL ACTIONS #Candles4Assange to stand for Julian Assange's lacking 
 Human Rights on Human Rights 
 Day.\n\nhttps://bayaction2freeassange.org/human-rights-day-part-2/\n\nOn 
 November 23, 2020 Stella Moris, Julian’s fiancé, tweeted that over 70% 
 of prisoners in Julian’s Belmarsh Prison wing were infected with 
 COVID-19. His life is in imminent danger and depends on us acting urgently! 
 \nIn October, Tulsi Gabbard and Thomas Massie introduced House Resolution 
 1175, a bill calling for the United States to ensure the release of Julian 
 Assange. She introduced a similar bill, House Resolution 1162, with Matt 
 Gaetz aimed at dropping criminal charges against Edward Snowden. With Tulsi 
 Gabbard leaving Congress it is imperative to ensure that H.Res 1175 and 
 H.Res. 1162 do not die with the start of the 117th Congress. \n\nPlease 
 join us LIVE, if you can, at Speaker Nancy Pelosi's house and stand for 
 Julian Assange and Edward Snowden in peaceful protest and educating the 
 public with fliers and information. It will take place on Thursday December 
 10, 2020 at 3pm. Please contact organizers for details on location. 
 \n\nPlease bring signs/banners/fliers if you have them, but mainly just 
 show up. Safe distancing & masks please. \n\nIf you cannot join us in 
 Oakland @11AM at Barbara Lee's Offc or San Fancisco @3pm for this event, or 
 San Jose 12/11/20 between Noon-6PM @Zoe Lofgren's Offc, please consider 
 joining us in solidarity at your local Representative’s office and call 
 or write your Representative urging them to support H.Res. 1175. Don’t 
 forget to send word/pictures of how it went! \n\nLocal Congressional 
 Offices \nMark DeSaulnier – CA 11 \n440 Civic Center Plaza \nRichmond, CA 
 94804 \n(510) 620-1000 or (202) 225-2095 \nNancy Pelosi – CA 12 \n90 7th 
 Street \nSan Francisco, CA 94103 \n(415) 556-4862 or (202) 225-4965 
 \nBarbara Lee – CA 13 \n1301 Clay Street \nOakland, CA 94612 \n(510) 
 763-0370 or (202) 225-2661 \nJackie Speier – CA 14 \n155 Bovet Road \nSan 
 Mateo, CA 94402 \n(650) 342-0300 or (202) 225-3531 \nEric Swalwell – CA 
 15 \n3615 Castro Valley Blvd. \nCastro Valley, CA 94546 \n(510) 370-3322 or 
 (202) 225-5065 \nJim Costa – CA 16 \n855 M Street \nFresno, CA 93721 
 \n(559) 495-1620 or (202) 225-3341 \nRo Khanna – CA 17 \n3150 De La Cruz 
 Blvd. \nSanta Clara, CA 95054 \n(408) 436-2720 or (202) 225-2631 \nAnna 
 Eshoo – CA 18 \n698 Emerson Street \nPalo Alto, CA 94301 \n(650) 323-2984 
 or (202) 225-8104 \nZoe Lofgren – CA 19 \n635 North First Street \nSan 
 Jose, CA 95112 \n(408) 271-8700 or (202) 225-3072 \n\n\n116th CONGRESS \n2d 
 Session \nH. RES. 1175 \n\nOn December 10, 2020 there will be a press 
 conference on Thursday December 10 at 11AM to call for Congresswoman 
 Barbara Boxer to support HR Resolutions . Please attend if you can and send 
 a letter to email to your Congress person to support this critical bill for 
 journalists and the First Amendment. \n\n\n\nExpressing the sense of the 
 House of Representatives that newsgathering activities are protected under 
 the First Amendment, and that the United States should drop all charges 
 against and attempts to extradite Julian Assange. \n\n\nIN THE HOUSE OF 
 REPRESENTATIVES 
 \nhttps://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hres1175/BILLS-116hres1175ih.xml 
 \n\nOctober 2, 2020 \n\nMs. Gabbard (for herself and Mr. Massie) submitted 
 the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary \n\n\n\nRESOLUTION \n\nExpressing the sense of the House of 
 Representatives that newsgathering activities are protected under the First 
 Amendment, and that the United States should drop all charges against and 
 attempts to extradite Julian Assange. \n\n\n\nWhereas the freedom of news 
