amy: that was one of several interviews i did with julian assange inside the ecuadorian embassy in london traveled to interview there. that was in 2014. well, in a moment, we will be joined by julian's father john shipton and his brother gabriel shipton. they are here for the opening of a new film about john shipton's struggle to free his son. is titledithaka." >> he was the daing of the left. all of a sudden, he's of puppet of russia. >> im julianssange's fatr. >> julian assange is arrested. >> one of e mustard ties and coroversial gures in custody -- most notorious and controversial figures is in custody. >> i urge the department of justice to drop the charges. >> maximum jail sentence of 175 years because he publish the truth. how does it feel to be the father of a controversial figure knn around t world? >> what are yotalking about on it on a regular basis? >> if julian is extradited to the united states to face these charges, he will be the first, but not the last. >> collapsed underhe strai cook i am done. -- >> i am done. >> what's at stake? if he goes down, so will journalism. amy

>> john schiffton is julian assange's father. thanks for coming on. john, to you first. question. are you any closer to getting your son out of prison tonight? >> no, no closer. we have a rising tide worldwide of support. every parliamentary and democracy in the western world has supported him. we characterized the previous election of the golf in australia as an assange government. the independents are on a platform to bring him to australia. >> tucker: so he should be. the malice that has been directed towards him tells you a lot about the people directing it. gabriel, who is standing in the way of this? >> the national security doj are the ones behind this prosecution of julian. if they would relook at this case and realize that they're prosecuting someone for doing what journalists do every day, publish or what they should be doing, publish without fear or favor, they would realize this prosecution needs to come to an end. that they should listen to outlets like yours as well as "the new york times," as well as many other groups, human rights groups, free press group

julian assange's father, wikileaks founder julian assange, has been arrested, one of the most notorious and controversial figures in custody to remain behind bars until that extradition hearing, which has been set down to the end of february. i urge the department justice to drop the charges, the maximum jail sentence of one hundred and seventy five years because he published the . how does it feel to be the father of such a country? known around the world? >> john shipton is julian assange. >> his father, gabriel shipton, is his brother. both of them join us now. thank you both for coming, sir. john , just you first. the obvious question, are you any closer to getting your son out of prison tonight? >> oh, no. no class. but we have a rising tide worldwide. support every parliamentary democracy in the western world . as you know, in a support group within and we characterized the previous election of the government in australia as an assange government because each of successful candidates and the independents ,the greens stood on a platform of bringing assange home to australia. so and

we must remember that while at the moment britain may be torturing julian assange. that's a long history in which any attempt to trying to get it. the truth in britain in the media is suppressed and 20 is on the iraq war example of dr. david kelly is just one of them. interesting that the family of dr. david kelly hardly speak about the death of the breadwinner in the family, the government scientist, or perhaps one should look at an example of another person who didn't die because of what he wanted to try to communicate to the british public. but previous director general of the b c. allister mil, his son eventually became the opposition labor parties, press spokesperson, jeremy corbett, express merchant. throughout the moon. he was fired and that was all prepared to talk about how the british broadcasting corporation was suppressed by the british government. and he was threatened with losing his pension rights, the kinds of pressure that are brought to bear on people in the media range from that to what's happening to julian assange to what happened to dr. david k

a criminal investigation against julian assange was launched in 2010, his website wikix provided evidence that everyone knows that the us military shoots civilians, that they torture and torture in cia prisons and prisoners are being killed, that politicians are taking bribes from military corporations, and that there are thousands of war crimes on the conscience of the collective west. there is still a battle ahead of us, and journalism has a struggle ahead of it. we're talking about the indictment that the us wants and that's a threat to all journalists around the world right now, and i'm in danger myself. he is ill and is in a london prison. if extradited to the us, he faces up to 175 years in prison or the death of journalists. now he is dangerous, because his site is wickelix. keeps working really bring the truth to the people. on june 2, 2014, when there was an air raid , in addition to 26 unguided rockets, there was still a machine-gun burst. this was all happening 200 meters from here. we, as journalists , are the operator in the first place, he was there in 5-7 minutes. what a jo

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i know, in my own case in the ca turned its attention 1st to add snowden and then to julian assange. and they sort of left me alone after a while. what's it been like for you with the military? have they finally moved on, or are you dealing with a fall out from your whistle blowing? no, they, they moved on pretty much alone for now. yeah. and then when you continue to write books, have you encountered any further difficulties? no, you know it's funny about the one i got to mention is the 1st review that come out amazon still there was by guy need crabtree was out for a half hour. the child just read this, but he wrote a chair, were you how much of a trader i was out here? well, the person i was coming up is dr. crabtree is the public relations officer at one time. oh my god. oh yeah, that says a lot my goodness, he didn't even have the presence of mind to use a made up name. you can use a name on, on amazon when you do a book review. jason the whole car right away from the media circle. but they've pretty much like feedback from the verb charging was an edge faster. see all they try

