"La non-violence conduit à la plus haute éthique, ce qui est le but de toute évolution. Jusqu'à ce que nous cessions de nuire à tous les autres êtres vivants, nous serons toujours des sauvages"
Thomas Edison
Non-violence
{"167278":{"id":"167278","parent":"156821","time":"1578733500","url":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/167278","source":"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-awarded-dignity-prize-from-catalans\/news-story\/207b2f05fbff34175570411b349c9a93","category":"documentaires","title":"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange awarded Dignity Prize from Catalans","catalog-images":"3\/\/1\/newsnet_167278_38f842.jpg\/newsnet_167278_f88023.jpg\/newsnet_167278_0033e9.jpg\/newsnet_167278_fe866f.jpg\/newsnet_167278_0db4a6.jpg","image":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/img\/newsnet_167278_38f842.jpg","hub":"newsnet","url-explicit":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/art\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-awarded-dignity-prize-from-catalans","admin":"newsnet","views":"315","priority":"2","length":"6655","lang":"en","content":"\u003Cp\u003EWikileaks founder Julian Assange is being kept in a prison cell for up to 23 hours a day, but that has not stopped him from winning an award for raising the plight of the Catalans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange being kept in his prison cell for up to 23 hours a day in London's high security Belmarsh jail, it has not stopped him winning a major award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Catalan Dignity Commission has honoured him with its 2019 Dignity Prize for raising awareness around the world about the plight of the Catalans in the lead up to the 2017 independence vote.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnnounced on Friday, the prize recognises his efforts to correct misreporting of events and to provide live video updates to the world of the peaceful Catalan protesters and the brutal crackdown on them by Spanish police.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/img\/newsnet_167278_38f842.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFootage of Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorean embassy. Picture: \u003Ci\u003ESource:News360\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe advice Assange gave to Catalans on how to use apps to avoid Spanish Government shut downs was also acknowledged.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe prizes which began in 2002, reward, symbolically, the people and organisations who have worked towards protecting Civil Rights and heightening historical memory and democratic values in any area of public life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssange's mother Christine said \"This deeply meaningful Dignity Award from the Catalan Dignity Commission in gratitude for Julian's courageous journalism, recognises the essence of his belief and practice, that a fierce free, truthful and independent media holding Governments and other powerful entities accountable to the people, is the most important protection we have to defend freedom and democracy.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssange, who was at the time under the protection of the Ecuadorean Government and living in the Embassy in London, responded to the despair of Catalans when the Spanish Government disabled voting apps, by tweeting instructions on how Catalan citizens could use other apps to find out information about voting. Millions of people were able to vote as a result.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also tweeted information about the historical background to the struggle for independence by the Catalans, giving context to the referendum vote.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMs Assange said people were glued to his twitter account watching the live updates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssange himself maintained he was not taking sides on whether Catalonia should secede or not, only that peaceful legal democratic processes should be respected.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/img\/newsnet_167278_f88023.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. Picture: Justin TALLIS \/ AFP\u003Ci\u003ESource:AFP\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe undertook to help the Catalans despite the risk it would create his own problems with the Ecuadorean Government.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a result, Assange's support for the democratic process led to a backlash from Spain sparking concerns within Ecuador's government.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESoon after Assange's internet connection was cut off and his access to visitors stopped.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssange has a long a history of helping people get access to internet services.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt age 23 he founded one of the first internet provider services in Australia, the non-profit Suburbia, run by volunteers to help underprivileged people get internet access.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMs Assange said her son also spent a lot of time visiting community groups to show them how to use the internet.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/img\/newsnet_167278_0033e9.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJulian Assange was last year denied further asylum from the Ecuadorean Government. Picture: Jack Taylor\u003Ci\u003ESource:Getty Images\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"He has always cared about people having access to information, and believes in core values that underpin freedom and democracy\".\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssange helped the Catalans while he was still detained without charge inside the Ecuador Embassy, and prevented by a 24\/7 police guard which blocked him from taking up his legal political asylum in Ecuador.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe was granted asylum in 2012, to protect his life and liberty from US threats.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssange, an Australian citizen, is facing 175 years prison if extradited to the US and convicted on espionage charges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe unprecedented prosecution relates to the publication of documents provided to WikiLeaks by whistleblower Chelsea Manning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssange attracted the attention of the United States when Wikileaks and several media outlets published hundreds of thousands of secret US documents and a video about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan which contained evidence of war crimes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-img2\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJulian Assange as a toddler with his mother Christine Picture: Christine Assange\/ News360\u003Ci\u003ESource:News360\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-img2\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJulian Assange and son Daniel celebrating Christmas. Picture: Christine Assange\/ \u003Ci\u003ESource:News360\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMs Assange said he sought and was granted asylum in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in 2012 because of US threats against him for his work with Wikileaks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut last year, the new President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, reportedly under pressure from the US, declined to give him further asylum and he was dragged out of the Embassy and detained in Belmarsh Prison ahead of extradition proceedings to the US.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe has been confined to his cell for almost 24 hours a day, in the medical wing at Belmarsh.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn August, Assange was transferred to the health ward after his mental and physical health deteriorated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.newsapi.com.au\/image\/v1\/d6e672a4f946878ebc5509fe39d9e1ee?width=650\"\u003Ecdn.newsapi.com.au\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJulian Assange protesters set up out side Federal Member for Richmond Justine Elliot's Office at Tweed Heads. Picture: Supplied\u003Ci\u003ESource:Supplied\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast year more than 100 doctors from around the world put the Morrison government on notice that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's health is deteriorating so rapidly, he might die in jail.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe doctors are concerned that the psychological stress he has been under - which is akin to psychological torture is manifesting in physical ailments and he could suffer a stroke, cardiac arrest or other fatal health problem at any time\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-awarded-dignity-prize-from-catalans\/news-story\/207b2f05fbff34175570411b349c9a93\"\u003Enews.com.au\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","_links":{"parent_art":[{"title":"170 ans de prison : les Etats-Unis annoncent 17 nouvelles inculpations contre Julian Assange","url":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/apicom\/id:156821,json:1"}]}}}