Amnesty International has a long and sordid history with its prisoner of conscience designation, denying it to enemies of the US government and granting it to some less than savory characters.
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NEW YORK — Journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been hit with 17 Espionage Act charges by the United States. If convicted, Assange could be sentenced to up to 170 years in prison or even face the death penalty.
A conviction would also set a dangerous precedent for journalists in the U.S. who publish classified material. National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden wrote that “This case will decide the future of media.”
The imprisonment of Johannes Lerle in a German dungeon is not an an issue for Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the US State Department or the liberal and conservative mainstream American media. He is quite simply a non-person. Holocaustianity is a civic religion, the last truly believed religion in the otherwise agnostic West.