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we're trying to give with respect to julian assange. we're going to get you. we'll get you going to treat your brutally. we're going to get, you're going to put you in prison. so don't do, don't do what you might be tempted to do what your conscience tells you. you should do. okay. it's this said brutal and those people are running, running, and the judges for guys the, the prison people, the what we call the deep state. all those 3 lower agencies that have purview over our government to include over our president. have to tell you, look at what's happening in the ukraine. so, you know, it's really a tough situation and that's precisely now january what visited you in prison. are you able not to end up in these really, really beds bad prisons, but you know, i just finished with this thought about prisons. it was thus they epsky who said, you know, if you want to measure the level of civilization, the given country go visit its prisons, go visit its prisons. we wouldn't shape up very well. and those circumstances daniel will be released from prison, raise some

terms of press freedom, it boils down to one journalism particular and that's wiki leaks. editor julian assange or media outlets have expressed support for the journalists are emphasized because of the, his safety at the wall street journal, guys, garbage covered a variety of russia related topics, including the recent visit by chinese. either she's in pain to moscow. report say that prize his arrest, he was pursuing a story about the russian private men. few company, wagner finished journalists, yanis, but couldn't says russian needs to be more cautious about foreign journalist amid the ongoing ukraine, conflicts, russia, all the reasons to be very careful where is suspicious, but, but in the end, she's all about up working all kind of misunderstanding what we need is transparency forties. so go, journalist, who are operating in the russian soil or those those are trying to lead me at least the work of the propagandists. this is a very complicated matter and wendy, if it be, have to come, you know, like when, when enormous, when the local authorities have to come in. and each of you, a journal

or julian assange, russian court has a size heap of the wall street journal reporter. even get coverage behind balls for 2 months. while an investigation is conducted. he has been accused of using his cover as a correspondent to attempt to obtain classified information about the russian defense industry. he faces up to 2 decades in prison, finished journalist. yes. put in, says russia needs to be more cautious about foreign journalists amid the ongoing view, creating conflict. russia all the reasons to be very careful where is suspicious, but, but in the end it's all about up working all kind of misunderstanding what we need is a transparency for this. so go journalist who are operating in the russian soil or those. those are trying to lead me at least the work of the propagandists. this is a very complicated matter and wendy episode b have to come in like when enormous when the local authorities have to come in. and each of you a journal is joss did. it's already a breach too far, hopefully and in the future. all these kinds of evils can be prevented with full and und

of press freedom, it boils down to one journalist particular and that's with you leaks editor julian assange. in response to the arrest, the wall street journal has demanded the us expel the russian ambassador and all russian journalists from the country. while the russians folks posted for the criminally to meet your pest golf, dismissing those calls as quote, absurd and wrong. the biden administration will have to consider diplomatic and political escalation expelling, rushes ambassador to the us, as well as all russian journalists working here would be the minimum to expect. foreign journalists don't face any restrictions here and work without any issues, but in this case, we're talking about activities carried out under the cover of journalism. in essence, espionage in this regard, there is simply no reason to demand the expulsion of all russian journalists. in this case, restricting the rights of conscientious journalists would be absurd and wrong. reports have said that prior to the journalists arrest, he was pursuing a story about the russian private military company wagner, and finis

have a long term political prisoner serving time in a maximum security prison in the form of julian assange who is being imprisoned for exercising free speech. so all the values that the british government talks about and likes to lecture other countries about round the world. we do not in this country live up to them in the slightest. now this isn't the 1st time, but to an outsider, it does look like the bbc has caved into government pressure. i mean, according to them are, they are rated, they have a commitment to impartiality and independence. what is the say about that belief that they have about themselves? it's a, it's the, the belief is completely illusory. it's an illusion of it, sir, or more specifically, more accurately. it's a delusion because the, the b, b, c, british broadcasting corporation is set up on run by government remit by royal charter, as it's called. it's a hierarchy in its top management are all appointed by the government. it is paid for via direct taxation on people which you can actually be prosecuted if you evade what is called the t v licensing system. so the b

also by not only julian assange will have done that while we can leaks, but let us all the records see more her. she was the 1st one to report on crimes perpetrated in us controlled prison camps such as other arrived in spring, 2004. not to speak of the destruction of cultural heritage shell. what happened to impact or to exactly 20 years ago. it started the invasion and there were many, many statements also by the late un secretary general coffee. and now about the violation of the un charter by those who invaded in iraq back in march, 2003. and yes, nothing has happened on that. i mean books were written in legal opinions were given, but the i c. c never ever became active. tremendous decree of instrumental, i'd say sion, this international crime court the disastrous war in iraq, which left a trailer destruction under reported 1000000 people. debt is coming up on his grim 20th anniversary. we're bringing q on special coverage of the conflicts through the oil rich country into chaos. and the stabilizer region figures to come ah, well, 20 years ago to the day george w bush made the dec

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