We condemn calls for violence, including assassination, against Australian citizen and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, or for him to be labeled a terrorist, enemy combatant or be treated outside the ordinary course of justice in any way.
As Thomas Jefferson said, "information is the currency of democracy." Publishing leaked information in collaboration with major news outlets, as Wikileaks and Mr. Assange have done, is not a terrorist act.
We are writing to say that all people deserve to be free from persecution, threats of violence and detention without charge.
We call upon you, our officers, to stand up for the democratic principles of the presumption of innocence and freedom of information.