PUBLIC STATEMENT: Sydney Peace Foundation opposes the UK decision to extradite Julian Assange to the US 

Australian citizen, whistleblower, journalist and publisher, Julian Assange, has been persecuted and imprisoned for revealing details of murder and mayhem by the US government in Iraq and Afghanistan. In what Independent MP, Andrew Wilkie, calls ‘an international farce’, and in Professor Clinton Fernandes...

Statement: The UK should refuse to extradite Julian Assange to the USA

The Sydney Peace Foundation calls on the UK Government to refuse to extradite Julian Assange to the USA, where he is likely to face serious human rights violations in pre-trial detention. The allegations of rape and other sexual violence against...

How Julian Assange is putting the Australian Government’s character to the test

Being forced to take extraordinary measures by seeking political asylum in Ecuador shows just what a desperate situation Julian Assange has found himself in. Faced with the very real prospect of extradition to the US, once he fronts up in...

Julian Assange: the freedom of free speech

By Professor Stuart Rees, Founder of the Sydney Peace Foundation There are a few days left to appeal the British High Court’s five to two ruling that Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden to be interviewed about alleged sexual...

Sydney Peace Medal: Julian Assange

The Sydney Peace Foundation has awarded its Gold Medal for peace with justice to WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange. The citation reads, ‘For exceptional courage and initiative in pursuit of human rights’. The Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation, Professor Stuart...

Time for government to stand ground and protect Assange

WikiLeaks’s latest release of confidential emails obtained from the US private intelligence firm Stratfor indicate the US Department of Justice has issued a secret, sealed indictment against Julian Assange. While the Department of Justice has refused to confirm the existence...

Mr Rudd: Protect Assange! Open Letter and petition.

This is an open letter to Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Attorney-General Nicola Roxon. It calls on the Australian government to take steps to ensure Julian Assange’s human rights are protected. It will be delivered on 19 December 2011, but...

Professor Noam Chomsky praises Julian Assange and the Sydney Peace Foundation

Professor Noam Chomsky, the “greatest intellectual influence in the Western world for the past forty years”, has paid tribute to Julian Assange in stating, “I thank you profusely for the way in which you have exercised your responsibilities as a...

JULIAN ASSANGE RECEIVES GOLD MEDAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: LONDON

Wednesday 11 May Julian Assange, co-founder of WikiLeaks, has been awarded the Sydney Peace Foundation’s Gold Medal at a ceremony overnight in London’s Frontline Club for “exceptional courage in the pursuit of human rights”. Presented by veteran Australian broadcaster Mary...

SPF Gold Medal to Julian Assange

On May 10 2011, at a ceremony at London’s Frontline Club, the Sydney Peace Foundation awarded its Gold Medal for Peace with Justice to WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange. The citation reads, ‘For exceptional courage and initiative in pursuit of human rights’. Read...