 organizations to acquire and publish information is protected under the 
 First Amendment to the Constitution; \n\nWhereas, in 2010, Wikileaks 
 disclosed a cache of hundreds of thousands of Department of State cables, 
 Guantanamo Bay detainee assessments, and United States military reports 
 related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; \n\nWhereas the disclosure of 
 United States military documents exposed war crimes against civilians in 
 the Middle East; \n\nWhereas, in 2013, the Department of Justice declined 
 to pursue charges against Julian Assange for publishing classified 
 documents due to what Justice officials described as a “New York Times 
 problem” which would cause the prosecution of other news organizations 
 and journalists who have published classified material; \n\nWhereas, on 
 June 19, 2014, human rights and press freedom organizations sent a letter 
 to then-Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to close all criminal 
 investigations into Wikileaks and Julian Assange due to concerns that 
 “actions against Wikileaks undermine the commitment of the U.S. 
 Government to freedom of speech”; \n\nWhereas, on April 11, 2019, the 
 London Metropolitan Police Service arrested Julian Assange for outstanding 
 warrants, including a provisional warrant at the request of the United 
 States Government; \n\nWhereas the Department of Justice unsealed a March 
 2018 indictment against Julian Assange for violation of the Computer Fraud 
 and Abuse Act; \n\nWhereas, on May 23, 2019, a Federal grand jury issued a 
 superseding indictment adding 17 charges against Julian Assange for 
 violation of the Espionage Act; \n\nWhereas, on June 10, 2019, the United 
 States Government submitted a formal request to the United Kingdom for the 
 extradition of Julian Assange; \n\nWhereas United States Government 
 prosecutors now claim that any journalist or news organization that 
 publishes classified material is subject to prosecution under the Espionage 
 Act, which would have led to the indictment of news organizations for the 
 publication of the Pentagon Papers; \n\nWhereas press freedom, human 
 rights, and privacy rights organizations across five continents sent a 
 letter to the Government of the United Kingdom urging the immediate release 
 of Julian Assange; \n\nWhereas previous administrations have prosecuted 
 whistleblowers and other journalistic sources under the Espionage Act for 
 leaking classified information, the current Department of Justice has taken 
 the further step of going after the publisher; \n\nWhereas the successful 
 prosecution of Julian Assange under the Espionage Act would allow the 
 Federal Government to indict any news organization or journalist for 
 publishing classified information, which occurs on a regular basis; and 
 \n\nWhereas the successful prosecution of Julian Assange under the 
 Espionage Act would have a profoundly detrimental impact on newsgathering 
 and freedom of the press: Now, therefore, be it \n\n\nResolved, That it is 
 the sense of the House of Representatives that— \n\n\n(1) newsgathering 
 activities, including the publication of leaked classified information, are 
 protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution; \n\n\n\n(2) 
 freedom of the press is a vital function of a free society in which 
 government is accountable to the people; and \n\n\n\n(3) the Federal 
 Government should drop all charges under the Espionage Act against Julian 
 Assange. \n\n\n116th CONGRESS \n2d Session \nH. RES. 1162 \n\n\nExpressing 
 the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government 
 should drop all charges against Edward Snowden. \n\n\nIN THE HOUSE OF 
 REPRESENTATIVES \n\nSeptember 30, 2020 \n\nMs. Gabbard (for herself and Mr. 
