Residents of Magnetic Island-and a dog-show strong support for Julian Assange . Because Julian lived on the island when he was a boy and islanders were also supporting freeedom of the press, you would think the Murdoch Townsville Bulletin would have covered this event. No.
Instead, on the bottom of P2, it ran a short report with no mention of the island demo at Picnic Bay , where Julian used to romp. It is understood another group held a demo in Townsville
The island show of support got a good run on FaceBook and elsewhere.
Darwin activist and marathon civil libertarian campaigner, Robert Wesley-Smith , who described Assange as the Magnetic Boy Hero in emails , fired in another message after the London verdict with a photo of the Brisbane demo in support of Assange held in the Anzac Memorial Square .
More to come about Free Julian Assange petition.
