After his return to Australia from years in a British prison and the Uruguayan Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Julian Assange has been silent as he adjusts to a normal Australian life. The world is a better place for him exposing so many scandals around the world. He garnered a lot of public support, both here and abroad.
I hope this mural remains for years to come. He needs to be remembered.
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He has certainly led a very colourful life.
ReplyDeleteHe looks a bit androgynous
ReplyDeleteHe does indeed. And celebrated.
ReplyDeleteMost interesting artwork!
ReplyDeleteHe is a legend
ReplyDeleteLooks like he's pondering something.
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten all about him until I heard he was being released and then I forgot him again. The mural is nice.
ReplyDeleteIt's a nice mural, and a great day when he returned home.
ReplyDeleteI never understood how, after Assange's involvement in WikiLeaks in 2006, he survived in hiding in a foreign embassy and in gaol. I found three years of Covid lockdowns almost impossible to be normal in, and to recover from :(
ReplyDeleteHe hadn't raped, avoided tax or murdered... he exposed war crimes for Pete's sake. He did what journalists are supposed to do, revealing corruption in high places.
But exposing the 'great and the good' always means some sort of punishment from those that be. He has gone very quiet but I expect he would love to live a normal life. A very brave man, I wonder if he regrets what he did though, it altered his life greatly.
ReplyDeleteHe was brave to expose war crimes and sadly paid a high price. Hope he's living a quiet life with his family. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Andrew.
ReplyDeleteThat’s a very young looking Assange…..time hasn’t been kind to him. He looked ‘old and haggard’ when last seen in public.
ReplyDeleteCathy, I expect the look was somewhat deliberate.
DeleteNot a flattering portrait.
ReplyDeleteI have mixed feelings about Assange. As a former newspaper editor, I tend to think that simply dumping classified secrets on the world with no context and no consideration for consequences can be more damaging than beneficial. But I agree it's good that he's back home in Australia and able to move on with his life. (I think he lived in the Ecuadorian embassy, not the Uruguayan, for what it's worth.)
ReplyDeleteSame feelings Steve. I've corrected the country name.
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