Sovereignty eroded: Wiki cables show both Labor and Coalition culpable in Assange persecution

Justice Brereton has just handed down his report into war crimes allegedly committed in Afghanistan by Australia’s SAS soldiers. Crimes that may not have seen the light of day without the work of journalists.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the report is disturbing and distressing; that the war crime allegations must be dealt with by the justice system; that any prosecutions must adhere to the presumption of innocence.

Morrison fails to recognise the role of journalists in revealing the killings, and instead warns against “trial by media”. And the journalist who first revealed evidence of war crimes in Afghanistan, Julian Assange, should, according to Morrison, be left to “face the music“. Assange is fighting what is seen…