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wikileaks founder julian assange accused of violating the espionage

Federal prosecutors accused WikiLeaks Julian Assange of violating Espionage Act as part of indictment charging him on 17 counts addition to the single count unsealed in early April.. ..

avoiding assange

The Swedes’ first priority was not questioning Assange; it was getting him to Sweden with the option of onward extradition to the US. Assange was saying, “Let’s get rid of an entirely irrelevant third-party that is preventing an investigation into the allegations on their own terms.”..

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Nils Melzer, UN special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, warned that the sheet against Assange could be expanded if London sends him back to the US and that the penalty was obviously very serious concern., .. ..

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nicky woolf: julian assange is a difficult man to defend. but free

“This precedent means that any journalist can be extradited for prosecution in the United States for having published truthful information about the United States.” . . Assange, however, is an unpleasant character, which makes it difficult for many to defend. ..

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