 Gaetz) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select 
 Committee on Intelligence, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
 the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
 within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned \n\n\n\nRESOLUTION 
 \n\nExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal 
 Government should drop all charges against Edward Snowden. \n\n\n\nWhereas, 
 during a Senate hearing on March 12, 2013, James Clapper, then-Director of 
 National Intelligence, was questioned by Senator Ron Wyden, and was asked 
 whether the National Security Agency “collect[ed] any type of data at all 
 on millions, or hundreds of millions of Americans”, to which Clapper 
 replied “No, sir”, and added “not wittingly”, a response he later 
 admitted was “clearly erroneous”; \n\nWhereas, in June 2013, Edward 
 Snowden disclosed to a selective group of journalists National Security 
 Agency documents exposing that bulk collection of Americans’ telephone 
 records from telecommunications providers by the intelligence community was 
 occurring; \n\nWhereas, on June 21, 2013, the Department of Justice 
 unsealed charges against Edward Snowden for violating sections 793(d) and 
 798(a)(3) of the Espionage Act and theft of government property under 
 section 641 of title 18, United States Code; \n\nWhereas, on January 23, 
 2014, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board’s report on the 
 National Security Agency’s telephone records program found “no instance 
 in which the program directly contributed to the discovery of a previously 
 unknown terrorist plot or the disruption of a terrorist attack” and that 
 the program significantly threatened and violated the constitutional rights 
 of the American people; \n\nWhereas, on May 7, 2015, the United States 
 Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that section 215 of the 
 Patriot Act did not authorize the bulk collection of telephone records and 
 therefore such collection was unlawful; \n\nWhereas, on September 2, 2020, 
 the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled the National 
 Security Agency’s telephone records bulk collection program illegal and 
 possibly unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment; \n\nWhereas the 
 United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found the telephone 
 records bulk collection program did not play a pivotal role in any 
 terrorism investigations; \n\nWhereas those involved in the collection of 
 Americans’ telephone records have yet to be held accountable for their 
 illegal actions, further increasing the danger of continued government 
 overreach and abuse of civil liberties; and \n\nWhereas the United States 
 Government must protect whistleblowers who expose illegal and 
 unconstitutional acts of abuse within our government: Now, therefore, be it 
 \n\n\nResolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
 that— \n\n\n(1) the National Security Agency’s bulk collection 
 telephone records program was illegal and unconstitutional; \n\n\n\n(2) 
 Edward Snowden’s disclosure of this program to journalists was in the 
 public interest; and \n\n\n\n(3) the Federal Government should drop all 
 charges against Edward Snowden. \n\n\nSan Francisco Labor Council 02-11-19 
 Resolution in Support of the Defense of Whistle Blower & Journalist Julian 
 Assange 
 \n\nhttps://sflaborcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/02-11-19Resolution-in-Support-of-the-Defense-of-WhistleblowerAssange.pdf 
 \n\n\n\nIFJ 30th World Congress Passes Resolution In Defense of Assange "a 
 threat to journalists and journalism around the world" \n\nIFJ 30th World 
 Congress – Tunis. URGENT MOTION ONE \n\nUS Government against Julian 
 Assange Moved by: MEAA, SNJ, SNJ-CGT, CFDT \n\nThe recent indictments filed 
 by the US Government against Julian Assange pose a threat to journalists 
 and journalism around the world. \n\nThe indictments clearly seek to 
 prosecute Assange for the receipt and the publication of vital information 
 in the public interest, clearly at odds with previous decisions of the US 
 Supreme Court to protect First Amendment rights. \n\nThe congress supports 
 the call of our affiliates for the governments of the United Kingdom and 
 Australia to resist the application to extradite Assange to the United 
 States. \n\nThe congress asks the IFJ Executive Committee to: \n\n1. To 
 take the case to the UN Human Rights Council. \n\n2. To call on the 
 European Parliament and the Council of Europe to respect freedom of 
 opinion.\n\nCARRIED \n\nPress Freedom, Whistleblowers & The Case Of 
 Assange, Manning & Carmody \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Ps-vxaaSw 
 \nThe issue of press freedom and whistleblowers was the focus of this San 
 Francisco forum. It discussed the cases of Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning 
