After being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian
Assange is now in a high security prison in London where he faces
extradition to the United States and imprisonment for the rest of his
life.
The charges Assange
faces are a major threat to press freedom. James Goodale, who
represented the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case,
commented: "The charge against Assange for 'conspiring' with a
source is the most dangerous I can think of with respect to the First
Amendment in all my years representing media organizations."
It is critical now
to build support for Assange and prevent his delivery into the hands
of the Trump administration. That is the urgent purpose of this book.
A wide range of distinguished contributors, many of them in original
pieces, here set out the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, the
importance of their work, and the dangers for us all in the
persecution they face. In Defense of Julian Assange is a
vivid, vital intervention into one of the most important political
issues of our day.