John Shipton is an anti-war activist and retired builder best known as the father of Julian Paul Assange.
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Julian Assange, an Australian editor, publisher, and campaigner, was born on July 3, 1971, and started WikiLeaks in 2006.
WikiLeaks’ rise to fame was in 2010 when it published a series of disclosures provided by Chelsea Manning, a U.S. Army intelligence analyst.
The Baghdad airstrike Collateral Murder video (April 2010), Afghanistan war logs (July 2010), Iraq war logs (October 2010), and Cablegate were among the leaks (November 2010).
In addition to that, The US government started criminal research into WikiLeaks after the 2010 releases.
Shipton is defending his son Julian Assange against political persecution.
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Ithaka, filmed over two years across the UK, Europe and the US, this documentary follows retired builder, John Shipton’s tireless campaign to save his son, Julian Assange.
The world’s most famous political prisoner, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has become an emblem of an international arm wrestle over freedom of journalism, government corruption and unpunished war crimes.
Now with Julian facing a 175 year sentence if extradited to the US, his family members are confronting the prospect of losing Julian forever to the abyss of the US justice system.
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