 and Bryan Carmody. \nSpeakers included Robert Egelko, SF Chronicle legal 
 reporter, John Holmes, Executive Board Peralta Federation of Teachers and 
 retired member of CWA PMWG, Richard Stone with the American Federation of 
 Postal Workers APWU and delegate to San Francisco Labor Council and Ann 
 Garrison, journalist with Black Agenda and KPFA Weekend News. \nPanelists 
 also talked about the effort to get support for a resolution in the San 
 Francisco Labor Council and CWA PMWG which has failed to pass a resolution 
 to support the freedom of Julian Assange. \nThis was sponsored by WorkWeek 
 radio and LaborNet. \nAdditional media: \nThe issue of press freedom and 
 whistleblowers was the focus of this San Francisco forum. It discussed the 
 cases of Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Bryan Carmody. \nSpeakers 
 included Robert Egelko, SF Chronicle legal reporter, John Holmes, Executive 
 Board Peralta Federation of Teachers and retired member of CWA PMWG, 
 Richard Stone with the American Federation of Postal Workers APWU and 
 delegate to San Francisco Labor Council and Ann Garrison, journalist with 
 Black Agenda and KPFA Weekend News. \nPanelists also talked about the 
 effort to get support for a resolution in the San Francisco Labor Council 
 and CWA PMWG which has failed to pass a resolution to support the freedom 
 of Julian Assange. \nThis was sponsored by WorkWeek radio and LaborNet. 
 \n\nAdditional media: \nThe Assault On SF Journalist Bryan Carmody & 
 Attacks On All Journalists & Journalism 
 \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykK0-fdGNpk 
 \n\nhttps://www.sfexaminer.com/news-columnists/the-raid-on-a-journalists-home-is-san-franciscos-disgrace-and-it-has-only-gotten-worse/ 
 \n\nhttps://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/united-states-journalists-house-raided-by-police.html 
 \n\nhttps://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/bryan-carmody-raid-anonymous-source.php 
 \n\nhttps://www.pressfreedomdefensefund.org/news/2019/5/14/press-freedom-defense-fund-statement-in-support-of-san-francisco-based-journalist-bryan-carmody 
 \n\nSwedish court rejects request to detain Assange over rape case 
 \nhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/swedish-court-rejects-request-detain-assange-rape-case-190603143022493.html 
 \n\nSweden’s unethical – and unlawful ­­– arms deals with 
 ISIS-backing Saudis 
 \nhttps://theindicter.com/swedens-unethical-and-unlawful-arms-deals-with-isis-backing-saudis/ 
 \n\nThe Indictment Of Julian Assange, Journalists, Wikileaks & The Defense 
 Of Assange \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm7DlyK9dbw&t=115s \n\nRally 
 To Free Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange 
 \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNWw-NJ8hXk \n\nThe Attack On Julian 
 Assange, Journalists, Democratic Rights, Labor & Imperialist War: A Forum 
 \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLDGwPw_TuE&t=221s \n\nSF Trade Unionists 
 & SFLC Delegates Speak Out On The Case Of Julian Assange 
 \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mujVU2Y5PAo&t=230s \n\nSponsored by 
 \nWorkWeek \nhttps://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio \nThe San Francisco 
 rallies for Julian Assange were initiated by \nBay Action Committee To Free 
 Julian Assange \nhttps://bayaction2freeassange.org \nProduction of Labor 
 Video Project \nhttp://www.laborvideo.org \n\nMEAA Australia’s Media 
 Workers Union-New Assange charges pose a threat to press freedom 
 \nhttps://www.meaa.org/news/new-assange-charges-pose-a-threat-to-press-freedom/ 
 \nTUESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2019 #MEAAMEDIA #PRESSFREEDOM NEWS \n\nMEAA calls on 
 the Australian and UK governments to oppose moves to extradite Julian 
 Assange to the US to face espionage charges. \n\nMEAA has renewed calls for 
 the Australian and United Kingdom governments to oppose moves to extradite 
 WikiLeaks founder and publisher to the United States to face trial on 18 
 espionage charges. \n\nThe charges “contain a real threat to press 
 freedom for journalists and media outlets around the world,” MEAA chief 
 executive Paul Murphy and Media section federal president Marcus Strom say 
 in a letter to Foreign Minister Marise Payne. \n\nOn May 23, Assange was 
 indicted by the US Justice Department with 17 new charges for his role in 
 receiving and publishing classified defence documents both on the WikiLeaks 
 website and in collaboration with major publishers including The New York 
 Times, and The Guardian. \n\nThe new charges, under the Espionage Act, go 
 far beyond an initial single charge made against Assange in April that 
 accused him of conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea 
 Manning in a conspiracy to crack a Defence Department computer password. 
