In Brazil, Assange’s father promotes doc on son’s fight for freedom
John Shipton, the father of Australian journalist and activist Julian Assange, is in Brazil to promote the documentary Ithaka. The work shows Shipton’s efforts to free his son, imprisoned in England since 2019. In an exclusive interview with TV Brasil, Shipton said he has been fighting vigorously against the possibility of Assange’s extradition to the US, which he described as “death sentence.”The documentary, Shipton said, aims to show what governments can do to censor the press. “Seeing this in the documentary arms us for future confrontations. It gives us tools to help governments understand there are other ways to govern a country.”In his view, Assange’s imprisonment violates press freedom around the world. “What journalist wants to spend 14 years in prison and millions of dollars ...
