'Stefania Maurizi's revelation of the role of the UK Crown Prosecution Service, then run by Keir Starmer, in the persecution of Julian Assange was a journalistic landmark. To read it is to resist, it is a must read. 'Stefania Maurizi's book on the persecution of Julian Assange is the definitive text on this tragedy. Professor Nils Melzer, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (2016-2022) She has decisively contributed to my official investigation into the case as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture' 'Maurizi's relentless, rigorous and courageous work has produced compelling evidence for the flagrant and deliberate illegality of Julian Assange's persecution. Daniel Ellsberg, US whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers No one conveys better the urgency of averting the extradition and prosecution of Assange' 'A rigorous, compelling and highly readable reconstruction of the WikiLeaks case. Ewen MacAskill, Pulitzer Prize winner for Public Service 2014 If Assange can be persecuted on the flimsy grounds exposed by Maurizi, then all journalists anywhere in the world who challenge the US are at risk. It should be a must-read for all journalists. Through this persistence, she uncovered lots of new information.Īs well as being the most detailed account of the persecution of Julian Assange, Maurizi weaves in the stories of whistle-blowers such as Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, making it one of the most comprehensive accounts yet of the battle between the national security apparatus and advocates of privacy and press freedom. But she proved dogged, engaging in what she describes as ‘trench warfare', taking them to court, the legal costs often paid for by her personally. Many journalists would have given up after her multiple requests under the Freedom of Information Act were largely rebuffed by governments in the UK, US, Sweden and Australia. But what stands out is her sheer perseverance. This Italian journalist has been following the story of Assange and WikiLeaks closely for more than a decade and personally knows most of those involved. There is no journalist better placed to tell the story than Stefania Maurizi. 'The vindictive hounding of Julian Assange by the US government deserves as wide an audience as possible. With complex and disturbing insights, Maurizi's tireless journalism exposes atrocities, the shameful treatment of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, on up to the present persecution of WikiLeaks: a terrifying web of impunity and cover-ups.Īt the heart of the book is the brutality of secret power and the unbearable price paid by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and truthtellers. Working closely with WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange and his organisation for her newspaper, Maurizi has spent over a decade investigating state criminality protected by thick layers of secrecy, while also embarking on a solitary trench warfare to unearth the facts underpinning the cruel persecution of Assange and WikiLeaks. Through hushed meetings, encrypted files and explosive documents, what she discovers sets her on a life-long journey that takes her deep into the realm of secret power. It is 2008, and Stefania Maurizi, an investigative journalist with a growing interest in cryptography, starts looking into the little-known organisation WikiLeaks. 'I want to live in a society where secret power is accountable to the law and to public opinion for its atrocities, where it is the war criminals who go to jail, not those who have the conscience and courage to expose them.' *Winner of the Premio Angelo Vassallo Award 2022* *Winner of the Premio Alessandro Leogrande Award for Investigative Journalism 2022* *Winner of the European Award for Investigative And Judicial Journalism 2021*
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