 \n\nIf Assange, who is currently in jail in the United Kingdom, is 
 extradited to the US and found guilty, he faces up to 170 years in jail. 
 \n\nRead below an edited version of the letter sent to Foreign Minister 
 Marise Payne and copied to the UK High Commissioner to Australia, Vicki 
 Treadell: \n\nFurther to our letter of April 12 2019, we write again to 
 convey our strong concern about the possible extradition of Julian Assange 
 to the United States and urge the Australian and UK governments to oppose 
 extradition to that country. \n\nAssange is an Australian citizen and is 
 WikiLeaks’ founder and publisher. He has been a member of MEAA Media – 
 the union and professional association for Australian media workers – 
 since 2007. \n\nThe US Department of Justice charges against Assange 
 relating to the alleged violation of the Espionage Act contain a real 
 threat to press freedom for journalists and media outlets around the world. 
 Respected leaders of the journalism profession have condemned the US 
 indictment: \n\n• Alan Rusbridger, former editor of The Guardian says: 
 “… the attempt to lock [Assange] up under the Espionage Act is a deeply 
 troubling move that should serve as a wake-up call to all journalists.” 
 \n• The Washington Post’s executive editor Martin Baron, a winner of 
 the Pulitzer Prize, says: “The [Trump] administration has gone from 
 denigrating journalists as ‘enemies of the people’ to now criminalising 
 common practices in journalism that have long served the public 
 interest.” \n• Joe Simon, executive director of the Committee to 
 Protect journalists, says: “Equating the publication of classified 
 information with espionage also strengthens the hand of repressive 
 governments who routinely jail journalists for publishing information they 
 wish to keep secret.” \n• The International Federation of Journalists, 
 representing more than 600,000 media professionals in more than 140 
 countries, says: “… this indictment would criminalise journalistic 
 inquiry by setting a dangerous precedent that can be abused to prosecute 
 journalists for their role in revealing information in the public interest. 
 By following this logic, anyone who publishes information that the US 
 government deems to be classified could be prosecuted for espionage.” 
 \n\nAs we said in our previous letter, the extradition of Assange and 
 prosecution by the United States for what are widely considered to be acts 
 of journalism would set a disturbing global precedent for the suppression 
 of press freedom. \n\nWe urge you as Foreign Minister to use all resources 
 available to convince the UK Government to oppose the extradition of 
 Assange to the United States in relation to his role as publisher of 
 WikiLeaks and to publicly call on the US Government to refrain from this 
 attack on global press freedom.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/04/18838782.php
SUMMARY:Nancy Pelosi Support US HR 1175/1162: Drop Charges Against Assange & Snowden
LOCATION:Nancy Pelosi's house - contact organizer for details or please show up if 
 you know location
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/04/18838782.php
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