Q&A : Stella Assange with Mads Andenæs

Q&A : Stella Assange with Mads Andenæs at PEN Norway for the ossietzky prize 2023 awarded to Julian Assange. Mads Andenæs is a lawyer, professor at the University of Oslo, and a member of PEN Norway’s Assange Action Group. Julian Assange was awarded the Ossietzky Prize for 2023 in recognition of his critical journalism and his commitment to exposing the abuse of power and war crimes.⁠ ⁠ The jury’s justification for the Ossietzky Prize 2023:⁠ ⁠ Julian Assange has, both as a publisher and editor, been instrumental in revealing severe war crimes committed by the United States and its allies in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the unlawful imprisonment and abuse of detainees at Guantanamo.⁠ ⁠ Julian Assange’s publication of classified documents in 2010 contributed to important debates about the legitimacy and lawfulness of US military actions, Norway’s most important ally. The information provided a more accurate picture of the brutali