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Celebrating my birthday at the Concert for Julian Assange

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Father Dave

February 17th, 2024 – It was my privilege to celebrate my 62nd birthday amongst friends at the Concert for Julian Assange. I’ve featured below both the address from my dear friend, John Shipton (Julian’s dad) as well as highlights of … Continue reading →

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Free Julian Assange Now – the Webinar

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Father Dave

It was a great privilege for Fighting Fathers Forums to host a Free Julian Assange Now webinar on Monday, December 18, featuring: John Shipton – Julian’s dad Adriana Navarro – lawyer Con Pakavakis – chair of the Writers For Peace … Continue reading →

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Bring Him Home – rally for Julian Assange: December 9th, 2023

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Father Dave

As I said in my opening words, it was great to be there and see such a good turnout. Even so, it was painful to be there when, yet again, nothing seems to have moved forward for Julian since we … Continue reading →

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Father Dave interviewed by George Galloway on RT’s ‘Sputnik’

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Father Dave

A small team of us flew to London after leaving Syria on April 15, 2014. The original reason for going was to hand-deliver something to the Archbishop of Canterbury – an invitation from the Grand Mufti of Syria to visit Damascus. In … Continue reading →

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