John Shipton, the father of persecuted whistleblower Julian Assange, is back to speak in Mullum, on May 2.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), comprising members from 46 national parliaments across Europe, has passed a resolution recognising Julian Assange as a political prisoner.

Last week Julian Assange spoke publicly for the first time since his release from solitary confinement at Belmarsh Prison, saying 'I am free today after years of incarceration because I plead guilty to journalism.'

A snowball’s chance in hell. That was what I had thought Julian Assange’s chances of freedom. A war in Gaza. A war in Ukraine. The real threat of Trump’s orange haze back in the White House. A dystopian swing to the far-right in France. Advance Australia, the scary right-wing group who funded the ‘No’ vote here in Australia declaring they’ll drop millions to stop Greens winning the balance of power in the next election by targeting our seat of Richmond.

Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, has been released from jail in the UK and is on his way back to Australia after he agreed to a plea deal. 

Julian Assange’s US extradition appeal is a significant event in the world’s history of democracy but he’s been in jail so long some have probably missed the memo.

A major turning point in his son’s freedom campaign only twelve days away, John Shipton exuded calm and at times, joy, during an intimate forum in Mullumbimby last week.

John Shipton, father of detained Australian Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, is to participate in a Q and A session in Mullumbimby this Wednesday evening, 8 May.

The UK High Court of Justice has released a 66 page judgement seeking more information from the United States relating to Australian citizen Julian Assange, which it says it needs before deciding whether to grant the WikiLeaks founder leave to appeal his extradition.

'If war can be started by lies, then maybe peace can be started by truth.' ~ Julian Assange. It’s a simple profound statement said by someone who knows that as a journalist the truth doesn’t set you free. It gets you locked up in solitary confinement in Belmarsh Prison. The truth can cost your life. Assange knows that too well.