“I am very pleased to be handing the reins of our vigil events to someone as experienced, respected and knowledgable as Joe Lauria. This fresh new format will produce unique pairings of vigil participants as each person interviewed becomes the moderator of the next segment. This will enable many dearly loved activists and journalists who support Julian to engage each other directly and interact on the stream, passing the baton to remind the audience of the urgent and pressing need to promote solidarity for Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, press freedom and human rights.”

The upgraded vigil format is just part of what Unity4J has in
store for the near future.

Beginning Sunday 2nd September, 2018: the first “Unity4J Day” will see supporters across the world taking mass decentralised actions on the ground for Julian Assange.

The first ‘Unity4JDay’ will employ the skills and resources of the Unity4J movement’s ‘online non-violent digital army’ towards supporting on the ground actions for Julian originating from all four corners of the globe.

The unique, trans-partisan movement’s widespread appeal has drawn over 2,900 volunteers to the #Unity4J organising platform, gained multiple shares from the Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Twitter accounts, and the expressed support of Christine Assange, Julian’s mother.

The #Unity4J hashtag has clocked over 150 million impressions on Twitter, and the latest online vigil drew in over 220,000 viewers on Periscope alone.

As #Unity4J surges towards critical mass, the deployment of plans for ‘Unity4J Day’ events fulfils a promise by the movement to turn online support into real world action.

Spread the word

See the replay of the event at:

https://unity4j.com/stream

Movement hashtag: #Unity4J

Official website:

https://unity4j.com/

Official Twitter: @Unity4J

WikiLeaks Legal Defence Fund:

https://justice4assange.com/donate.html

WikiLeaks support website:

https://iamwikileaks.org

Courage Foundation:

https://couragefound.org/

Other credible accounts for Julian Assange updates:

https://twitter.com/suzi3d/lists/assange-updates

MEDIA INQUIRIES

Media inquiries and interview requests should be made to Suzie Dawson, via DM on Twitter: @Suzi3D, or Elizabeth Vos on Twitter via @ElizabethleaVos, or by [email protected]

For more background on the recent escalation of gravethreats to Julian Assange’s life and liberty, we recommend reading the following articles:

Courage Foundation: Assange’s protection from US extradition “in jeopardy”

https://www.iamwikileaks.org/2018/05/25/assanges-protection-from-us-extradition-in-jeopardy/

Did Rep. Adam Schiff Just Admit the US Has a Secret Indictment of Julian Assange?

https://grayzoneproject.com/2018/05/26/did-rep-adam-schiff-just-admit-the-us-has-a-secret-indictment-of-julian-assange/

Conspiracy emerges to push Julian Assange into British and US hands

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/16/assa-m16.html

The UK’s Hidden Role in Assange’s Detention

https://original.antiwar.com/cook/2018/02/12/uks-hidden-role-assanges-detention/

Treatment of Assange is unjust, says former Ecuador minister

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/16/julian-assange-treatment-irresponsible-ecuador-foreign-minister-guillaume-long

Ecuador's Ex-President Rafael Correa Denounces Treatment of Julian Assange as “Torture”

https://theintercept.com/2018/05/16/ecuadors-ex-president-rafael-correa-denounces-treatment-of-julian-assange-as-torture/

Opinion: Ecuador’s Solitary Confinement Of Assange Is Torture

https://disobedientmedia.com/2018/04/opinion-ecuadors-solitary-confinement-of-assange-is-torture/

Being Julian Assange

https://contraspin.co.nz/beingjulianassange/