Is the blocking of Julian Assange's extradition to the US a victory for free speech?
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Is the blocking of Julian Assange's extradition to the US a victory for free speech?
Alan Rusbridger, the former editor-in-chief of the British newspaper, The Guardian, says the US case against Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange should be a concern to all journalists.
United States President Joe Biden says he is “considering” a request from Australia to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of classified U.S. documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars almost 15 years ago. The Australian national was taken to Belmarsh prison in London five years ago, after being dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy, where he stayed while fighting against being taken to the US. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The fiancee of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has hailed his “victory” inhis fight to avoid extradition to the United States. However, Stella Morissaid she and the couple’s two young sons..
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