#FreeAssange

Cypherpunks are activists who advocate the widespread use of strong cryptography (writing in code) as a route to progressive change. Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief of and visionary behind WikiLeaks, has been a leading voice in the cypherpunk movement since its inception in the 1980s. Assange has been imprisoned unjustly and without interruption in the maximum-security Belmarsh Prison, where he has been held for 4 years.

His only “offense” is to have published true information as a journalist, exposing US-led war crimes. That includes US Army documents showing thousands of civilian deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan that had been covered up by the American government and gross violations of international law, from US-NATO massacres to torture.

For all of these horrific actions, the only person who has faced prison time is Assange, who exposed them.

#FreeJulianAssangeNOW